Unusual hotel made of ice

Ice hotel Icehotel in Jukkasjarvi, Sweden, discovered 25 years ago, will be renovated and welcomes its guests already in December of this year.

The hotel is 200 kilometers from the Arctic circle and made entirely of ice and snow. This is truly a miracle of architectural and engineering work.

Every year, hundreds of sculptors from around the world submit their entries in which they offer their own version of the room design for the hotel.

The jury selects some works and invites authors to Sweden in November and December, so their ideas are translated into reality.

This year we selected a few designs to choose from. Ideas for rooms will be very different from rainforest orangutans to unusual work called “Time Piece” (in translation from English. chronometer).

An unusual hotel made of ice

In each room guest will find one bed made of ice blocks, a thick mattress and reindeer skin. Continue reading →