Jaw-dropping Ice World in Nyíregyháza Zoo opened – PHOTOS, VIDEO

The new attraction in the Northeast Hungarian city of Nyíregyháza opened yesterday and offers the atmosphere of the Arctic Circle interactively. The extension cost HUF 14 billion (EUR 36.1 million).

Nyírgyháza Zoo became a cooler place

According to turizmus.com, Nyíregyháza Zoo opened this special exhibition with unique technical solutions even at a European level. A new, specially designed, glass-covered building was erected with a catwalk for animals, extending more than 2 hectares. The complex will host rare Arctic Circle animals, including a polar bear, the world’s largest predator.

Furthermore, you can also visit the Ice Age Interactive Animal Show with realistic mammoths. The polar bear has a cooled and 4-meter-deep pool.

Penguins, eagles and wolves

Nyíregyháza Zoo now hosts three penguin species. But be careful entering their room! The temperature there is barely above 0 °C. Nyíregyháza is the first place in Hungary where you can check out the magnificent king penguins. Additionally, there are two more penguin species in Nyíregyháza: the emperor penguin and the Humboldt penguin.

In the outer space, you may check out the Arctic animals of Alaska and Siberia. You can meet there with a bald eagle and a Steller’s sea eagle, the largest of its kind. There are Arctic wolves and South American sea lions, and you can also try out the so-called climate chamber with temperatures around the freezing point.

Check out the animals in the Ice World on a boat!

Brave visitors can try out the flume ride, an artificial stream in a gorge, passable by a small, trunk-like boat. People can watch the animals in the Ice World while sitting on one of the trunks and moving ahead with the help of the stream.

Moreover, you may check out an Indian camp where you can get a glimpse of how Canadian natives lived. You may also check out an igloo and sink into the depths of the Arctic Sea with the help of a VR submarine.

The Ice World in Nyíregyháza was the largest rural zoo investment realised with the financial help of the Hungarian government’s “modern cities programme”.

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Here is a video of the opening of the Ice World:

Polar bears in Nyíregyháza on TikTok: