Moscow's Ice Sculptures.0:04
After paying your entrance fee at most museums, you might then need to pay a visit to the cloakroom to hang up your coat.0:07
However, at the Ice Sculpture Museum in Sokolniki Park, Moscow, you visit the cloakroom to put on warm winter wear and even some snug boots if you want to.0:14
That's because this museum is kept at a constant -10°C all year round.0:24
To prevent an astonishing display of ice sculptures from melting away right before your eyes.0:29
Sokolniki Park has attractions to suit every taste, including an amusement park, an outdoor skating rink, and an expo centre.0:35
And now it has the world's only permanent ice sculpture museum too.0:44
Covering 500 square metres, this indoor exhibition has giant ice insects and frozen aliens, and a living room to chill out in, with a vase of flowers that will never die, but may one day melt.0:48
There's also an ice dinosaur fossil and a giant Ice Age mammoth, and visitors can even get a drink in an ice glass.1:01
In the evening, the sculptures are lit up with multicoloured lights to create an incredible winter wonderland.1:09
The idea for the museum came from a group of prize-winning international sculptors who have worked with snow, ice, and sand.1:15
The Russian sculptors came from Moscow and Saint Petersburg, but also from Arkhangelsk, where a lot of the ice originated from.1:23
All in all, 800 tons of ice and 200 tons of snow were used to make the sculptures, which will be replaced twice a year.1:30
In 2012, a whole city made of ice and snow was built in Sokolniki Park, a tradition that goes back to the time of Peter the Great, when snow cities and ice slopes were often built during feasts and winter1:38
For 3 months, Moroz City covered 2,500 square meters, and included everything you'd find in a normal city, including an ice hotel, fitness centre and cinema, and an ice souvenir shop, complete with ice souvenirs.1:51
There was even an orchestra of ice instruments that visitors could actually have a go at playing, and a cool disco with a slippery dance floor.2:07
Over 100 architects, artists, sculptors and volunteers cooperated to build this amazing winter wonderland.2:15
They faced a real challenge at times as they battled against rain and higher-than-average temperatures.2:23
The Ice Sculpture Museum is open all year round and is well worth a visit, despite the long queues to get in.2:29
Don't forget to sign up for an ice sculpting class!2:36
This is the only museum in Russia that will let you loose with an electric saw and a chisel to create your own icy masterpiece.2:40
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