Raffles Place MRT

This station is located in the financial heartbeat of Singapore and I must admit that when I stepped out, coming from 3 years of Brussels living, with its 3 story high buildings, meant that I gaped like a small-​town yokel when I finally emerged to street level and was surrounded by skyscrapers and high-​rise buildings. This station reminded me a wee bit of Times square, but with more awesome artwork — I spent almost a full hour just checking out the whimsical installations and marveling at how much green there was surrounded by the concrete jungle.
The station itself is super busy with tons of people and navigating around the platforms and stairwells to get out to the exit made me feel like I was participating in a real-​life version of the Crossy Road game (you know the one where you have to help the chicken cross a busy road without getting it made into road-​kill?).
So come here more to experience the outside of the station location, rather than the station itself!

This is a great station that connects to a lot of facilities — and you can find quite a lot of stuff to do here — when you exit the station. The station itself is not that spectacular — it’s not as big as City Hall — and it’s always busy — but the location is pretty great.
What I Love: Location, location, location — it’s all about the location Babyyyyy. Now, this station has quite a few exits — but each exit does bring ya to quite a variety of places. On one side — you can walk to Lau Pa Sat, the other, to the M Hotel, and other hotels, on another side, all the buildings that house businesses, then on another side, you have all the banks — and 1-​Altitude, and other cool bars and eateries. The station itself is built like a mall — with a part of the station connected to an area that has restaurants, shops and tiny eats. There are shops offering services there too — from florists, etc. There’s a famous store that sells bags from major labels at more affordable prices. ATM’s from all banks are there too.
What I Don’t Love: There are a few drawbacks though; it’s always, always, always busy. Sometimes, walking through the station can be a chore — it’s just people, people, people. Urgh.