Stay overnight in an Ice Hotel - an experience to remember
The demand for a stay in an ice hotel has never been greater. The first hotel made of ice opened in Jukkasjarvi, a town in the north of Sweden, in1990 and the concept has gripped the world's imagination since then.
Sweden remains the main venue for buildings made of ice - there are ice galleries, ice restaurants and ice bars as well as the ice hotels - but other Scandinavian countries have not been slow off the mark with their own versions. Even Alaska and upstate Quebec in Canada have built an ice hotel in the last few years.
The real adventure of an ice hotel is in staying the night but many visitors simply arrive for the day to dine in the restaurant or to sample a shot of vodka served from a glass made entirely of ice.
Ice hotel weddings have become so popular that the Scandinavian ice hotels can't keep up with the demand.
The original ice hotel in Sweden is only in existence for around four months each year before it (quite literally) melts away to nothing but it's remarkably busy during its short season. Fifteen thousand guests stayed last year and this year's Ice Hotel has eighty eight bed rooms - thirty of them specially decorated suites created by ice artists.
All of the ice hotels offer day time activities and excursions such as ice-carving classes, snowmobile excursions, reindeer rides and dog sledging. The original ice hotel in Sweden also has a four hundred seat theatre where guests can enjoy rock music, opera and other theatrical performances in the evenings.
Tips on how to sleep well in an Ice Hotel
- take part in an evening activity so that you are tired when you go to bed
- don't drink too much - getting up to the toilet in the middle of the night is not much fun when it's minus five degrees in your bedroom
- make sure that your sleeping bag fits you snuggly and wear socks, thermal underwear and a wooly hat in bed. Not too sexy but definitely essential to a comfortable night
- your bed is built from snow and ice and is covered with reindeer skins - hotel staff bring you a hot drink in the morning and direct you to the sauna to start your day
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