Harbin
Harbin or Hā'ěrbīn is the capital of Heilongjiang, China, and the largest city of the province—as well as the second largest urban population and the largest metropolitan population in Northeast China. Harbin has direct jurisdiction over nine metropolitan districts, two county-level cities, and seven counties. Wikipedia
Population 10,009,854 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in China
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Mao Zedong Memorial · 340 m
- 哈尔滨苏联红军英雄纪念碑 Memorial · 590 m
- Heilongjiang Province Museum Museum · 640 m
- 革命领袖视察黑龙江纪念馆 Attraction · 880 m
- 哈尔滨市汇丰照像器材有限公司 Museum · 910 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival
January – February
Harbin Ice and Snow World (Chinese: 哈尔滨冰雪世界; pinyin: Hā'ěrbīn Bīngxuě Shìjiè) is an annual winter festival that takes place in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, and is now the largest ice and snow festival in the world.
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Harbin Summer Music Festival
July
Held every two years in July (next will be in 2018), this festival is organized by the city and brings in famous Chinese bands for free concerts held in the city square
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Harbin International Beer Festival
August
The city takes a break and honors the local "Harbin Beer" for a week. A whole public square is cordoned off and there are stages that host music concerts and dance contests.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Harbin); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Getting around
- Harbin Railway CO., Ltd 260 m
- Museum of Heilongjiang Province 790 m
- Workers' Cultural Palace 1.1 km
- Harbin Institute of Technology 1.2 km
- Harbin Railway Station 1.3 km
- Harbin 1.3 km
More train stations: Wangzhaotun 2.5 km, Binjiang 3.7 km, Xiangfang 4.7 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.