Ever wondered how Eskimos will live inside Igloos made of ice? Now there is a chance to all of you to live that experience. A hotel completely made of ice. Yeah, we are talking about ICEHOTEL in Jukkasjarvi, 200 km (124 miles) north of the Arctic Circle in Sweden. Here everything from the reception desk to the beds are made from ice taken from the River Torne. This hotel has become one of the biggest winter tourist destinations of Europe and in 2008, ICEHOTEL bagged ‘ The Trip Global Award’.
Lets have some glimpses of this fantastic winter tourist attraction.
ICEHOTEL: AN EXTERNAL VIEW
ICEHOTEL SWEDEN: THE ICE BAR
ICE-BAR AT ICEHOTEL
ICEHOTEL SWEDEN: AN INSIDE VIEW
ICEHOTEL-BEDROOM : AN EXPERIENCE IN ITSELF
ICEHOTEL- AN IGLOO BEDROOM
ICEHOTEL-A PEEK IN TO THE BATHROOM
ICEHOTEL : ANOTHER VIEW OF THE ENTRANCE
ICEHOTEL- THE ICE-SCULPTURES
Winter Activities at ICEHOTEL
There are lot of winter activities offered at ICEHOTEL
- Northern Light tours: In Sweden the Aurora oval usually at Kiruna’s latitude,is probably the best places in the world to see the Northern Lights. Starting winter season 2010-11, ICEHOTEL will offer guided Northern light tours by bus to its guests, every night at 11 pm.
- Snowmobile Tours
- Dog Sledding
- Skiing
- Esrange Space centre: Esrange Space Center, the Swedish Space Corporation’s (SSC) site, is an international center for space and environmental research and located 45 km outside of Kiruna.
- Ice Sculpting
Services offered at ICEHOTEL
- Conferences and Adventure tours
- Technical visits
- ICEHOTEL events
- Adventure tours at Swedish Laplands
- Enjoy some drinks at ICEBAR
- Get married at ICE church
The ICEHOTEL season
ICEHOTEL starts greeting the first winter guests in the beginning of December, when ICEHOTEL is still taking shape. Visitors during this period will get an in-depth look at one of the worlds most extreme building process. Snow cannons humming on the Torne River shore, machines hauling ice block weighing 2 tonnes and artists carving sculptures out of ice.
Each week, from then until the end of the year when it is completed, a new part of ICEHOTEL will open up to guests and visitors. It is the darkest time of the year, the sun never reaches above the horizon. But the snow glistens and crunches under your shoes. Also this is the best time for seeing the Northern Lights dance across the sky.
During March, the harvesting of ice starts from the Torne River. The sawing of ice blocks, lifting them up from the frozen river and transporting them into storage, usually draws a large audience on river shore.
ICEHOTEL ends his winter season by the end of April when the early rays of the Midnight sun starts to nibble on the walls and roof of the hotel and we have to wait for the next winter.
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