Singapore's cultural experiences make the most of a city built from multiple diasporas in a very small space. Guided tours of the Peranakan Museum — covering the extraordinary hybrid material culture of the Straits Chinese community — and the National Gallery's Southeast Asian modern art collection are the cultural anchors. Heritage district walking tours of Kampong Glam, Chinatown, and Little India with cultural guides who explain the layers behind the shophouse facades go well beyond the obvious. Traditional Peranakan cooking classes, hawker culture food tours with a culinary historian, and Chinese opera or Indian classical dance performances round out a cultural programme of genuine depth. It really hits differently.