Ottawa: Enjoy the romance and joy of the whole winter in Winterlude

Winterlude was officially held in 1979 with the purpose of allowing people to go out and interact with friends during winter, thereby enriching their winter lives, cultivating ice and snow culture, attracting more foreign tourists, and promoting the development of local tourism.

Release time : 2020-01-07 17:56:27

Ottawa is the capital and political and cultural center of Canada, the second largest city in Ontario, and the fourth largest city in Canada. With its unique cultural personality, beautiful urban scenery, and comfortable living environment, Ottawa is not only loved by the Canadian, but also is one of the cities that tourists aspire for.

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Because there’s no traversing mountain in the north of Ottawa, the strong cold air flow from the Arctic can sweep here without obstruction. The climate is cold and snowy. The average temperature in January is -11 ° C. It is one of the coldest capitals in the world that the coldest temperature once reached -39 ° C. The night temperatures of Ottawa are below 0 ° C for about 8 months each year, so it’s also called "freezing cold capital". Of course, the people of Ottawa did not waste this rare snow scene. The annual snow and ice carnival has become the most representative ice festival in Ottawa.

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Winterlude was officially held in 1979 with the purpose of allowing people to go out and interact with friends during winter, thereby enriching their winter lives, cultivating ice and snow culture, attracting more foreign tourists, and promoting the development of local tourism. Every February, tourists from all over the world come here to skate, drink wine and watch ice sculptures on the world's largest ice rink -Rideau Canal. The beautiful Rideau Canal become the stage for Canadian in the snow-covered winter, and there’re various ice and snow carnival activities such as skating exhibition, speed skating and skating relay. Different kinds of skating suits shuttle back and forth, forming a colorful flow of people.

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In addition to enjoying passionate experiences on outdoor ice rinks, ice sculptures made by international art masters will also gather here. Visitors can hide and seek under giant ice sculptures, take pictures with cartoon characters made of ice and snow, and even witness the engraver's wonderful ice sculpture process.