Tiong Bahru Market

Tiong Bahru Market is a two-storey wet market and hawker centre located at 30 Seng Poh Road in the Tiong Bahru sub-zone of Bukit Merah, Singapore. It houses a traditional wet market on the ground floor and one of Singapore's most well-known hawker centres on the second floor with over 80 stalls. Notable for its affordable local dishes and fresh produce, it serves as a daily community hub for residents and visitors in one of Singapore's oldest housing estates.

Visitors can expect a bustling two-storey complex with a wet market on the first floor selling fresh produce, seafood, meat and dry goods, and an open-air hawker centre on the second floor with rows of food stalls. The environment is busy and casual, especially during breakfast and lunch hours, with communal seating, tray-return stations and views over the surrounding Tiong Bahru estate. Visitors can explore food stalls, observe market trading and sample local hawker dishes.

The market traces its origins to the Seng Poh Road Market built in 1955 to serve the Tiong Bahru estate, which was developed by the Singapore Improvement Trust in the 1930s as one of Singapore's earliest public housing estates. The original market was rebuilt and reopened as the present two-storey Tiong Bahru Market in 2006, retaining its role as a central community market.

Tiong Bahru Market is a representative example of Singapore's hawker centre and wet market culture, which was inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2020. It functions as a daily community dining and social space reflecting multicultural local food traditions.