Harbin Travel
Harbin, the capital city of Heilongjiang Province, is located in the south part of Heilongjiang Province in China, covering an area of 333.21 square kilometers (128.7 square miles) with the urban area of 7,086 square kilometers (2.736 square miles), which is a charming city with exotic flavor owing to is location and its geographical position, and it not only holds the history and culture of the minority people in the Northeast China together, but also it is full of Russian style, so it is bestowed with the title of “the Ice City”, “the Oriental Pairs” and “the Masco in Orient” as well as “the Pearl in the Swan Neck”. Harbin is also the transportation hub in the Northeast China with the title of “the Pearl along the Eurasia Land Bridge&... Harbin Overview
Harbin Attractions
- The Ice and Snow World: Harbin Ice and Snow World was created in 1999, which is proposed by the City Government to meet the Millennium Celebration of Century Travelling in China, collecting the essence of the ice and snow art works from all over the world, which is the largest ice and snow world fair in scale in the world with the most ice and snow attractions as well as the most ice and snow entertaining sports in the fair, displaying the unique characteristics and charms of ice and snow culture in Harbin, and it has been held for 10 sessions successively.
- Ice Lamps in Zhaolin Park: Located in the center of Harbin, the Zhaolin Park was built in 1909 in memory of the Anti- Japanese Coalition Force general Li Zhaolin with the Senlin Street in the south, the Shanzhi Avenue in the west and the Outer Ring Road in the north, covering an area of 8.4 hectares in total, where the Harbin Ice Lamp Garden festival is held once a year, and there are 24 sessions of ice lamp art exhibits held in the park all together since the first session in 1963, attracting more than 25,46 millions of visitors in total.
- St Sofia Orthodox Church: As the symbolic building in Harbin, St Sofia Orthodox Church is located in the intersections of the Toulong Street, the Diduan Street, the Zhaolin Street and the Shitoudao Street in Daoli District of ...
Harbin Restaurants
Influenced by the Russian food and the food of the minority people, the food in Harbin has two major characteristics: firstly of all, you can taste the authentic dishes from Northeast China, which is centered with the braised dishes, and the famous local dishes in Harbin are as follows: the Sautéed Potato, Green Pepper and Eggplant, the braised chicken with mushrooms and the Braised Pork with Vermicelli. Secondly, you can also taste the authentic Russian Dishes in Harbin, and there are many famous Russian dishes in Harbin such as beef goulash with potato, which are favored by the local people very much. You can eat the local food and snacks on the Central Avenue and the Huanghe Road, and here are some famous western and Chinese restaurants for your reference in Harbin. Harbin Restaurants
- Chinese Restaurants: Chinese Restaurants 1. Fudu Gourmet City Address: it is located in No. 135, on the Caiyi Road in Xiangfang District of Harbin. Tel: 0451-82299002 Bus Routes: 16, 209, 21, 70, 72, 82, 90, 16, 17 and 77...
- Western Restaurants: Western Restaurants 1. Huamei Western Restaurant Address: No. 142, Central Avenue, Daoli District, Harbin. Tel: 0451-84207188 Bus Routes: 113, 114, 2, 53, 116, 1, 20 and 64 Opening Hours: from 11:00 a...
Harbin Transportation
- City Transportation: Buses There are more than 100 public bus routes in Harbin, which are all well equipped with modern facilities, and the bus system in the city is composed of public buses and the trams, so you can take...
- Air: As the second international airport in the northeast part of China, Harbin Taiping International Airport is 30 kilometers (19 miles) away from the city center. There are more than 50 domestic flights ...
- Waterway: As one of the 8 inland ports in China, Harbin Port is the biggest inland port in northeast part of China, and there are waterways to the Songhua River, the Heilong River, the Wusuli River and the Neng...
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