Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center (台北南港展覽館) - Fantasy Ice World 台北冰雪世界 - Harbin ice sculptures in Taipei [Taiwan Day 204: Frozen - March 23, 2014]

Let it go! Let it go! My first adventure in my Taiwan Day 200 series was a visit to the Fantasy Ice World in Nangang Exhibition Center in Taipei. Ice sculptures from the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in China were brought to Taipei for a special exhibit. The last day of the ice exhibit will be on April 25, 2014 so if you are planning to go Taipei come and visit this place.

It was six o’clock on Sunday evening when I went to the Nangang Exhibition Center. The place was a few bus stops from Academia Sinica and it took me less than 15 minutes to arrived at the place. The ice sculptures were housed in a large ‘refrigerator’ that looks like a warehouse. Since it was nighttime, I wore five layers of clothing including my thick jacket. Going there in the morning with a full winter attire would be crazy because the temperatures in Taiwan have already risen during daytime to above 20 degrees Celsius.

The cost of the ticket was NTD 380 but I have a Groupon ticket which my Taiwanese PhD classmate bought for me at a price of NTD 300. I just presented the printed Groupon ticket to the counter and it was replaced with a real ticket which I gave to the lady at the main entrance. I saw two Taiwanese women who were not wearing any winter attire and they gave two stubs to a lady and then the lady gave them each a winter coat. I don’t know if they paid extra but wearing a coat was a must inside the Fantasy Ice World.

A metal sliding door was at the entrance of the ‘refrigerator’. When the two Taiwanese ladies went inside I heard shrieks and the staff laughed at the funny incident. The temperature inside was -18 degrees Celsius and before I went inside I was thinking to rent gloves because I was afraid that the blood inside my hands would turn into ice upon entering. I just went inside without any gloves and I felt the -18 degrees temperature. Brrrrr!

Angkor Wat

Great Pyramid

Great Wall of China

The Sphinx and the Great Pyramid

holding the Leaning Tower of Pisa

inside the Taj Mahal

I took a lot of pictures and I was amazed with the ice sculptures. It was my first time to saw those kinds of things. The most interesting part inside was the famous landmarks in the world. I saw the Taj Mahal, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Angkor Wat, Great Pyramid of Giza and the Great Wall of China. All made in ice!

I didn't have a tripod but the flat surfaces of the ice sculptures made it possible for  me to take photos of myself.   I just placed my camera above the blocks of ice and set the 10-second timer. It was really fun giving yourself 10 seconds to pose before the camera flashes its light. I have a lot of pictures of myself in this Taiwan Day 204 and that was record-breaking. It was my first time to smile in a lot of photos and it was a memorable experience.

I spent almost two hours inside roaming around and taking pictures. "The cold never bothered me anyway". When I exited that warehouse I started to feel the chill in my fingers. I was already frozen!

THINGS TO DO IN TAIPEI

Sakura Series - Taiwan

2026 Forecast

Taipei 101 first flowers

Tianyuan Palace backyard

Taipei Flower Test Center

Pingjing St. Lane 42

Broadwood Park

Sunshine Sports Park kawazu sakura

Wuling Farm (武陵農場)

SYS kawazu sakura

Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village

CKS Memorial Hall

Shibafen Yoshino Sakura

Hope River

Dongfang Temple

Tianyuan Palace

Neicou Stream Trail

Orange Garden Cafe

Yangming Park Visitor Information Center

Yangming Park Service Center Bus Stop

Huashan Road

Qianshan Park

Zhongshan Hall Entrance

Tenglong Sakura Farm

Flower Test Center Shōwa Sakura

Neihu Creek Trail

Shulin Land Office

Xióng Kōng Cherry Blossom Forest

Lung Yen Sakura Forest

Yangming Park cherry stream

Yangming Park fountain

CKS Memorial Hall Tairyō sakura

Wugu District Tianyi Road

CKS Memorial Hall yaesakura

Loving Farm

Yong Long Farm

Zhongbaling Sakura Road

Sun Link Sea

Tai'an Police Station

Cherry Hill Slope

Hsinchu Park

Taipei 101

Kāng Gào Kēng Creek

New Garden City

Broadwood Park

Tianyuan Palace backyard

Pingjing St. Lane 42

Alishan Ranger Station

Alishan House

Alishan Police Station

Alishan Forest Railway

Alishan Station

Alishan Entrance

Alishan Gou Hotel

Alishan Magnolia Garden

Wulai tour

Wun Chang Elementary School

Bishanyan

Sanzhi Sansheng Trail

Sakura Series - Taiwan

Nei Cuo Stream

Orange Garden Cafe

Sansheng Trail

Tenglong Sakura Farm

Yangming Park Cherry Stream

Yangming Park Fountain

Flower Test Center

Broadwood Park

New Garden City

Yinghua Park

Pingjing St. Lane 42

Yangmingshan Visitor Center

Taipei 101

Tianyuan Palace backyard

Sakura Series - Japan

Kamonyama Park

Near the Nippon Maru Memorial Park

Shinko Park

Minato-mirai 21 area

Tokyo Tech Suzukakedai Campus

Onda River

Tenryuji

Byodoin

Kiyomizudera

Himuro shrine and Yakushi-ji Temple

Hōryū-ji Temple

Nara Park attractions

Tokyo Tech Ookayama Campus

Sumida River

Tsuruma Park

Gion

Maple Series

Taipei Aowanda

Shimen Dam

Alishan

Aowanda

Shanlinxi

Taoyuan Valley Garden

Fushoushan Farm

Yehliu to Jiufen? Yehliu to Shifen? Cheaper than yellow taxis

The "Taipei kong mahal" (My beloved Taipei)

Always in my heart

MRT birdman

Valentine's Day

Tulips Festival

2018 Taipei Lantern Festival

City of Azaleas

Linji Huguo Temple

Nanjichang Night Market

Gudetama Chef restaurant

Dalongdong Bao'an Temple

Shilin hollyhocks

Ningxia Night Market

Ximending graffiti

Discovery Center of Taipei

Chunghwa Postal Museum

Double-Decker Bus

Shilin Cold Balls

Jingimoo

GomanMango

mud volcanic ice

Fire and Ice Dumpling

Opium Fen-Yuan

Ichiran Ramen

Liu Shandong Beef Noodles

hydrangea flowers

National Palace Museum

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Taipei on a budget

Japanese buildings

Dāoxiāomiàn beef noodles

Presidential Office Building

Yongkang St. and Elephant Mountain

CKS and SYS Hall

City tour

Beitou ramen

MRT Monopoly Game

Winter city tour

Zhicheng Park

Shilin Plum Blossom

Art museums

Shopping in Taipei

Summer desserts

Qingtiangang

Qixingshan hiking

2015 Calla lily

2016 Calla lily

Beitou tour

Beitou-Zhuzihu tour

NTU

Confucius Temple

2015 Dadaocheng Festival

Puppet Museum

Fantasy Ice World

2016 Bread Show

Strawberry picking

2015 Rose Garden

Modern Toilet

Shilin Night Market

NASA Exhibit

Raohe Night Market

Longshan Temple

2013 Taipei Zoo

Maokong Gondola

Lupin flowers

Taipei 101 day visit

Taipei 101 night visit

Tiger Mountain

Din Tai Fung

Taipei Story House

2014 Flower Show

Chrysanthemum Show

Miramar Ferris wheel

Miniatures Museum

Archery

1600 Pandas

Wulaoguo hot pot

Upside Down House

2016 101 Fireworks

New Taipei

Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival

Elephant Rock SUP/kayaking

Meteor Garden school

Tamsui Pumpkin Tunnel

Shifen Waterfall

2017 Sand Sculpture

Dragon Caves

New Taipei tour

2016 Kite Festival

Pingxi Crags

Bitou Cape

2016 Sand Sculpture

2015 Christmasland

Juming - Jinshan

Houtong - Pingxi

Sandiaoling Waterfall

Jiufen foodtrip

Guanyinshan hike

Yehliu Ocean World

2014 Kite Festival

Pingxi Rail tour

Jinguashi tour

Vigor Kobo Pineapple

British Consulate

Yehliu Geopark

2014 Sand Sculpture

Paragliding

2014 Christmasland

2014 Pingxi Lantern

firefly watching

Yingge Ceramics Street

Jiufen tour