| Icehotel is the original hotel made of snow and ice, | | | | under construction the process is fascinating, does |
| 4000sqm with 85 rooms and now in its 17th year. A | | | | not interupt you in any way and Iceartists from |
| popular destination for people from all over the world | | | | around the world litter the place as they go about |
| and quite a trek to get to until now! | | | | their craft. |
| The Icehotel (not Ice Hotel as many people think) is | | | | Massive Iceblocks are kept in a giant freezer all |
| built in December each year and lasts until mid April | | | | summer having been harvested from the metre thick |
| when the warmer days take their toll. The final | | | | ice covering the Torne river in the previous April. |
| reminents return to the Torne river by midsommer | | | | They then form the major structure of the hotel |
| (late June). Now preparing for their 17th year, | | | | with snow making up the remainder of the roofs and |
| Icehotel changes for each season so although the | | | | walls. |
| front entrance with the Ice chandelier and ice pillars | | | | Until now visiting the Icehotel from the UK has |
| stays much the same the layout, Ice suite rooms, | | | | involved either 2 flights - UK - Stockholm and |
| Absolut Icebar and chapel are noticeably different | | | | Stockholm to Kiruna or an overnight train journey |
| each year. | | | | from Stockholm to Kiruna. Now, thanks to an |
| Built from thousands of tonnes of snow and ice | | | | exclusive charter, there is a direct flight for the first |
| visitors in December can watch the building process. | | | | time for those wishing to visit Icehotel without the |
| Although it might not sound ideal to visit a hotel | | | | labourious journey. |