Harbin Winter Vacation Northern Expedition Parent-Child Tour, this article is all you need!

✈️Shanghai-Shenyang🚄Shenyang-Harbin (Direct flights are expensive, round-trip adult airfare from Shanghai Hongqiao to Shenyang including tax is just over 2000, children 1900, high-speed rail one-way adult 250, children 125) Must-do with kids in Harbin: 🔵Ice and Snow World: 🎫Adult: 328 Child: 240 (Free for under 1.2 meters, tips: For children around 1.2 meters from the south, it's advised not to buy tickets immediately but to measure on-site before purchasing). Children under 1.6 meters cannot play on the big slide alone, and the queue for the big slide is 5-6 hours, which we gave up on. We saw the ice sculptures, played on the regular slides, stepped on the free bicycles, and drifted, etc. The best time to visit is around 4 pm; you can see the sunset and enjoy both the daytime and nighttime views. It's very hard to get a taxi when leaving the park, so it's recommended to take the subway at the entrance, which is also very close to Central Street, just three subway stops away. Remember to keep warm! It's really very cold! 🔴Siberian Tiger Park: Highly recommended!! Ticket 🎫: Adult regular car + ticket 105/person, children over 1.2 meters 65/person. The thrilling car is 20 more expensive. Adorable Northeastern golden retrievers, go early! Before 10:30 am!!! First, there are fewer people, and second, the tigers are more active after being fed. We chose the regular car which had a better view, but you can choose the thrilling car, which allows feeding. After driving around the park, there's a walking area and then you exit the park. The visit won't take too long and there's no need to walk, the golden retrievers will pose in front of the windows, and the park's souvenirs are also well made, the little tiger bags are very cute! 🟢Central Street: Madieer ice pops (supposedly there are 5 yuan ones, I paid more), Qiulin Kvass, Wandashan, and so on. We held a snow fox here, the price was 30, and the time was very short. Not recommended, it's suggested to go to the Songhua River to hold one. 🔴Music Corridor Snowman Photography: Buy a snowman coffee for 48 yuan at 152 Yuanjiang Road, you can buy a voucher, then take photos with various angles that are available online. Music Park also has different snowmen. 🟢Saint Sophia Cathedral: Take photos! Opposite the church, there's the Daoli Market where you can buy fridge magnets! 5 yuan! It's recommended to travel by subway as this section is very congested! 🟤Eat: Deep-fried cake is highly recommended (I randomly ordered from a takeout place and it was delicious), Youwei Barbecue - said to have been visited by Xue Zhiqian, the barbecue and chicken racks are also good. Shanhetun Iron Pot Stew: Just order a set meal, get a number early. Laochang Spring Pancake: Delicious! Trust me, a set meal for two adults and two children is enough, don't order too much!! Eating is relatively cheap, we spent 560 for one adult and one child over three days. The above are my experiences, overall in Harbin if you stay outdoors for more than 10 minutes you start to feel cold🥶, don't forget your hat, cotton mask, and gloves!! I'll update about Shenyang next time! Hope kids from the south and the north all have fun!