This is the highlight of the festivals but the catch is that it is best seen at night which means it’s even colder. And there’s even this lovely clock as you enter that shows the temperature… So we knew we weren’t going to do any of the rides or shows here – the lines are… Read More Harbin Ice Festival

A small scale ice sculpture display can be found in Harbin’s central Zhaolin Park, and it was free (but they may charge some years apparently – guess we just got lucky!). Night time is best of course because they light up the sculptures but it is obviously colder too. We wandered around for just less… Read More Zhaolin Park ice sculptures

Our first venture in Harbin was to Sun Island to see the snow sculptures. This is definitely a day time thing with balmy maximum temperatures of -17C. (We thought we’d start by easing ourselves in with the cold… not sure how well that worked.) But luckily there were lots of tiny shops waiting to take… Read More Sun Island Snow Sculptures