If you want some traditional furniture or knick-knacks. Lim's Arts and Living.
When I first went to Singapore I thought that Holland village had been a Dutch area. A friend of ours was the PR lady for the Dutch club. However, apparently this is not so.
Three Windmills
The windmill is a good reminder of the name of the area. A large one was placed overhead, hardly visible from below, on the roof of the shopping mall. Alas no longer there in 2022 April. A second small one is at the entrance to the Holland village Market and Food Centre. A third is depicted on the mural on the station platform of the yellow Circle line. There was another on the indoor walk towards and from exits B and C.
But the name Holland Village comes from a Mr Holland, an architect and actor. The windmills appeared later to match, to echo, the place name. You certainly don't see much now related to Holland. Though you do see a lot of ex-pats mingling with the locals, because the area is full of restaurants.
In the centre is the open sided Holland Village Market and Food Centre. This will have the cheapest food and simple seating.
Upstairs are interesting shops. I like the two big shops which are nearby each other, one selling clothes, the other selling household decor, furniture, ornaments. For even more bargains, a small shop opposite the clothes shop has competitive prices. Dresses under 20 dollars.
Furniture shop.
Ciabatta in coffee shop.
Dress I bought from clothes shop, Lim's, Holland Road Shopping Centre, in Holland village. The cost was about 15 dollars. Just a plain shirt dress with two thin pieces of matching belt to tight it at the back and tighten it. But such a jolly colour. I bought another dress of the same style and price and pattern in a more muted blue.
Angela Lansbury wearing a tropical hibiscus pattern dress, bought in Holland Village, Singapore. Photo by Trevor Sharot.
A second shopping mall has been built the other side of the road by the other MRT exit.
The station has three exits, A is nearest to the ticket office and on the same side as the Raffles mall, open in 2022. At the end of the walkway, far end from the ticket office, exits B and C take you under the road and to the other side of the road .
If planning lunch with friends, have a backup plan of where to go if the lunch time queue (Americans say line-up) is too long. If you are two couples, and one couple arrives early, they can secure a place in the queue. But you don't want to claim a table too early in this situation because you might find that you are expected to choose your food, or are tempted to start, if the food is on a conveyor belt as in Sushi Tei (Sushi Thai).
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