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Made famous in Paul Theroux's book Saint Jack (and the film) Bugis once had a reputation for sleaze. Though the area has been cleaned up, it remains a bustling cultural and commercial area on the outskirts of the city just ten minutes from Orchard Road and walking distance from City Hall. Here you will find the modern National Library, the majestic Sultan Mosque, and shopping so diverse it includes street fashion, markets, dried products, textiles and electronics.
The adjacent neighbourhood of Arab Street had once been a Muslim district with Arab traders and local Malays; in its present incarnation, contemporary Muslim culture still looms around every five foot way, though insiders will tell you this is where the city's alt kids come to be seen. Persian rugs and rattan cane furniture dealers are neighbours with shops dealing in vintage clothing and antiques or belly dance costumes, yet modern boutiques and ice cream parlours are just down the road.
Sit on a rug in one of the many Arab, Yemeni, Egyptian and Turkish restaurants with a shisha in hand, or have a beer in some of the bars brimming with character. This is one of Singapore's most intriguing yet underrated neighbourhoods.
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