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An ice hotel is a temporary hotel made up of snow and sculpted blocks of ice. [1] ... Lapland, Finland This page was last edited on 26 October 2024, at 03:49 ...
The entire hotel is made out of snow and ice blocks from the Torne River; even the glasses in the bar are made of ice.Each spring, around March, Icehotel harvests tons of ice from the frozen Torne River and stores it in a nearby production hall with room for over 900 t (990 short tons) of ice and 27,000 t (30,000 short tons) of snow.
Despite its varying configurations, the snow castle has a few recurring elements: a chapel, a restaurant and a hotel. The SnowRestaurant [1] has ice tables and seats covered with reindeer fur, as well as ice sculptures. The ecumenical SnowChapel [1] with 50–100 seats has seen numerous weddings of couples from as far away as Japan and Hong Kong.
The ice hotel in Jukkasjärvi Kiruna is located in the north of Sweden, 145 kilometres (90 mi) north of the Arctic Circle . The city centre is built on the Haukavaara hill at an altitude of 530 m, high above the Torne river to the north and the Kalix River to the south.
The village is a popular tourist accommodation during the winter months, from December until April, and is best known for its annual ice hotel, a hotel literally made from ice. [2] The wooden church is the oldest building in the village (built around 1607/1608) and is well known for its wooden carved altar piece triptych by Bror Hjorth.
Levi is a fell located in Finnish Lapland, and the largest ski resort in Finland. [1] The resort is located in the village of Sirkka, Kittilä municipality and is served by Kittilä Airport and Kolari railway station. At a latitude of 67.8° north, it is located approximately 170 km (110 mi) north of the Arctic Circle.
Ice hotels can also be included within larger ice complexes; for example, the Mammut Snow Hotel in Finland is located within the walls of the Kemi snow castle; and the Lainio Snow Hotel is part of a snow village near Ylläs, Finland. There is an arctic snowhotel in Rovaniemi in Lapland, Finland, along with glass igloos. [25]
' island-ridge ') is a fell area in Lapland, northern Finland. It is located in the Inari, Savukoski and Sodankylä municipalities. The highest point is 718 meters (2,356 ft) high Mt Sokosti. [2] The range is mostly two-billion-year-old granulite. The last ice age ended 9500 years ago in Saariselkä.