A group of ‘bored’ Poles started building snowman one day near the town of Trzebnica in southwestern Poland. The problem is they didn’t know when to stop and then decided they would just keep going. The 31ft giant, named “Milocinek”, was finished after 6 days of work and is now the pride and joy of the city, which is pretty normal, if you believe the rumors that this is not [ Read More ]
The Sapporo Snow Festival, one of Japan’s largest winter events, attracts a growing number of visitors from Japan and abroad every year. Every winter, about two million people come to Sapporo to see the hundreds of beautiful snow statues and ice sculptures which line Odori Park,the grounds at Satoland, and the main street in Susukino. For seven days in February,these statues and sculptures(both large and small) turn Sapporo into a [ Read More ]
Harbin Ice and Snow World, one of the major venues for the 26th International Ice and Snow Festival, officially opens on January 5, 2010. The park features many large ice and snow sculptures based on landmarks from countries around the world. The annual Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival has been held since 1963. It had been interrupted for a number of years during the Cultural Revolution until it [ Read More ]
World’s largest snowman was set in 2008 in Bethel, Maine. Olympia SnowWoman, the world’s largest snow(wo)man is created by Jim Mann and his crew at Mt. Mann Jewelers. The SnowWoman stood 122 feet 1 inch (37.21 m) in height, weight: 13,000,000 lbs. of snow, and was named Olympia Snowe. The previous record was also a snowman built in Bethel, Maine, in February 1999. The snowman was named “Angus, King of [ Read More ]
