Ice Palaces: the famous hotel made of ice has reopened in Lapland
The famous Icehotel ice hotel in the Swedish village of Jukkasjärvi has reopened its doors to frost-resistant guests.
The ice hotel has 35 rooms decorated by 36 artists from 17 countries. In total, 30 thousand cubic meters of snow and ice were used for the construction of Icehotel this year, and 500 tons of crystal clear ice, which is mined in the nearest river, was needed to create ice sculptures decorating the hotel.
Every year, the best designers in the world create a unique Icehotel interior, so it is interesting for guests to visit it again and again. Reconstruction of the hotel with an area of 1000 sq. m. m costs 520 thousand dollars every winter.
Each room in the hotel is fully functional and at the same time made exclusively of ice and snow. Exotics are not cheap, and the ice hotel is no exception — the room price reaches $ 500 per night. Guests can choose from standard rooms, Art Suites, themed apartments decorated with original ice sculptures, or a suite.
Ice is used not only to create artwork, but also to build an ice bar and even make glasses for drinks.
For the fabulous beauty of the hotel, you have to pay with some household inconveniences. For example, the bathroom is located in another building, to which you have to walk down the street. There is no TV or electricity in the room. But, nevertheless, hardy lovers of northern exotics come here every year in search of new sensations. During the year, the ice hotel is visited by about 50,000 visitors from all over the world.
Art room "White Desert", designers Timsam Harding and Fabian Jacques Casado.
Art room "Flying Cloud", designer Lisa Landquist.
An art room called "Faberge's Last Egg", designed by Tomasz Czajkowski and Eric Marx.
King Kong Suite, designer Lkhagvadorj Dorjsuren.
An art room called "Rules of the Earth", designed by Karl Verlander and Ulrika Talving.
An art room called "Follow the White Rabbit", designed by Anna-Sofia Maag and Niklas Bayman.
An art room called "Daily Travelers", designed by Alem Teklou and Anne Karin Krogevol.
An art room called "Dangerously Thin Ice", designed by Francisca Agrawal.
Deluxe art room called "The Invisible Army", designers Nina Hadman and Lena Kristrem.
An art room called "Radiance", designed by Natsuki Saito and Shango Saito.
An art room called "Queen of the North", designed by Emily Steele and Sebastian Deluva.
A suite called Livoq, designed by Fabien Champeval and Frederique Schroth.
A suite called "Monstera", designed by Nonny and Johan Kauppi.