In relation to the rest of the island:D

This shot, taken by Irving Tjin, shows the view from take off from the airport on the eastern tip of the island.

In the distance you can make out the CBD skyline with its 3 tallest buildings. In the far distance you can also see some mountainous islands, which are part of Indonesia.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/2/103sg3.jpg

Photo source
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/207644/L/

Great picture!!! ;)

I didn't know that the Batam Islands (Indonesia) are so near Singapore! :)

Uhhhhh.......BIG time....The Island looks so small!...@_@ ! Yet hard to beleives It's The most developed country in the region!..Yeah,.....This is the example of "QUALITY THAN QUANTITY"....Why Is that?...Because I don't see any _EST in this country....correct me if I'm wrong.. ;)

Originally posted by szehoong

Great picture!!! ;)

I didn't know that the Batam Islands (Indonesia) are so near Singapore! :)


according to the Merlion brochure in Sentosa, Batam Islands are visible from the top of the Merlion.

that's a lot of commie blocks/mass housing. i didn't expect that much...

Wow! I used to live in Batam for 2 1/2 years back when i was a kid in 1990. We used to catch the ferry over to Singapore and go shopping heaps. Fond memories :D

Awsome pic Raflles! Singapore is HUGE!

Singapore is tiny, but looks beautiful and clean. :cool:

:eek2:

It's interesting when a city was called "Huge" and "Tiny" in one thread. :D

This city-state is perhaps "tiny" as a country, but not exactly "tiny" as a city? ;)

Because I don't see any _EST in this country....correct me if I'm wrong..;) I think I understand why you say that. :D Well, I can say we are the smallEST country in Asia, am I rite? ;)

that's a lot of commie blocks/mass housing. i didn't expect that much...It is alright to say we have tonnes of public housing, but please refrain from using the word "commie". It is politically insensitive to a country that fought a war against communism before, the painful struggle of which largely set the tone for an infamously "authoritative" govt till this day.

Lives were lost due to this struggle. Please respect them. Thanks!

Originally posted by renell

according to the Merlion brochure in Sentosa, Batam Islands are visible from the top of the Merlion.

that's a lot of commie blocks/mass housing. i didn't expect that much...

Well.....I've been on top of the Merlion at Sentosa and I do not recall seeing Batam Islands! :D ......maybe its the haze as it was kinda hazy in a distance.......;)

Originally posted by szehoong

Well.....I've been on top of the Merlion at Sentosa and I do not recall seeing Batam Islands! :D ......maybe its the haze as it was kinda hazy in a distance.......;)

When did you go to Sentosa? Was it on this recent trip?

btw I really wanna go to Batam or Bintan Island..I hear you get a great view of Singapore skyline in the far distance..kinda cool;)

In this photo you can make out the Singapore skyline in the hazy distance
http://home.wanadoo.nl/zoontjes/photos/riau/riau01.jpg

There's so much waterfront property not being taken advantage of - it deserves better then cloned residential structures :rant:

Awesome pic! :nuts:

No no no no no! :nono:

Bahrain is smaller! :D :D :D

That's a nice pic raffles.. Too bad Paya Lebar is no more a commercial airport, or else the views during takeoff or landing from there would be fantastic! :cool: (The approach/takeoff path from Paya Lebar used to take planes over the city)

Wow amazing picture....and its not only the CDB, there are dense residential areas....its a shame that the sky isn´t fully clear

Wow! Cool pic!

I can even spot my secondary school (right beside the coast) and my apartment block (further inland) and perhaps even my church & my kindergarten...haha...way cool...

Wooooooooooow. Singapore looks great. Normally you can only see the bay area. It is great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:

;)

not that tiny,actully

Originally posted by RafflesCity
btw I really wanna go to Batam or Bintan Island..I hear you get a great view of Singapore skyline in the far distance..kinda cool;)

In this photo you can make out the Singapore skyline in the hazy distance
http://home.wanadoo.nl/zoontjes/photos/riau/riau01.jpg

Wow!It looks like some huge metropolis in the distance!

Some more skyline shots from afar!

From Hougang
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/2/103hwpano.jpg

From Johor Bahru (Malaysia). The city lights can be seen in the background faintly.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/2/9jhr90.jpg

View from Sentosa merlion

http://www.nau-privat.de/images/bilder_asien_normal/Sentosa_Blick_aus_Merlion-Maul.JPG

View from Toa Payoh - zoomed

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/2/103skylinefromtp.jpg

Panorama by Cliff, taken out at sea

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http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/8633/singaporeskyline2ur.jpg

More on the next few pages :)

Heres a shot I took from the plane on Dec22nd.

Its actually very far away but I zoomed in.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/2/103319m.jpg

More pics taken from aircraft landing/taking off from Changi:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/sgaerial3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/flighttest.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/aerialsg.jpg

Very refrehing change to look at the skyline from so many different perspectives.

i wish i had an apartment in the merlion

:rofl:

That has to be the tackiest statement I heard from you! :eek:

huuhh... :UH: tacky meh.. i REALLLY dont mind having apartment in merlion leh... so nice the view.. *heirloom heirloom let down your hair - no i can't because it's about 2 cm now!*

Heh, I can't see the CBD or city from my home.

Heh, I can't see the CBD or city from my home.

Which part of Sg do you stay?
I think its easy to spot the skyline for people living in the East cos its so flat.

As for me I can only see Capital Tower in the distance through a crack in the trees.

Now for more pics

1. View from Tampines by heirloom
http://files.photojerk.com/sybarite/miniskyline.jpg

2. View from Jurong by aloyteo
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/1941/hpim1238small5gn.jpg

3. Viewed from Sentosa
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/4855/cityviews8rk.jpg

4. View from Bedok by babystan03
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/ylstan03/City%20Landscapes/DSCN13091.jpg

5. Balestier
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/expressway.jpg

I can still see the downtown skyline even from Teban Gardens actually! :eek:

Another angle of the skyline from Kusu Island
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/skylinekusu.jpg

What's on Kusu? A chinese temple and a Muslim shrine .. lots of turtles, two nice beaches and a nice view :)

Tiny Island!

For 9dollars from Sentosa I'm not complaining. I sometimes go there and it's wonderfully silent and 'away from it all', just sit in the sun, watch the ships go by and chill. Not many people, you do get the big ship arriving with LOADS of people, but they stay 15mins then go.

One of the few places in Singapore with that feeling :)

Not tried places like St.Johns etc, but still ... Kusu is a nice place :D

Ohhh....

The views from Serangoon North Avenue 1 is not bad.

A lot of lowrises.

http://img319.imageshack.us/img319/1589/bw9tb.jpg
View from the top floor of the last flats at Upper Serangoon Road, opposite Virgin Mary church. :eek:

the drab foreground with the impressive skyline in background evokes scenes of China

I've only noticed recently that City skyline can be seen from as far as Changi Airport T2! :eek:

Picture at home...

I shall be waiting feverishly to see it

sometimes when I'm somewhere out of town, the top bits of OUB and UOB pop out in the distance...looks quite amazing...same with the Swissotel...it can be seen from the PIE along one stretch at Bukit Timah

:yes:

In future, we shall have more tall buildings to view from afar! :)

Here it is. Taken at sunset from T2 :)

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/1301/dscn13335pb.jpg

:eek:
I wonder how small it actually is....

Can post real view? :D

It's slightly smaller than that. :yes:

Let you judge for yourself. T3 in the foreground. :)

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/7691/dscn15481vg.jpg

oops... sorry.... The pic in http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6108862&postcount=102 is sunset at Kallang :D

The pic in http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6109059&postcount=105 is from T2....

:tongue2:

the skies looks cool..thats so special when it is evening during summer time:)

Cliff took a pic with those clouds at sunset too. :)

yeap i saw them:yes:

reminded me of sundown in Malmoe:yes:

I've only noticed recently that City skyline can be seen from as far as Changi Airport T2! :eek:

Picture at home...

From the reclaimed area of Pulau Tekong, you can actually see Changi Airport's control tower lined up right next to the city skyline, almost in a nice straight line. Pity its a restricted zone, the views from there are really quite nice.

From the reclaimed area of Pulau Tekong, you can actually see Changi Airport's control tower lined up right next to the city skyline, almost in a nice straight line. Pity its a restricted zone, the views from there are really quite nice.

aw... I wonder if I can rent a boat to tour around Singapore Island and its islets... some waterways restricted too???

Kusu Island
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/6673/ki8pc.jpg

St John's Island
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/2889/ki4eq.jpg

cool! :okay:

Here is a panorama from Queensway, showing the Orchard part of the CBD as well:

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/qwaypano.jpg

Republic Plaza and UOB+OUB (looking like one building) as seen from Jurong East MRT station:
http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/051124_skyline01.jpg

wow that is really far! did u use digital zoom?

No :-) My camera doesn't have any kind of digital zoom when taking pics at max resolution (4MP). So this image is just a 4MP shot heavily cropped out :-)

talking about far away...has anyone been to Pulau Semakau? Its a different world out there!! :) :runaway:

talking about far away...has anyone been to Pulau Semakau? Its a different world out there!! :) :runaway:

yeah maybe if i work for the garbage company then i might get access to it :D:D:D

:eek2: hahah But there are ecological trips there now...i went there before...HAHA...tour around...not salvage garbage! :runaway: :)

Republic Plaza and UOB+OUB (looking like one building) as seen from Jurong East MRT station:
http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/051124_skyline01.jpg

I cant beleive you took it from Jurong East MRT station. I alight there every day, but I have never seen it!!!! :laugh:

http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/5169/img0470medium1up.jpg

taken from the highest point in pulau ubin, puaka hill(75m). nice view up there though the trek up there involve bashing through all those overgrown ferns. but the deep blue waters of the quarry just beneath is rewarding enough... :) how i wish i own a dslr with a 600mm lens though...

Interesting place to take the pic from.. Nice one =)

that must have been a very clear day :o

yup it was taken yesterday after the non-stop rain during the first 2 weeks of jan

nice! Thanks for sharing. :)

This is not so far... from a 5-storey high condo in Bukit Timah. Zoom in, of course...
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/6969/casapano2zn.jpg

zoom in further...
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/2365/dscn25607ub.jpg

^^

the last pic looks so luscious :happy:

@aloyteo....amazing! Didnt know the skyline could be spotted so clearly from Ubin

From Ang Mo Kio
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e126/ylstan02/Ang%20Mo%20Kio/DSC_0040r.jpg

sweet view.

The balloon looks weird in the pic though...

^ Haha....yeah....at first i thought it was lens flare....:lol:

wooooooooooooooooooooooow

From Macpherson
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSCN3606.jpg

Potong Pasir

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/ppnite-1.jpg

^ Nice....:cool:

^^ OMG !!! unbelieveable picture !!!!!

Misty City
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e126/ylstan02/Toa%20Payoh/DSC_0062.jpg

(Sori for the lousy quality as it is taken without tripod....:) )

Geez that's not too bad for lousy quality ^ ^;

Geez that's not too bad for lousy quality ^ ^;

Thanks.....could be much better with tripod......:)

mistyness creates a special effect, together with the camera.

In reality it was much harder to discern the skyline in the distance :yes:

mistyness creates a special effect, together with the camera.

In reality it was much harder to discern the skyline in the distance :yes:

Yeah.....but I supposed the view would be much better in a fine day....:yes:

Practically the entire skyline of the CBD region

SCROLL --->

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/queenswayview.jpg

Misty City
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e126/ylstan02/Toa%20Payoh/DSC_0062.jpg

(Sori for the lousy quality as it is taken without tripod....:) )

:eek:

Haze?

:eek:

Haze?

Rain clouds.....:yes:

I see... So low? :eek:

I think its mist at night..

:eek:

Haze?

its so beautiful and mystic.
imagine, the mystic amazing city of singapore town...

View from St John's Island

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/si2.jpg

What's with all the flowers? :eek:

That on the main arrival portion of St John's, where there are camping facilities.

Another view from the reclaimed beaches north of Lazarus.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/si3.jpg

Unless we strike it rich, it'll be our final chance to get a view from those islands!

nah...the public will almost certainly be allowed to continue visiting the island...there is also a Chinese temple on Kusu and there are annual pilgrimmages there

Till now I still think that singapore skyline can be the best in the world if it has two or three buildings of 300m and above.. when will this dream be fulfilled???

if one day I'm the president of CAAS, I'll banish the height limit/

yes just like this old vision of a 600m space needle by kheng soon for the new CBD :D

http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/3563/contextxg0.jpg

on the lighter side...maybe not...:ohno: :ohno:

That looks like extended War Memorial? :?

TKS is a good architect with many works, however at times I don't find his works aesthetically pleasing. :(

Hey Builder from ur signature. it is regardless of race, not regarding of race... ;)

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSC_3785.jpg

:eek2:

Is that taken from Twin Regency?

The view is awesome!

View of toa payoh on a rainy day last year

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/raptorsuperb/IMGP0751-1.jpg

:eek2:

Is that taken from Twin Regency?

The view is awesome!

no. it's from Kim Tian flat.

But that's not very very far away :-p

Here: people with low-contrast screens may need to tweak up the settings a bit ;-)

Toa Payoh seen from Fernvale (over 6km)
http://ssc.singapenguin.net/07/070204_toa_payoh_skyline_from_fernvale01.jpg

CBD seen from Fernvale (about 12km)
http://ssc.singapenguin.net/07/070204_cbd_skyline_from_fernvale01.jpg

:lol: Toa Payoh is also not "very very far away". :D

Looks hazy...

Rainy day?

@Hya: Granted, for Toa Payoh only :-p I mean come on, this is Singapore, WHAT is far away ?? ;-)

@raptorsuperb: yes there was a bit of rain.

@Hya: Granted, for Toa Payoh only :-p I mean come on, this is Singapore, WHAT is far away ?? ;-)


from an offshore island or nearby countries or from space? haha... Just joking.

A question of interest:) How far do we have to go before the Singapore skyline cannot be seen? haha!!:) :banana:

Jurong? Woodlands?

At both eastern and western ends (or at least near it) you can at least see parts of the CBD. But the same distance northwards, you cant really see it. At Novena you can but like at Yishun and Woodlands, no............

View of toa payoh on a rainy day last year

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/raptorsuperb/IMGP0751-1.jpg

Ahhh... fond memories of Cat High.

Lol, you are from cat high? Same!

But that's not very very far away :-p

Here: people with low-contrast screens may need to tweak up the settings a bit ;-)

CBD seen from Fernvale (about 12km)
http://ssc.singapenguin.net/07/070204_cbd_skyline_from_fernvale01.jpg

:)


http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/5729/dscf1040uy6.jpg (http://img221.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscf1040uy6.jpg)

Haha ! Did you try the Kou Fu food court ? ^ ^

I can even see Singapore Flyer on your pic... Cool :-)

Lol, you are from cat high? Same!

I KNEW IT! you just seem to have that cat high feeling, haha.

I KNEW IT! you just seem to have that cat high feeling, haha.

Cat high feeling?? haha......I wonder what that means.....:lol:

Lol, cat high feeling? first time I heard of this, which batch are you?

haha. I'm 19 now, so i took my o levels in 2004. You?

haha. I'm 19 now, so i took my o levels in 2004. You?

O levels last year, lol..But I'm 18, retained during p5 because of mr chan -_-

:)


http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/5729/dscf1040uy6.jpg (http://img221.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscf1040uy6.jpg)

Interesting...skyline is rarely seen from that part of Singapore :yes:

from JTC Summit
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/508/chicagospireed6.jpg






















the incredibly tall thing is the 610m Chicago Spire, I put it there as a comparison.

Make the other building short in comparison.....:(

wow! awesome skyline

looks great! better than KL

City skyline taken from the lawn in front of Sri Temasek at the Istana grounds during Labour Day 2007:

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/2885/cimg2672lr8.jpg

Whoa very massive, istana is in high grounds?

Whoa very massive, istana is in high grounds?

Yep. Sri Temasek sits on a hill-top at the Istana grounds. It is the same hill as Mount Emily Park, which is separately from the Istana grounds by a fence.

From bumboat to Pulau Ubin... A bit blurry, its a digital zoom:
http://images31.fotosik.pl/4/15a248fc89b83333.jpg (www.fotosik.pl)