The Swedish Ice Hotel is located in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden. It has over
80 rooms and is built using ice from the nearby Torne River.
Construction began in October using 10,000 tones of ice and 30,000 tons
of snow. The 30,000 square foot hotel is located 200 km north of the
Arctic Circle and features an Absolute Vodka ice bar, an ice cinema, an
ice chapel, ice family rooms, and ice suites. The whole structure uses
4,000 tons of ice.
The hotel began in 1990, when French artist Jannot Derid held an
exhibition in a cylinder-shaped igloo in the area. One night there were
no rooms available in the town so some of the visitors slept in sleeping
bags on top of reindeer skin.
The ice hotel gives you a different way to holiday. It’s an
interesting place to stay for those that love the snow. Rooms start
around $300 a night and the hotel is open from December through April.
Temperatures range from -5 C to -8 C. That’s pretty cold but considering
temperatures can get -37 C below out, it’s not too bad. Guests sleep on
Reindeer skin and sleeping bags making for a nice comfortable, and
cozy, sleep.
Since the hotel melts and has to be rebuilt each year, no two years
feature the same design. Every year they reshape and redesign the whole
hotel giving returning visitors a new place. Last year’s theme was the
milky way.
Source: HotelClub Travel Blog
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Built from literally thousands of tones and ice and snow this hotel
may be a bit chilly located in jukkasjArvi Sweden. It would definitely be an
interesting place to stay if you loved the snow that is I wouldn’t want to
imagine how cold it would be or the claustrophobia I would be feeling, I think
people would not be able to pass up the experience of a least looking around
inside an actual icehouse. Every year the reshape the design offering a new
adventure every time you come as it is only open from April to December off
course you wouldn’t want to stay during the warmer months in case of a
meltdown. Can you just imagine the work going into building the hotel every
year it would be an exciting project to e apart of.
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