In winter, Harbin is a city that transforms ice and snow wonders into an international ice and snow festival.
Here lies the world’s largest ice and snow art theme park—the -30℃ Ice and Snow World, creating a dreamy ice kingdom with giant ice sculpture castles, high-speed ice slides, and aurora light shows; there are also the snow mushroom landscapes of the fairy-tale Snow Town, allowing visitors to enjoy ice and snow sports, Northeast bathing culture, and culinary journeys.
Trip Highlights
Experience the high-speed ice slide at the Ice and Snow World with giant ice castles at -30℃
Admire giant ice sculpture buildings, such as replicas of the Forbidden City, Eiffel Tower, and other world landmarks; watch light shows at night and experience ice slides, snowmobiles, and other ice and snow entertainment activities.
Stay in a heated kang, take photos of “snow mushrooms,” and experience horse-drawn sleigh rides chasing the aurora in Snow Town
Snow Country gets its name from its extremely heavy winter snowfall, with an average annual snow depth of up to 2 meters. You can stay in a homestay with a heated kang, taste authentic Northeast Chinese dishes such as iron pot stew and frozen pears, and join folk activities like horse-drawn sleds and dog-drawn sleds.
Let’s go skiing! Yabuli Ski Resort, covering beginner to advanced slopes
It was once the main venue for the 3rd Asian Winter Games in 1996 and is now Asia’s largest ski training base.
Get up close with Siberian tigers at the Northeast Tiger Park, feed the tigers, and watch the beasts compete for food
Ride an armored vehicle into the free-range area to observe Siberian tigers’ natural behaviors such as hunting and playing up close. There are over a hundred Siberian tigers in the park.
A photo to prove you’ve been to Harbin: all the popular citywalk photo spots are compiled
Harbin’s landmark, St. Sophia Cathedral, with its onion-shaped dome for vintage photos.
Walk along Central Avenue, holding Russian-style red sausage in one hand and Matryoshka ice cream in the other, admiring the century-old Baroque buildings.
Take a photo with the Songhua River Railway Bridge as a souvenir.
This is the “Northeast Louvre”
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Harbin Pharmaceutical Factory No.6, for street-style photos.
The cuisine here blends classic Northeast Chinese and Russian flavors
Iron pot stew and barbecue keep coming，you can always trust the portion sizes of Northeast Chinese dishes.
And there are endless street eats: soy braised pork buns, sesame paste， drenched spicy mala tang, so good you’ll devour them nonstop.
Choose a Russian-style castle hotel or spend a night at a Northeast bathhouse?
The bathing culture deeply rooted in Northeast people’s genes is definitely worth experiencing. Bathhouses look like hotels from the outside and integrate bathing, massage, buffet, chess, KTV, and even a cinema area, offering overnight services.
