Stunning, intricate creations by world-class carvers include those from the ice city of Harbin, in China.
The temperature at the 1, 500sqm complex is set to a cool -10C and contains an ice-skating rink, live entertainment and a holy city built entirely of ice.
Two of the best are " Ice Lights", a light-installation at Vancouver City Hall that looks like ice framing the historic building, and " The Birds", a pair of larger-than-life bird sculptures that once stood sentry at the site of the Olympic Village and now roost at the Southeast False Creek Plaza.
About a year after we started our company an ice storm shut down the city.
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The shifting northerly winds can suddenly bring ice and snow to the city, even in springtime, and when they do a certain kind of silence sets in.
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Both cities progressed rapidly from manufacturing to industrial to financial capitals, and in the process, voraciously abetted by the appetites of their citizenry, both killed their oysters (Paris, the third great oyster metropolis, protected its beds far more successfully, and to this day shuckers presiding over crates of oysters packed in ice remain a common sight on the city's corners in winter).
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Confirming Plymouth Pavilions ice rink will close next year, the city council said Central Park's new Life Centre could not accommodate a full size rink.
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When it comes to existing housing sales in the city, the market has been put on ice.
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Players from both teams gathered at center ice and raised their sticks in a salute to the city and fans who had shouted, "We are Boston" and "USA, USA, " during the game.
Confederation Park, just opposite City Hall, will stage Winterlude's famous international ice carving competition in its "Crystal Garden".
Another 14 people died when a bomb was detonated near another ice cream shop at a market in the capital's Sadr City district.
The City Centre is a hotspot of family-friendly fun, with ice skating, bowling and wall climbing.
Plymouth City Bus tweeted that Eggbuckland, Efford, Deer Park, Holly Park and Austin Crescent in the city were "out of bounds" for buses because of the ice.
Ever wondered what the Forbidden City or the Great Wall would look like if they were made of ice?
The "nearly complete" skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus bataar -- also known as a Tarbousaurus bataar -- was turned over to representatives of the government of Mongolia by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. attorney's office in a New York City repatriation ceremony.
The city is also home to food theme parks such as Gyoza Stadium and Ice Cream World, vending machines filled with canned coffee drinks, and probably more food fads than anywhere else in the world (today its pancakes, tomorrow it might be cod roe).
The festival located at the Old Train Station Plaza in David Remez Square, about a mile southwest of the Old City is essentially a smaller version of the spectacular Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival, which has been bringing visitors to the north of China for 27 years.
Ice cream vans are also a feature of Tripoli with a few being spotted around the city since the summer.
He told defense attorneys he couldn't travel to New York City to testify because he was busy with his main job selling Spanish ice cream.
Visit the city's recently opened organic food shop Reindyrka for goodies such as Isrosa's winter ice-cream, with spices, pineapple and chocolate.
"Once I'm on the ice, it's just me and Isaac Newton, " says Kaku, a professor at the City University of New York.
From late December, visitors flock to this city in Heilongjiang Province in the north-east of China to experience one of the finest ice and snow festivals anywhere in the world.
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