The Other Side of Singapore: Geylang’s Untold Tales

Duration: 2 Hours | Start Point: Aljunied MRT (EW9), Exit B | End Point: 232 Geylang Road

Tour Starting Date - 23 June 2025

Step into Singapore’s only open red-light district — where sex work, faith, vice, and resilience collide under the neon glow.

Unlike anywhere else in Singapore, Geylang doesn’t hide its secrets — it lives with them. This walking tour dives deep into the realities behind legal brothels, drug alleys, secret societies, and religious sanctuaries that stand side by side. Led by a guide who knows the streets from the inside, this is a raw, honest journey through Singapore’s fringe.

Tour Highlights

• Red-light zone intro at Geylang Road — what makes it legal here and nowhere else
• Corridor of Worship — temples and churches beside brothels
• Secret society territory at Lorong 24 — where bets and turf wars once ruled
• Jalan Suka’s opium legacy — stories of addiction, fear, and forgotten backstreets
• Legal sex toy stores — capitalism wrapped in latex and lace
• Transit hotels and coded brothels — how Singapore’s sex work model is quietly managed
• Freelancers on the street — tolerated but unspoken, managed but not endorsed
• End at 232 Geylang Road with snacks, drinks, and raw reflections on what this place truly means

Why Join This Tour?

• Explore Singapore’s only legal red-light district in full daylight — without judgement, with context
• Walk the actual backstreets where gambling, drug use, and vice once ruled — and still echo today
• Hear stories of survival, raids, stigma, and change from the people who lived through it
• See faith and vice coexisting in the same lane — temples, churches, and brothels just steps apart
• Get a rare, real look at Singapore’s underground economies through quiet, gritty corners no mainstream tour will cover