Temporada do gelo, mês a mês pelo mundo

Cavernas de gelo, cachoeiras congeladas, patinação no canal, trenós puxados por cães e estradas de gelo — as semanas em que o frio é a atração.

48 destinos no SeasonMap, ranqueados dentro de cada mês pela nota de conforto — porque a questão não é só onde a temporada está acontecendo, mas se o clima vale a viagem nesse período.

← Todas as temporadasO calendário do mundo

Quando acontece

Número de destinos com a temporada em curso naquele mês (temporada do gelo). As janelas mudam um pouco a cada ano.

Temporada do gelo em janeiro

  1. Sendai 🇯🇵 JapãoZao snow monsters · 1 Jan – 5 Mar (normalmente)Rime freezes onto the firs on the Zao ridge, about two hours west, until they are unrecognisable lumps.57
  2. Matsumoto 🇯🇵 JapãoCastle Ice Sculpture Festival · 20 Jan – 5 Fev (normalmente)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. Lago Balaton 🇭🇺 HungriaLake ice · 5 Jan – 28 Fev (normalmente)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. Pequim 🇨🇳 República Popular da ChinaSkating on Houhai · 20 Dez – 15 Fev (normalmente)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 🇯🇵 JapãoShirakawa-go winter light-up · 15 Jan – 20 Fev (normalmente)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 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosThe Rink at PPG Place · 14 Nov – 1 Mar (normalmente)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 🇦🇹 ÁustriaIce rink at Echerntal · 15 Dez – 28 Fev (normalmente)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 🇰🇷 Coreia do SulPyeongchang Trout Festival · 5 Jan – 10 Fev (normalmente)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 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSkating in Millennium Park · 15 Nov – 5 Mar (normalmente)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 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosHyalite ice-climbing season · 1 Dez – 15 Mar (normalmente)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 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSkating at Campus Martius · 20 Nov – 25 Fev (normalmente)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. Parque Nacional de Bryce Canyon 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosWall Street closed for winter · 1 Nov – 10 Abr (normalmente)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.38
  13. Carse 🇹🇷 TurquiaCildir lake ice season · 1 Jan – 28 Fev (normalmente)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 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosLake Mendota ice season · 20 Dez – 5 Abr (normalmente)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. Vladivostoque 🇷🇺 RússiaAmur Bay ice · 20 Dez – 20 Mar (normalmente)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 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosIntl Snow Sculpture Championships · 20 Jan – 5 Fev (normalmente)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. Estocolmo 🇸🇪 SuéciaSkating on natural ice · 20 Dez – 10 Mar (normalmente)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.34
  18. Edmonton 🇨🇦 CanadáIce on Whyte · 24 Jan – 8 Fev (normalmente)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 🇸🇰 EslováquiaTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 Nov – 19 Abr (normalmente)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 🇨🇦 CanadáSkating on Lake Louise · 20 Dez – 15 Mar (normalmente)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 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosShelf ice on the shore · 1 Jan – 5 Mar (normalmente)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 🇨🇳 República Popular da ChinaIce and Snow World · 20 Dez – 28 Fev (normalmente)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 🇷🇺 RússiaIce Fantasy sculpture festival · 1–31 Jan (normalmente)An ice-carving competition held every January since the early 2000s, using blocks cut from the Amur.32
  24. Ottawa 🇨🇦 CanadáRideau Canal Skateway · 5 Jan – 5 Mar (normalmente)Almost eight kilometres of frozen canal is ploughed into something people commute to work on.32
  25. Parque Nacional de Yellowstone 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosOversnow winter season · 15 Dez – 15 Mar (normalmente)Between mid-December and mid-March the interior is reachable only by guided snowcoach or snowmobile, booked months ahead.31

…e mais 19 em janeiro.

O que acontece pelo mundo em janeiro →

Temporada do gelo em fevereiro

  1. Sendai 🇯🇵 JapãoZao snow monsters · 1 Jan – 5 Mar (normalmente)Rime freezes onto the firs on the Zao ridge, about two hours west, until they are unrecognisable lumps.63
  2. Lago Balaton 🇭🇺 HungriaLake ice · 5 Jan – 28 Fev (normalmente)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 🇯🇵 JapãoCastle Ice Sculpture Festival · 20 Jan – 5 Fev (normalmente)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. Pequim 🇨🇳 República Popular da ChinaSkating on Houhai · 20 Dez – 15 Fev (normalmente)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 🇦🇹 ÁustriaIce rink at Echerntal · 15 Dez – 28 Fev (normalmente)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 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosThe Rink at PPG Place · 14 Nov – 1 Mar (normalmente)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 🇯🇵 JapãoShirakawa-go winter light-up · 15 Jan – 20 Fev (normalmente)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 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSkating in Millennium Park · 15 Nov – 5 Mar (normalmente)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 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSkating at Campus Martius · 20 Nov – 25 Fev (normalmente)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 🇰🇷 Coreia do SulPyeongchang Trout Festival · 5 Jan – 10 Fev (normalmente)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. Carse 🇹🇷 TurquiaCildir lake ice season · 1 Jan – 28 Fev (normalmente)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. Estocolmo 🇸🇪 SuéciaSkating on natural ice · 20 Dez – 10 Mar (normalmente)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.45
  13. Bozeman 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosHyalite ice-climbing season · 1 Dez – 15 Mar (normalmente)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. Parque Nacional de Bryce Canyon 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosWall Street closed for winter · 1 Nov – 10 Abr (normalmente)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.44
  15. Vladivostoque 🇷🇺 RússiaAmur Bay ice · 20 Dez – 20 Mar (normalmente)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 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosLake Mendota ice season · 20 Dez – 5 Abr (normalmente)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 🇱🇻 LetóniaJelgava Ice Sculpture Festival · 1–16 Fev (normalmente)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 🇸🇰 EslováquiaTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 Nov – 19 Abr (normalmente)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 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosIntl Snow Sculpture Championships · 20 Jan – 5 Fev (normalmente)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 🇨🇦 CanadáIce on Whyte · 24 Jan – 8 Fev (normalmente)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 🇧🇾 BielorrússiaIce season · 10 Dez – 5 Mar (normalmente)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 🇨🇦 CanadáRideau Canal Skateway · 5 Jan – 5 Mar (normalmente)Almost eight kilometres of frozen canal is ploughed into something people commute to work on.39
  23. Helsínquia 🇫🇮 FinlândiaSea ice and winter swimming · 1 Jan – 20 Mar (normalmente)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 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosShelf ice on the shore · 1 Jan – 5 Mar (normalmente)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. Ecaterimburgo 🇷🇺 RússiaIce sculpture season · 20 Dez – 25 Fev (normalmente)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

…e mais 21 em fevereiro.

O que acontece pelo mundo em fevereiro →

Temporada do gelo em março

  1. Sendai 🇯🇵 JapãoZao snow monsters · 1 Jan – 5 Mar (normalmente)Rime freezes onto the firs on the Zao ridge, about two hours west, until they are unrecognisable lumps.69
  2. Chicago 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSkating in Millennium Park · 15 Nov – 5 Mar (normalmente)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 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosThe Rink at PPG Place · 14 Nov – 1 Mar (normalmente)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 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosHyalite ice-climbing season · 1 Dez – 15 Mar (normalmente)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 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosLake Mendota ice season · 20 Dez – 5 Abr (normalmente)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. Estocolmo 🇸🇪 SuéciaSkating on natural ice · 20 Dez – 10 Mar (normalmente)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.59
  7. Vladivostoque 🇷🇺 RússiaAmur Bay ice · 20 Dez – 20 Mar (normalmente)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 🇸🇰 EslováquiaTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 Nov – 19 Abr (normalmente)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 🇧🇾 BielorrússiaIce season · 10 Dez – 5 Mar (normalmente)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 🇷🇺 RússiaBaikal ice season · 15 Jan – 15 Abr (normalmente)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. Helsínquia 🇫🇮 FinlândiaSea ice and winter swimming · 1 Jan – 20 Mar (normalmente)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. Nijni Novgorod 🇷🇺 RússiaVolga and Oka freeze · 5 Dez – 25 Mar (normalmente)Both rivers set at the confluence below the kremlin, the boats stop, and ice fishermen dot the white from the Strelka downstream.51
  13. Moscovo 🇷🇺 RússiaOutdoor skating rinks open · 25 Nov – 10 Mar (normalmente)Gorky Park, VDNKh and Red Square freeze their rinks from late November and keep them going until the thaw.50
  14. Parque Nacional de Bryce Canyon 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosWall Street closed for winter · 1 Nov – 10 Abr (normalmente)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 🇷🇺 RússiaAmur frozen over · 20 Nov – 15 Abr (normalmente)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 🇨🇦 CanadáFrozen river trail · 5 Jan – 5 Mar (normalmente)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 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosShelf ice on the shore · 1 Jan – 5 Mar (normalmente)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. Cazã 🇷🇺 RússiaFrozen Volga and Kazanka · 15 Dez – 20 Mar (normalmente)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 🇨🇦 CanadáSkating on Lake Louise · 20 Dez – 15 Mar (normalmente)The hotel clears a rink and a long track on the lake once the ice takes, usually just before Christmas.48
  20. Ottawa 🇨🇦 CanadáRideau Canal Skateway · 5 Jan – 5 Mar (normalmente)Almost eight kilometres of frozen canal is ploughed into something people commute to work on.48
  21. Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 FinlândiaHusky, reindeer and snowmobile season · 10 Dez – 5 Abr (normalmente)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 🇸🇪 SuéciaIcehotel season · 1 Dez – 15 Abr (normalmente)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 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosWorld Ice Art Championships · 15 Fev – 5 Abr (normalmente)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. Nova Sibéria 🇷🇺 RússiaOb Sea ice · 25 Nov – 10 Abr (normalmente)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. Parque Nacional de Yellowstone 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosOversnow winter season · 15 Dez – 15 Mar (normalmente)Between mid-December and mid-March the interior is reachable only by guided snowcoach or snowmobile, booked months ahead.44

…e mais 10 em março.

O que acontece pelo mundo em março →

Temporada do gelo em abril

  1. Nova Sibéria 🇷🇺 RússiaOb Sea ice · 25 Nov – 10 Abr (normalmente)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 🇷🇺 RússiaAmur frozen over · 20 Nov – 15 Abr (normalmente)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 🇷🇺 RússiaBaikal ice season · 15 Jan – 15 Abr (normalmente)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 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosLake Mendota ice season · 20 Dez – 5 Abr (normalmente)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 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosWorld Ice Art Championships · 15 Fev – 5 Abr (normalmente)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 🇸🇰 EslováquiaTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 Nov – 19 Abr (normalmente)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 🇫🇮 FinlândiaHusky, reindeer and snowmobile season · 10 Dez – 5 Abr (normalmente)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. Parque Nacional de Bryce Canyon 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosWall Street closed for winter · 1 Nov – 10 Abr (normalmente)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.61
  9. Iacutusque 🇷🇺 RússiaLena ice road · 15 Dez – 15 Abr (normalmente)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 🇸🇪 SuéciaIcehotel season · 1 Dez – 15 Abr (normalmente)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 🇬🇱 GronelândiaDog sledding season · 5 Jan – 15 Abr (normalmente)This is the largest sledding district in Greenland and the teams work once the bay ice takes, roughly January to April.55
  12. Magadan 🇷🇺 RússiaSea of Okhotsk frozen · 15 Dez – 20 Abr (normalmente)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. Parque Nacional do Lago Crater 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosDeep winter · 1 Nov – 30 AbrOne 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 e Jan MayenSnowmobile and sun-winter season · 1 Mar – 16 MaiLight, 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

O que acontece pelo mundo em abril →

Temporada do gelo em maio

  1. Fairbanks 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosNenana Ice Classic breakup · 20 Abr – 15 Mai (normalmente)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 e Jan MayenSnowmobile and sun-winter season · 1 Mar – 16 MaiLight, 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

O que acontece pelo mundo em maio →

Temporada do gelo em novembro

  1. Chicago 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSkating in Millennium Park · 15 Nov – 5 Mar (normalmente)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 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosThe Rink at PPG Place · 14 Nov – 1 Mar (normalmente)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 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSkating at Campus Martius · 20 Nov – 25 Fev (normalmente)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. Parque Nacional de Bryce Canyon 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosWall Street closed for winter · 1 Nov – 10 Abr (normalmente)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 🇸🇰 EslováquiaTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 Nov – 19 Abr (normalmente)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. Moscovo 🇷🇺 RússiaOutdoor skating rinks open · 25 Nov – 10 Mar (normalmente)Gorky Park, VDNKh and Red Square freeze their rinks from late November and keep them going until the thaw.41
  7. Khabarovsk 🇷🇺 RússiaAmur frozen over · 20 Nov – 15 Abr (normalmente)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. Parque Nacional do Lago Crater 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosDeep winter · 1 Nov – 30 AbrOne 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 🇮🇸 IslândiaIce cave season · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)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. Nova Sibéria 🇷🇺 RússiaOb Sea ice · 25 Nov – 10 Abr (normalmente)The reservoir south of the city freezes hard enough for cars, and the shore fills with ice fishing tents, kite skiers and snowmobiles.32

O que acontece pelo mundo em novembro →

Temporada do gelo em dezembro

  1. Pequim 🇨🇳 República Popular da ChinaSkating on Houhai · 20 Dez – 15 Fev (normalmente)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 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosThe Rink at PPG Place · 14 Nov – 1 Mar (normalmente)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 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSkating in Millennium Park · 15 Nov – 5 Mar (normalmente)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 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSkating at Campus Martius · 20 Nov – 25 Fev (normalmente)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 🇦🇹 ÁustriaIce rink at Echerntal · 15 Dez – 28 Fev (normalmente)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. Parque Nacional de Bryce Canyon 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosWall Street closed for winter · 1 Nov – 10 Abr (normalmente)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 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosHyalite ice-climbing season · 1 Dez – 15 Mar (normalmente)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 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosLake Mendota ice season · 20 Dez – 5 Abr (normalmente)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. Vladivostoque 🇷🇺 RússiaAmur Bay ice · 20 Dez – 20 Mar (normalmente)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. Estocolmo 🇸🇪 SuéciaSkating on natural ice · 20 Dez – 10 Mar (normalmente)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.38
  11. Lé 🇮🇳 ÍndiaPangong and the lakes freeze · 20 Dez – 10 Mar (normalmente)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 🇧🇾 BielorrússiaIce season · 10 Dez – 5 Mar (normalmente)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 🇸🇰 EslováquiaTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 Nov – 19 Abr (normalmente)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. Moscovo 🇷🇺 RússiaOutdoor skating rinks open · 25 Nov – 10 Mar (normalmente)Gorky Park, VDNKh and Red Square freeze their rinks from late November and keep them going until the thaw.31
  15. Nijni Novgorod 🇷🇺 RússiaVolga and Oka freeze · 5 Dez – 25 Mar (normalmente)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 🇨🇦 CanadáSkating on Lake Louise · 20 Dez – 15 Mar (normalmente)The hotel clears a rink and a long track on the lake once the ice takes, usually just before Christmas.29
  17. Harbin 🇨🇳 República Popular da ChinaIce and Snow World · 20 Dez – 28 Fev (normalmente)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 🇷🇺 RússiaAmur frozen over · 20 Nov – 15 Abr (normalmente)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. Ecaterimburgo 🇷🇺 RússiaIce sculpture season · 20 Dez – 25 Fev (normalmente)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. Cazã 🇷🇺 RússiaFrozen Volga and Kazanka · 15 Dez – 20 Mar (normalmente)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. Parque Nacional de Yellowstone 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosOversnow winter season · 15 Dez – 15 Mar (normalmente)Between mid-December and mid-March the interior is reachable only by guided snowcoach or snowmobile, booked months ahead.28
  22. Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 FinlândiaHusky, reindeer and snowmobile season · 10 Dez – 5 Abr (normalmente)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 🇸🇪 SuéciaIcehotel season · 1 Dez – 15 Abr (normalmente)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 🇮🇸 IslândiaIce cave season · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)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. Nova Sibéria 🇷🇺 RússiaOb Sea ice · 25 Nov – 10 Abr (normalmente)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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