There isn’t much to do in Harbin this season. It’s not time to see the ice and snow sculptures yet. The main attractions are visiting Central Street, Sophia Church, and Flood Control Memorial Tower. One day is enough.
The arrangement of other times depends on your own interests.
Recommended first day: visit Sophia Church, Central Street, and Flood Control Memorial Tower.
First go to the Sophia Church, then walk along Central Street towards the Flood Control Memorial Tower to see the European-style buildings on Central Street, and finally arrive at the Flood Control Memorial Tower, Harbin’s landmark attraction. If you don’t feel too cold, you can take a walk along the Songhua River.
Note: Between Qidao Street and Badao Street on Central Street, there is the most famous Western restaurant in Harbin - Huamei Restaurant (it is more expensive than hot pot but very famous, it is recommended to try it).
At Qidao Street, you can buy Madier popsicles, which are also very famous in Harbin. It is recommended to try them.
In addition, there are many shopping malls and specialty stores along Central Street, where you can go shopping.
Day 2 and Day 3: If you want to climb up to see the panoramic view of Harbin, you can visit the Dragon Tower on Yangtze River Road.
If you like excitement, you can go to the Siberian Tiger Garden in Jiangbei to see tigers (the cost may be slightly higher).
If you want to relax, you can watch a movie or go shopping.
For shopping, go to the Qiulin Company area. There are high-end shopping malls (Broad Shopping Center, Qiulin Commercial Building, Songlei Commercial Building), relatively cheap underground commercial streets (Hongbo Plaza), and small commodity wholesale markets (
Big World Mall), basically all levels of consumer needs can be met).
Other questions: Harbin’s hot pot is really not famous. Generally speaking, hot pot is not too expensive. There are small hot pots in the fast food area upstairs in large shopping malls. It is more convenient to eat when shopping.
The larger supermarket near Sophia Church is the Habai supermarket on the basement floor.
In addition, I agree with what was said above. If you want to save money, you won’t save much space in terms of entertainment and food, but mainly in accommodation.