Isfestivalen Uppsala

For the last week, Uppsala has been having an Ice Festival with ice sculptures carved by (mostly Swedish) artists. I went around last night and took pictures. I don't think I managed to find all of the sculptures. Most of them are in the city park but there are others elsewhere.



In Stora Torget (the big Square) there are two on display.



This one had a sign saying that it won the ice sculpture contest this year. The light behind it pulsed so it looked like a beating heart.



You can't see it all that well but this one had faces carved on all sides.



Over to the city garden.



 



 



This sculpture and the next two were part of a children's park made of ice.



 



 



And the rest of the sculptures.



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



From the city park, you can see the Cathedral in the background.



On one of the many bridges.



Unfortunately for the sculptures, we've warmed up a bit and are right around freezing now. When I first set out the sculptures looked a bit wet. At the entrance to the park there is a pond that was being used as a skating rink for quite a while. The weather forecast says that we are supposed to drop down again, so we'll see. I'm still enjoying the snow (while explaining to everyone that we don't get snow in Victoria.)  We've gained about two hours of daylight since December.