Ice hotel, Jukkasjarvi, Sweden
Jukkasjarvi is located 200km north of the Arctic Circle,
in the heart of Swedish Lapland and is just a short drive from the airport in Kiruna.
The village of Jukkasjarvi has a small museum and a pretty church.

Since ICEHOTEL melts every spring, each year a team of snowbuilders, architects,
designers and artists from all corners of the world create the Icehotel.
The Icehotel is available from mid-December to mid-April although December and very early January departures are during the later stages of construction.

Inside the hotel room, the temperature is never colder than -5 degrees to -8 degrees Celsius,
regardless of how cold it may be outside. Unique rooms are decorated with ice art and sculptures.
You sleep in a thermal sleeping bag on a special bed of snow and ice, on reindeer skins. 

There are even honeymoon suites, with double sleeping bags and lockable doors!
Other accommodation in the resort is heated and consists of Nordic or Aurora cabins and Kaamos rooms. The interior actually feels quite pleasant, especially when outside temperatures can drop to around -37°C!

The Absolut Ice Bar is one of the most popular rooms With its vaulted ceiling, plenty of ice block seating (thankfully covered in reindeer skins) and see-though bar, it serves an impressive range of colourful vodka cocktails, naturally served in chunky ice glasses.

Believe it or not, the hotel also has an ice chapel.