Orchard Road Tourism, Singapore Singapore
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Orchard Road Fast Facts
- State: Singapore
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- Famous for/as: Shopping & Markets
- Language: Mandarin Chinese, English, Malay and Tamil
- Best Season: All Year
- Weather: 29 C, Wind S at 6 km/h, 79% Humidity
- Clothing: Normal
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Orchard Road Info
Police
999
Ambulance
995
Fire Brigade
995
Ambulance
(Non Emergency)
1777
Flight Information
1800 542 4422
Orchard Neighbourhood Police Centre
51 Killiney Road
Singapore 239572
1800 735 9999
Orchard Road, Singapore Overview
When you stay in Orchard Road area, you know that you are conveniently located near the heart of the city on a lively and attractive street. The Bukit Timah area is a particularly attractive location with a high land value. The best part of staying here in this area is that you are a stroll away from some of the best shopping in the world, on Orchard Road, Singapore’s main shopping and entertainment hub.
Spanning almost 2.2km, Orchard Road is a swanky, one-way boulevard flanked by distinctive and iconic shopping malls, restaurants and hotels. The shopping belt offers nearly 800,000 sq m of retail, dining and entertainment options to please any taste or budget - from opulent brands to high street fashion, and exclusive restaurants to fast food joints.
Outside of the malls, the main thoroughfare is immaculately landscaped with flowers and greenery, creating pockets of cool, natural calm amidst the hectic urban sprawl. Explore the avenue by walking down the ample pedestrian mall, and take a well-deserved rest under the shade of the historic angsana trees that grace the sidewalks..
Orchard Road is a shopper's haven and cosmopolitan layground set among a lush, tropical landscape that is ubiquitous in this Garden City. It is truly A Great Street!
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Orchard Road, Singapore History
Orchard Road had its humble origins as an unnamed country road lined with fruit orchards, nutmeg plantations, and pepper farms in the early 1830s. By the 1850s, the plantations began to make way for residential development, and the street was soon home to Jewish and Buddhist cemeteries, Hindu temples, outdoor hawker centres, wet markets, and even an open-air laundry basin.
The first signs of retail transformation came only in 1903 with the establishment of Singapore's very first Cold Storage supermarket, on the site now occupied by The Centrepoint. Orchard Road's first department store was set up by a local merchant, C. K. Tang, in 1958 on an isolated plot of land facing a cemetery. When the old C. K. Tang building was demolished in 1982, it was replaced by the high-rise Tang Plaza which houses both the department store TANGS as well as the current Singapore Marriott Hotel. The green, curving roof still marks the location of the original department store, today known simply as TANGS.
By the 1970s, Orchard Road had replaced High Street as the city's main shopping street, and the introduction of cinemas and a bowling alley during the '60s and '70s heralded the area as a main entertainment hub. The first multi-storey shopping mall, Plaza Singapura, was built in 1974 on the site where it still stands today. Bigger and better malls and complexes soon followed, creating an eclectic streetscape with no parallel in the world.
Today, Orchard Road has been transformed into a magnet for residents, tourists and workers alike, with over 5,000 retail, dining and entertainment establishments offering the ultimate lifestyle experience.