There's regular fishing on a lake, and then there's ICE fishing on a frozen lake. Enter the Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival (which translates to Trout Ice Fishing Festival) - a cool festival that takes place in Hwacheon, which is only three hours away by car from Seoul. Move away from shopping at Myeongdong and embrace the wintery joys of this festival, which CNN dubbed as one of the seven "Winter Wonders of the World". While it's wildly popular among locals, there’s a special area catered to foreigners looking to go ice-fishing. There are plenty of other activities too, like sledding down an icy hill, ice skating, bobsleighing and gawking at majestic ice sculptures. Once you're done with all that, it's time to reap what you sow and grill the fish you've caught, for lunch!