A hotel built of ice and snow
ICEHOTEL is situated in the village Jukkasjärvi, 200 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle in Sweden. The heart and backbone is the River Torne flowing freely through the unspoilt wilderness. Covered with a meter thick ice layer winter time the river is the source of all our art, architecture and design. The pure water and the steady movement of the river creates the clearest ice possible.
This is the church with fur covered pews. The altar is adorned with motif of the national flower of Sweden'Linnaea Borealis'. 
This is one of the very few guest rooms which are all designed by various famous artists and cost between 1200 to 4700 euros per night, depending on which type of room you request. The hotel can accommodate 100 guest per night and they have rooms that are not the high end "suites" which are the features. Even the "regular rooms" ,if you could call them that, are all designer created. And if you want breakfast in the morning, which I think you would after using up all your calories freezing, it will cost you a "cool", again sorry I could help it it was there, 750 Euros!Per person!!!!!!!!
This is a view of the entrance
This is the Check -in desk.
Unless you are a penguin or polar bear most people do not opt for more than a one night stay. Surely the novelty wears off really fast, no matter how much vodka you drink, and huddling around a trash can with burning newspapers probably sounds like heaven!
ICEHOTEL is situated in the village Jukkasjärvi, 200 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle in Sweden. The heart and backbone is the River Torne flowing freely through the unspoilt wilderness. Covered with a meter thick ice layer winter time the river is the source of all our art, architecture and design. The pure water and the steady movement of the river creates the clearest ice possible.
This is the "Club" where you come to drink very cold syrupy vodka, which serves the purpose of warming you up(and also is a major sponsor of the project) and you forget you are sitting on a block of ice!
This is the church with fur covered pews. The altar is adorned with motif of the national flower of Sweden'Linnaea Borealis'. 
This is one of the very few guest rooms which are all designed by various famous artists and cost between 1200 to 4700 euros per night, depending on which type of room you request. The hotel can accommodate 100 guest per night and they have rooms that are not the high end "suites" which are the features. Even the "regular rooms" ,if you could call them that, are all designer created. And if you want breakfast in the morning, which I think you would after using up all your calories freezing, it will cost you a "cool", again sorry I could help it it was there, 750 Euros!Per person!!!!!!!!
This is a view of the entrance
This is the Check -in desk.Unless you are a penguin or polar bear most people do not opt for more than a one night stay. Surely the novelty wears off really fast, no matter how much vodka you drink, and huddling around a trash can with burning newspapers probably sounds like heaven!
All in all, my sarcastic comments aside, this is an amazing feat of architecture, design, art ,science and incredible fantasy come true!
This marvel has been erected every year since 1990. It takes the whole year to plan for the next one and many months to harvest and fabricate the ice and snow.The hotel is open from December to April. Being that it is above the arctic circle the sun does not really appear until May. So , no melting!
The only way to get to the hotel after landing at the airport is by either dog sled or snowmobile! This is a true adventure and worth every cent for a night stay in a real fairy tale you will never forget!!!!
Meow for now,
Catraven <<<=^..^=>>>
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