hkskyline's 2019 in Harbin's Winter Wonderland
 

On my list... given that we are sister cities and both working on our winter tourism.

Cool!

very cool.

ice ice baby.

and the glimpse of that aerial tram? wow it is impressively long.

Extremely impressive. Thanks!

Those ice sculptures are amazing! Thanks for the tour!

Very much on my list.

Excellent photos.

It's stunningly beautiful.

Forgive my mild sunny climate-ignorance, but is all this...dangerous?

It is indeed cold, as bad as -30C at night. There are heated huts scattered around to warm up. I spent a good 3-4 hours on-site to see both day-time and night-time views. It is an expensive admission after all so I had to make the most out of it. Luckily, the wind was calm that day and there was barely any windchill to worry about.

is that like a subway entrance? looks like an interesting place

I think he meant building structurally with ice.

Geomorph, look at it as building with blocks that will be melted into each other to create one giant singular piece. Ice is about 2.6x lighter than concrete and half as strong, so lb for lb ice can be stronger - and little chance of melting or slipping at -30C. Architecturally you'll also notice the wide use of arches to further support frames.


But I get it, if I saw this Id be a bit worried to enter it, but if I saw it cast in concrete or stone I wouldn't even think.

https://www.globalphotos.org/manchur...2/IMG_0098.jpg

It's a store entrance, but the store is actually underground. The metro system hasn't made it to the historic city centre yet.

Beautiful city and winterland! Harbin looks more Russian then Chinese.

2019 and before

2019 and before, were good years