Bras Basah

Bras Basah is a district located in the Museum Planning Area of the Central Area of . Bras Basah means "wet rice" in Malay – beras means harvested rice with husk removed, and basah means wet.
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Photo: Erwin Soo, CC BY 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cathedral of the Good Shepherd and National Museum of Singapore.

Church
Photo: Chainwit., CC BY 4.0.
The is the oldest church in , built in 1847. It is located in the Museum Planning Area within the .

Museum
Photo: Sengkang, Copyrighted free use.
The is a public dedicated to art, culture and history. Located within the country's at the area, it is the oldest museum in the country, with its history dating back to when it was first established in 1849, starting out as a section of a library at the Singapore Institution as the Raffles Library and Museum.

Metro station
Photo: Katmorro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Circle Line located in the Museum planning area, . It is underneath Road, bordering Waterloo Street and Queen Street.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Civic District and Bugis.

Suburb
Photo: William Cho, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a district located near the in the Central Area of . It contains historical buildings and museums such as , , , and .

Photo: dionhinchcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
and Kampong Glam are districts of , just to the east of the central business district.

Neighborhood
is a place in Singapore that often refers to the , which is a major interchange station on Singapore's Mass Rapid Transit network connecting the North-South Line, North East Line, and the Circle Line.

Bras Basah

Latitude
1.29642° or 1° 17′ 47″ north
Longitude
103.85167° or 103° 51′ 6″ east
Open location code
6PH57VW2+HM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2511048119
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Wiki­data ID
Q25247920
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Thai—“Bras Basah” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “百胜”
  • Malay: “Bras Basah”
  • Malay: “برس باسه”
  • Thai: “บราสบาซาห์”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Admin Building and Kum Yan Methodist Church.

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