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Issæson i januar

  1. Sendai 🇯🇵 JapanZao snow monsters · 1. jan. – 5. mar. (normalt)Rime freezes onto the firs on the Zao ridge, about two hours west, until they are unrecognisable lumps.57
  2. Matsumoto 🇯🇵 JapanCastle Ice Sculpture Festival · 20. jan. – 5. feb. (normalt)Carvers from around Japan work through a late-January weekend in the castle park, and the finished ice sculptures are lit up in front of the keep on the Sunday morning before they soften.57
  3. Lake Balaton 🇭🇺 HungaryLake ice · 5. jan. – 28. feb. (normalt)In a cold winter the lake freezes right across and people walk, skate and sail iceboats on it; in a mild one it barely crusts at the reedy edges.51
  4. Beijing 🇨🇳 ChinaSkating on Houhai · 20. dec. – 15. feb. (normalt)Once the lake ice is thick enough the city opens rinks on Houhai and Shichahai, with hired chair-sledges and no pretence of elegance.48
  5. Takayama 🇯🇵 JapanShirakawa-go winter light-up · 15. jan. – 20. feb. (normalt)The thatched village an hour west is lit on a handful of winter evenings only, and both the parking and the viewpoint run on an advance ballot.44
  6. Pittsburgh 🇺🇸 United StatesThe Rink at PPG Place · 14. nov. – 1. mar. (normalt)The outdoor skating rink around a giant Christmas tree in the glass-towered PPG Place plaza opens in mid-November and stays open, weather permitting, until about the start of March.43
  7. Hallstatt 🇦🇹 AustriaIce rink at Echerntal · 15. dec. – 28. feb. (normalt)When cold snaps hold, a small outdoor rink opens in the Echern Valley behind the village, with skate hire in town, one of the few organised things to do in Hallstatt's quiet winter weeks.42
  8. Pyeongchang 🇰🇷 South KoreaPyeongchang Trout Festival · 5. jan. – 10. feb. (normalt)A month of holes cut in the Odaecheon for ice fishing, plus the bare-handed catching pool that is the reason most people come.41
  9. Chicago 🇺🇸 United StatesSkating in Millennium Park · 15. nov. – 5. mar. (normalt)The McCormick Tribune rink opens under the Bean in mid-November and is free if you bring your own skates; the ribbon in Maggie Daley Park next door is the better ice and the longer queue.40
  10. Bozeman 🇺🇸 United StatesHyalite ice-climbing season · 1. dec. – 15. mar. (normalt)The canyon road is plowed through the winter specifically to keep the frozen falls reachable, and there are more routes up there than anywhere else in the lower 48.40
  11. Detroit 🇺🇸 United StatesSkating at Campus Martius · 20. nov. – 25. feb. (normalt)The downtown square turns into a rink under the city tree from late November, and it is the anchor of what winter nightlife downtown has.39
  12. Bryce Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 United StatesWall Street closed for winter · 1. nov. – 10. apr. (normalt)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.38
  13. Kars 🇹🇷 TurkeyCildir lake ice season · 1. jan. – 28. feb. (normalt)The lake an hour north freezes hard enough to stand on, and the Golden Horse Crystal Ice Festival runs horse-drawn sleighs, cirit and ice fishing on the ice each February.38
  14. Madison 🇺🇸 United StatesLake Mendota ice season · 20. dec. – 5. apr. (normalt)The freeze and thaw of Mendota have been recorded since 1855, which makes the ice here one of the longest climate records anywhere, and it is arriving later.37
  15. Vladivostok 🇷🇺 RussiaAmur Bay ice · 20. dec. – 20. mar. (normalt)The bay freezes over and the city walks out onto it: ice fishing tents in rows off the Sportivnaya embankment, kite skiers, and icebreakers keeping a channel open to the port.36
  16. Breckenridge 🇺🇸 United StatesIntl Snow Sculpture Championships · 20. jan. – 5. feb. (normalt)Teams carve twenty-five-ton blocks by hand over five days, then the finished pieces stand on Main Street for a week until they slump.36
  17. Stockholm 🇸🇪 SwedenSkating on natural ice · 20. dec. – 10. mar. (normalt)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.34
  18. Edmonton 🇨🇦 CanadaIce on Whyte · 24. jan. – 8. feb. (normalt)International ice carvers compete along Whyte Avenue with an ice bar and fire pits outside, an Old Strathcona tradition since 2003 recently rebranded as Chiseled.34
  19. Starý Smokovec 🇸🇰 SlovakiaTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14. nov. – 19. apr. (normalt)Each winter an ice replica of a famous church is carved at the top station of the Hrebienok funicular, free to enter and lit from inside.34
  20. Banff 🇨🇦 CanadaSkating on Lake Louise · 20. dec. – 15. mar. (normalt)The hotel clears a rink and a long track on the lake once the ice takes, usually just before Christmas.33
  21. Indiana Dunes National Park 🇺🇸 United StatesShelf ice on the shore · 1. jan. – 5. mar. (normalt)Waves build a ridge of ice mounds along the beach that looks solid and is hollow underneath; people fall through it into the lake most winters.33
  22. Harbin 🇨🇳 ChinaIce and Snow World · 20. dec. – 28. feb. (normalt)The ice city is cut from the Songhua and rebuilt every winter, with exhibits open from around the third week of December through late February.32
  23. Khabarovsk 🇷🇺 RussiaIce Fantasy sculpture festival · 1.–31. jan. (normalt)An ice-carving competition held every January since the early 2000s, using blocks cut from the Amur.32
  24. Ottawa 🇨🇦 CanadaRideau Canal Skateway · 5. jan. – 5. mar. (normalt)Almost eight kilometres of frozen canal is ploughed into something people commute to work on.32
  25. Yellowstone National Park 🇺🇸 United StatesOversnow winter season · 15. dec. – 15. mar. (normalt)Between mid-December and mid-March the interior is reachable only by guided snowcoach or snowmobile, booked months ahead.31

…og 19 mere i januar.

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Issæson i februar

  1. Sendai 🇯🇵 JapanZao snow monsters · 1. jan. – 5. mar. (normalt)Rime freezes onto the firs on the Zao ridge, about two hours west, until they are unrecognisable lumps.63
  2. Lake Balaton 🇭🇺 HungaryLake ice · 5. jan. – 28. feb. (normalt)In a cold winter the lake freezes right across and people walk, skate and sail iceboats on it; in a mild one it barely crusts at the reedy edges.62
  3. Matsumoto 🇯🇵 JapanCastle Ice Sculpture Festival · 20. jan. – 5. feb. (normalt)Carvers from around Japan work through a late-January weekend in the castle park, and the finished ice sculptures are lit up in front of the keep on the Sunday morning before they soften.62
  4. Beijing 🇨🇳 ChinaSkating on Houhai · 20. dec. – 15. feb. (normalt)Once the lake ice is thick enough the city opens rinks on Houhai and Shichahai, with hired chair-sledges and no pretence of elegance.59
  5. Hallstatt 🇦🇹 AustriaIce rink at Echerntal · 15. dec. – 28. feb. (normalt)When cold snaps hold, a small outdoor rink opens in the Echern Valley behind the village, with skate hire in town, one of the few organised things to do in Hallstatt's quiet winter weeks.57
  6. Pittsburgh 🇺🇸 United StatesThe Rink at PPG Place · 14. nov. – 1. mar. (normalt)The outdoor skating rink around a giant Christmas tree in the glass-towered PPG Place plaza opens in mid-November and stays open, weather permitting, until about the start of March.52
  7. Takayama 🇯🇵 JapanShirakawa-go winter light-up · 15. jan. – 20. feb. (normalt)The thatched village an hour west is lit on a handful of winter evenings only, and both the parking and the viewpoint run on an advance ballot.51
  8. Chicago 🇺🇸 United StatesSkating in Millennium Park · 15. nov. – 5. mar. (normalt)The McCormick Tribune rink opens under the Bean in mid-November and is free if you bring your own skates; the ribbon in Maggie Daley Park next door is the better ice and the longer queue.49
  9. Detroit 🇺🇸 United StatesSkating at Campus Martius · 20. nov. – 25. feb. (normalt)The downtown square turns into a rink under the city tree from late November, and it is the anchor of what winter nightlife downtown has.49
  10. Pyeongchang 🇰🇷 South KoreaPyeongchang Trout Festival · 5. jan. – 10. feb. (normalt)A month of holes cut in the Odaecheon for ice fishing, plus the bare-handed catching pool that is the reason most people come.48
  11. Kars 🇹🇷 TurkeyCildir lake ice season · 1. jan. – 28. feb. (normalt)The lake an hour north freezes hard enough to stand on, and the Golden Horse Crystal Ice Festival runs horse-drawn sleighs, cirit and ice fishing on the ice each February.46
  12. Stockholm 🇸🇪 SwedenSkating on natural ice · 20. dec. – 10. mar. (normalt)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.45
  13. Bozeman 🇺🇸 United StatesHyalite ice-climbing season · 1. dec. – 15. mar. (normalt)The canyon road is plowed through the winter specifically to keep the frozen falls reachable, and there are more routes up there than anywhere else in the lower 48.45
  14. Bryce Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 United StatesWall Street closed for winter · 1. nov. – 10. apr. (normalt)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.44
  15. Vladivostok 🇷🇺 RussiaAmur Bay ice · 20. dec. – 20. mar. (normalt)The bay freezes over and the city walks out onto it: ice fishing tents in rows off the Sportivnaya embankment, kite skiers, and icebreakers keeping a channel open to the port.44
  16. Madison 🇺🇸 United StatesLake Mendota ice season · 20. dec. – 5. apr. (normalt)The freeze and thaw of Mendota have been recorded since 1855, which makes the ice here one of the longest climate records anywhere, and it is arriving later.44
  17. Riga 🇱🇻 LatviaJelgava Ice Sculpture Festival · 1.–16. feb. (normalt)Sculptors from several countries carve on the island in Jelgava, a short train ride south-west of Riga, over a weekend in early February.42
  18. Starý Smokovec 🇸🇰 SlovakiaTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14. nov. – 19. apr. (normalt)Each winter an ice replica of a famous church is carved at the top station of the Hrebienok funicular, free to enter and lit from inside.41
  19. Breckenridge 🇺🇸 United StatesIntl Snow Sculpture Championships · 20. jan. – 5. feb. (normalt)Teams carve twenty-five-ton blocks by hand over five days, then the finished pieces stand on Main Street for a week until they slump.40
  20. Edmonton 🇨🇦 CanadaIce on Whyte · 24. jan. – 8. feb. (normalt)International ice carvers compete along Whyte Avenue with an ice bar and fire pits outside, an Old Strathcona tradition since 2003 recently rebranded as Chiseled.39
  21. Minsk 🇧🇾 BelarusIce season · 10. dec. – 5. mar. (normalt)Outdoor rinks go up in the parks and on Victory Square, and the Minsk Sea reservoir north of the city gets its ice fishing huts.39
  22. Ottawa 🇨🇦 CanadaRideau Canal Skateway · 5. jan. – 5. mar. (normalt)Almost eight kilometres of frozen canal is ploughed into something people commute to work on.39
  23. Helsinki 🇫🇮 FinlandSea ice and winter swimming · 1. jan. – 20. mar. (normalt)The avanto — a hole cut in the ice beside a sauna — is what a Helsinki winter is actually for, and the public places are busiest now.38
  24. Indiana Dunes National Park 🇺🇸 United StatesShelf ice on the shore · 1. jan. – 5. mar. (normalt)Waves build a ridge of ice mounds along the beach that looks solid and is hollow underneath; people fall through it into the lake most winters.38
  25. Yekaterinburg 🇷🇺 RussiaIce sculpture season · 20. dec. – 25. feb. (normalt)Blocks cut from the ponds go up as a temporary town in the centre and stay solid until the thaw takes them, which is usually late February.38

…og 21 mere i februar.

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Issæson i marts

  1. Sendai 🇯🇵 JapanZao snow monsters · 1. jan. – 5. mar. (normalt)Rime freezes onto the firs on the Zao ridge, about two hours west, until they are unrecognisable lumps.69
  2. Chicago 🇺🇸 United StatesSkating in Millennium Park · 15. nov. – 5. mar. (normalt)The McCormick Tribune rink opens under the Bean in mid-November and is free if you bring your own skates; the ribbon in Maggie Daley Park next door is the better ice and the longer queue.64
  3. Pittsburgh 🇺🇸 United StatesThe Rink at PPG Place · 14. nov. – 1. mar. (normalt)The outdoor skating rink around a giant Christmas tree in the glass-towered PPG Place plaza opens in mid-November and stays open, weather permitting, until about the start of March.64
  4. Bozeman 🇺🇸 United StatesHyalite ice-climbing season · 1. dec. – 15. mar. (normalt)The canyon road is plowed through the winter specifically to keep the frozen falls reachable, and there are more routes up there than anywhere else in the lower 48.61
  5. Madison 🇺🇸 United StatesLake Mendota ice season · 20. dec. – 5. apr. (normalt)The freeze and thaw of Mendota have been recorded since 1855, which makes the ice here one of the longest climate records anywhere, and it is arriving later.60
  6. Stockholm 🇸🇪 SwedenSkating on natural ice · 20. dec. – 10. mar. (normalt)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.59
  7. Vladivostok 🇷🇺 RussiaAmur Bay ice · 20. dec. – 20. mar. (normalt)The bay freezes over and the city walks out onto it: ice fishing tents in rows off the Sportivnaya embankment, kite skiers, and icebreakers keeping a channel open to the port.59
  8. Starý Smokovec 🇸🇰 SlovakiaTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14. nov. – 19. apr. (normalt)Each winter an ice replica of a famous church is carved at the top station of the Hrebienok funicular, free to enter and lit from inside.56
  9. Minsk 🇧🇾 BelarusIce season · 10. dec. – 5. mar. (normalt)Outdoor rinks go up in the parks and on Victory Square, and the Minsk Sea reservoir north of the city gets its ice fishing huts.55
  10. Irkutsk 🇷🇺 RussiaBaikal ice season · 15. jan. – 15. apr. (normalt)The lake an hour away freezes solid from about mid-January to mid-April, a metre or more thick and clear enough in places to see straight down.54
  11. Helsinki 🇫🇮 FinlandSea ice and winter swimming · 1. jan. – 20. mar. (normalt)The avanto — a hole cut in the ice beside a sauna — is what a Helsinki winter is actually for, and the public places are busiest now.52
  12. Nizhny Novgorod 🇷🇺 RussiaVolga and Oka freeze · 5. dec. – 25. mar. (normalt)Both rivers set at the confluence below the kremlin, the boats stop, and ice fishermen dot the white from the Strelka downstream.51
  13. Moscow 🇷🇺 RussiaOutdoor skating rinks open · 25. nov. – 10. mar. (normalt)Gorky Park, VDNKh and Red Square freeze their rinks from late November and keep them going until the thaw.50
  14. Bryce Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 United StatesWall Street closed for winter · 1. nov. – 10. apr. (normalt)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.50
  15. Khabarovsk 🇷🇺 RussiaAmur frozen over · 20. nov. – 15. apr. (normalt)The river the city is built along freezes for close to five months, the hydrofoils stop, and people walk and ski where the boats were.50
  16. Winnipeg 🇨🇦 CanadaFrozen river trail · 5. jan. – 5. mar. (normalt)The Assiniboine and the Red are ploughed into a skating trail from The Forks, several kilometres long in a good freeze, with warming huts commissioned from architects each year.50
  17. Indiana Dunes National Park 🇺🇸 United StatesShelf ice on the shore · 1. jan. – 5. mar. (normalt)Waves build a ridge of ice mounds along the beach that looks solid and is hollow underneath; people fall through it into the lake most winters.49
  18. Kazan 🇷🇺 RussiaFrozen Volga and Kazanka · 15. dec. – 20. mar. (normalt)The rivers set hard enough to walk on and the city moves onto them: ice fishing huts off the Kazanka, skates, and the Kremlin walls lit above a white plain.49
  19. Banff 🇨🇦 CanadaSkating on Lake Louise · 20. dec. – 15. mar. (normalt)The hotel clears a rink and a long track on the lake once the ice takes, usually just before Christmas.48
  20. Ottawa 🇨🇦 CanadaRideau Canal Skateway · 5. jan. – 5. mar. (normalt)Almost eight kilometres of frozen canal is ploughed into something people commute to work on.48
  21. Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 FinlandHusky, reindeer and snowmobile season · 10. dec. – 5. apr. (normalt)The safaris need a frozen base, so the season runs roughly from mid-December to early April rather than the whole cold half of the year.47
  22. Kiruna 🇸🇪 SwedenIcehotel season · 1. dec. – 15. apr. (normalt)The hotel at Jukkasjarvi is rebuilt each winter from Torne river ice, opens at the start of December and melts in spring; a year-round wing runs alongside it.47
  23. Fairbanks 🇺🇸 United StatesWorld Ice Art Championships · 15. feb. – 5. apr. (normalt)Carvers from a dozen countries work blocks quarried out of a local pond, and the finished park stays lit and open into early April because it is cold enough to.47
  24. Novosibirsk 🇷🇺 RussiaOb Sea ice · 25. nov. – 10. apr. (normalt)The reservoir south of the city freezes hard enough for cars, and the shore fills with ice fishing tents, kite skiers and snowmobiles.46
  25. Yellowstone National Park 🇺🇸 United StatesOversnow winter season · 15. dec. – 15. mar. (normalt)Between mid-December and mid-March the interior is reachable only by guided snowcoach or snowmobile, booked months ahead.44

…og 10 mere i marts.

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Issæson i april

  1. Novosibirsk 🇷🇺 RussiaOb Sea ice · 25. nov. – 10. apr. (normalt)The reservoir south of the city freezes hard enough for cars, and the shore fills with ice fishing tents, kite skiers and snowmobiles.71
  2. Khabarovsk 🇷🇺 RussiaAmur frozen over · 20. nov. – 15. apr. (normalt)The river the city is built along freezes for close to five months, the hydrofoils stop, and people walk and ski where the boats were.71
  3. Irkutsk 🇷🇺 RussiaBaikal ice season · 15. jan. – 15. apr. (normalt)The lake an hour away freezes solid from about mid-January to mid-April, a metre or more thick and clear enough in places to see straight down.71
  4. Madison 🇺🇸 United StatesLake Mendota ice season · 20. dec. – 5. apr. (normalt)The freeze and thaw of Mendota have been recorded since 1855, which makes the ice here one of the longest climate records anywhere, and it is arriving later.70
  5. Fairbanks 🇺🇸 United StatesWorld Ice Art Championships · 15. feb. – 5. apr. (normalt)Carvers from a dozen countries work blocks quarried out of a local pond, and the finished park stays lit and open into early April because it is cold enough to.68
  6. Starý Smokovec 🇸🇰 SlovakiaTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14. nov. – 19. apr. (normalt)Each winter an ice replica of a famous church is carved at the top station of the Hrebienok funicular, free to enter and lit from inside.66
  7. Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 FinlandHusky, reindeer and snowmobile season · 10. dec. – 5. apr. (normalt)The safaris need a frozen base, so the season runs roughly from mid-December to early April rather than the whole cold half of the year.64
  8. Bryce Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 United StatesWall Street closed for winter · 1. nov. – 10. apr. (normalt)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.61
  9. Yakutsk 🇷🇺 RussiaLena ice road · 15. dec. – 15. apr. (normalt)There is no bridge over the Lena anywhere in Sakha, so once the ice is thick enough the river becomes the road and the trucks run supplies out over it.59
  10. Kiruna 🇸🇪 SwedenIcehotel season · 1. dec. – 15. apr. (normalt)The hotel at Jukkasjarvi is rebuilt each winter from Torne river ice, opens at the start of December and melts in spring; a year-round wing runs alongside it.57
  11. Ilulissat 🇬🇱 GreenlandDog sledding season · 5. jan. – 15. apr. (normalt)This is the largest sledding district in Greenland and the teams work once the bay ice takes, roughly January to April.55
  12. Magadan 🇷🇺 RussiaSea of Okhotsk frozen · 15. dec. – 20. apr. (normalt)The bay freezes over for a third of the year and people simply walk out onto it; icebreakers keep a lane open for the port.53
  13. Crater Lake National Park 🇺🇸 United StatesDeep winter · 1. nov. – 30. apr.One of the snowiest places in the country: the north entrance and Rim Drive shut, the west and south roads are ploughed, and rangers run snowshoe walks from Rim Village.49
  14. Longyearbyen 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan MayenSnowmobile and sun-winter season · 1. mar. – 16. majLight, snow cover and frozen fjords all at once: this is the window for the long snowmobile runs to the east coast and the ice caves, and for dog sledding on real snow rather than gravel.48

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Issæson i maj

  1. Fairbanks 🇺🇸 United StatesNenana Ice Classic breakup · 20. apr. – 15. maj (normalt)An hour down the road a tripod stands on the frozen Tanana and the whole state bets on the minute it moves; the record runs unbroken since 1917.85
  2. Longyearbyen 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan MayenSnowmobile and sun-winter season · 1. mar. – 16. majLight, snow cover and frozen fjords all at once: this is the window for the long snowmobile runs to the east coast and the ice caves, and for dog sledding on real snow rather than gravel.57

Det sker rundt om i verden i maj →

Issæson i november

  1. Chicago 🇺🇸 United StatesSkating in Millennium Park · 15. nov. – 5. mar. (normalt)The McCormick Tribune rink opens under the Bean in mid-November and is free if you bring your own skates; the ribbon in Maggie Daley Park next door is the better ice and the longer queue.62
  2. Pittsburgh 🇺🇸 United StatesThe Rink at PPG Place · 14. nov. – 1. mar. (normalt)The outdoor skating rink around a giant Christmas tree in the glass-towered PPG Place plaza opens in mid-November and stays open, weather permitting, until about the start of March.62
  3. Detroit 🇺🇸 United StatesSkating at Campus Martius · 20. nov. – 25. feb. (normalt)The downtown square turns into a rink under the city tree from late November, and it is the anchor of what winter nightlife downtown has.60
  4. Bryce Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 United StatesWall Street closed for winter · 1. nov. – 10. apr. (normalt)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.52
  5. Starý Smokovec 🇸🇰 SlovakiaTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14. nov. – 19. apr. (normalt)Each winter an ice replica of a famous church is carved at the top station of the Hrebienok funicular, free to enter and lit from inside.48
  6. Moscow 🇷🇺 RussiaOutdoor skating rinks open · 25. nov. – 10. mar. (normalt)Gorky Park, VDNKh and Red Square freeze their rinks from late November and keep them going until the thaw.41
  7. Khabarovsk 🇷🇺 RussiaAmur frozen over · 20. nov. – 15. apr. (normalt)The river the city is built along freezes for close to five months, the hydrofoils stop, and people walk and ski where the boats were.40
  8. Crater Lake National Park 🇺🇸 United StatesDeep winter · 1. nov. – 30. apr.One of the snowiest places in the country: the north entrance and Rim Drive shut, the west and south roads are ploughed, and rangers run snowshoe walks from Rim Village.39
  9. Vík 🇮🇸 IcelandIce cave season · 1. nov. – 31. mar. (normalt)Most of Iceland's natural ice caves are only safe in the cold half of the year; the one under Myrdalsjokull up the road runs longer but closes at short notice for weather and glacier movement.35
  10. Novosibirsk 🇷🇺 RussiaOb Sea ice · 25. nov. – 10. apr. (normalt)The reservoir south of the city freezes hard enough for cars, and the shore fills with ice fishing tents, kite skiers and snowmobiles.32

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Issæson i december

  1. Beijing 🇨🇳 ChinaSkating on Houhai · 20. dec. – 15. feb. (normalt)Once the lake ice is thick enough the city opens rinks on Houhai and Shichahai, with hired chair-sledges and no pretence of elegance.50
  2. Pittsburgh 🇺🇸 United StatesThe Rink at PPG Place · 14. nov. – 1. mar. (normalt)The outdoor skating rink around a giant Christmas tree in the glass-towered PPG Place plaza opens in mid-November and stays open, weather permitting, until about the start of March.49
  3. Chicago 🇺🇸 United StatesSkating in Millennium Park · 15. nov. – 5. mar. (normalt)The McCormick Tribune rink opens under the Bean in mid-November and is free if you bring your own skates; the ribbon in Maggie Daley Park next door is the better ice and the longer queue.46
  4. Detroit 🇺🇸 United StatesSkating at Campus Martius · 20. nov. – 25. feb. (normalt)The downtown square turns into a rink under the city tree from late November, and it is the anchor of what winter nightlife downtown has.46
  5. Hallstatt 🇦🇹 AustriaIce rink at Echerntal · 15. dec. – 28. feb. (normalt)When cold snaps hold, a small outdoor rink opens in the Echern Valley behind the village, with skate hire in town, one of the few organised things to do in Hallstatt's quiet winter weeks.45
  6. Bryce Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 United StatesWall Street closed for winter · 1. nov. – 10. apr. (normalt)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.42
  7. Bozeman 🇺🇸 United StatesHyalite ice-climbing season · 1. dec. – 15. mar. (normalt)The canyon road is plowed through the winter specifically to keep the frozen falls reachable, and there are more routes up there than anywhere else in the lower 48.42
  8. Madison 🇺🇸 United StatesLake Mendota ice season · 20. dec. – 5. apr. (normalt)The freeze and thaw of Mendota have been recorded since 1855, which makes the ice here one of the longest climate records anywhere, and it is arriving later.41
  9. Vladivostok 🇷🇺 RussiaAmur Bay ice · 20. dec. – 20. mar. (normalt)The bay freezes over and the city walks out onto it: ice fishing tents in rows off the Sportivnaya embankment, kite skiers, and icebreakers keeping a channel open to the port.39
  10. Stockholm 🇸🇪 SwedenSkating on natural ice · 20. dec. – 10. mar. (normalt)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.38
  11. Leh 🇮🇳 IndiaPangong and the lakes freeze · 20. dec. – 10. mar. (normalt)The high lakes set solid from about the turn of the year, and the road out to Pangong runs on cleared snow when it runs at all.34
  12. Minsk 🇧🇾 BelarusIce season · 10. dec. – 5. mar. (normalt)Outdoor rinks go up in the parks and on Victory Square, and the Minsk Sea reservoir north of the city gets its ice fishing huts.33
  13. Starý Smokovec 🇸🇰 SlovakiaTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14. nov. – 19. apr. (normalt)Each winter an ice replica of a famous church is carved at the top station of the Hrebienok funicular, free to enter and lit from inside.32
  14. Moscow 🇷🇺 RussiaOutdoor skating rinks open · 25. nov. – 10. mar. (normalt)Gorky Park, VDNKh and Red Square freeze their rinks from late November and keep them going until the thaw.31
  15. Nizhny Novgorod 🇷🇺 RussiaVolga and Oka freeze · 5. dec. – 25. mar. (normalt)Both rivers set at the confluence below the kremlin, the boats stop, and ice fishermen dot the white from the Strelka downstream.30
  16. Banff 🇨🇦 CanadaSkating on Lake Louise · 20. dec. – 15. mar. (normalt)The hotel clears a rink and a long track on the lake once the ice takes, usually just before Christmas.29
  17. Harbin 🇨🇳 ChinaIce and Snow World · 20. dec. – 28. feb. (normalt)The ice city is cut from the Songhua and rebuilt every winter, with exhibits open from around the third week of December through late February.29
  18. Khabarovsk 🇷🇺 RussiaAmur frozen over · 20. nov. – 15. apr. (normalt)The river the city is built along freezes for close to five months, the hydrofoils stop, and people walk and ski where the boats were.29
  19. Yekaterinburg 🇷🇺 RussiaIce sculpture season · 20. dec. – 25. feb. (normalt)Blocks cut from the ponds go up as a temporary town in the centre and stay solid until the thaw takes them, which is usually late February.29
  20. Kazan 🇷🇺 RussiaFrozen Volga and Kazanka · 15. dec. – 20. mar. (normalt)The rivers set hard enough to walk on and the city moves onto them: ice fishing huts off the Kazanka, skates, and the Kremlin walls lit above a white plain.29
  21. Yellowstone National Park 🇺🇸 United StatesOversnow winter season · 15. dec. – 15. mar. (normalt)Between mid-December and mid-March the interior is reachable only by guided snowcoach or snowmobile, booked months ahead.28
  22. Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 FinlandHusky, reindeer and snowmobile season · 10. dec. – 5. apr. (normalt)The safaris need a frozen base, so the season runs roughly from mid-December to early April rather than the whole cold half of the year.28
  23. Kiruna 🇸🇪 SwedenIcehotel season · 1. dec. – 15. apr. (normalt)The hotel at Jukkasjarvi is rebuilt each winter from Torne river ice, opens at the start of December and melts in spring; a year-round wing runs alongside it.27
  24. Vík 🇮🇸 IcelandIce cave season · 1. nov. – 31. mar. (normalt)Most of Iceland's natural ice caves are only safe in the cold half of the year; the one under Myrdalsjokull up the road runs longer but closes at short notice for weather and glacier movement.26
  25. Novosibirsk 🇷🇺 RussiaOb Sea ice · 25. nov. – 10. apr. (normalt)The reservoir south of the city freezes hard enough for cars, and the shore fills with ice fishing tents, kite skiers and snowmobiles.25

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