Monday, April 29, was a banner day for the future of commercial space flight. Virgin Galactic, the world’s first commercial...
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In case anyone’s missed it, spring 2013 is expected to offer some spectacular Northern Light displays in...
It is easy to combine your stay at ICEHOTEL with a couple of days surrounded by deep snow in the most beautiful of...
Since the start twenty years ago, ICEHOTEL has built up an impressive competence and an extensive international network of...
ICEHOTEL has been awarded Prevues Visionary Award for the meeting and incentive industry. The Visionary Awards celebrate the forward thinking initiatives of environmental sustainability, social innovation, community building and corporate social...
It may be one of the most unusual airport transfers ever — by dogsled across a white expanse. In any event, it is a spectacular start to a weekend of Arctic adventure, 200 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle. 90 eager, yelping dogs wait...
At home in the Netherlands, Marjolein Vonk works as an interior decorator and stylist. Each winter since 2001, she has returned to ICEHOTEL. With 4 suites and 4 ice churches to her credit, Marjolein is a veteran of ice and snow sculpting. For the...
Jens Thoms Ivarsson, Kalle Ekeroth and Christian Strömqvist, natives of Göteborg and recurring ICEHOTEL artists won 2nd price at the 63rd Sapporo Snow Festival, where 16 countries participated.
When winter is at its coldest, magic blossoms at ICEHOTEL in Jukkasjärvi. The hotel's snow corridors are tunnels of adventure in which each suite opens the door to a whole new world. It is spellbinding and surrealistic. But how does ICEHOTEL take...
Eternal vows and evanescence have a magical attraction for couples from around the world. Each winter, about 150 weddings are celebrated at ICEHOTEL, Jukkasjärvi. Perhaps it is because, in this unique setting, in the here and now that only happens...
Sleeping in temperatures below freezing naturally places demands on your equipment, but you can influence a lot yourself with the right preparation.
Following the construction of the 22nd ICEHOTEL in Jukkasjärvi, Swedish Lapland, 200 km north of the arctic circle.
Even if ICEHOTEL by definition is a cold place, there’s more to it than meets the eyes… or ice. Several thousand square metres are actually heated (but - in a cool way so to speak) by ground source heat pumps from Swedish company NIBE .
For those travelling from England, Discover the Worlds direct flight to Kiruna is the quickest and most convenient way to travel to ICEHOTEL. The specialist tour operator has been organising holidays to ICEHOTEL every year since the very first was...
Step right into this winter's art experience, today! Take a first-hand look at artist renders and sketches of the ICEHOTEL Art Suites and other areas of ICEHOTEL #22.
The folk music of Tornedalen, like that of the Sami, is timeless. It has survived thanks to its Kalevala quality and strength. No violins or accordions are used in the traditional music of Tornedalen, since members of the 19th-century revivalist...
We are in a privileged situation here at ICEHOTEL in Jukkasjärvi. Living so close to nature, even living off nature, with an abundance of pure freshwater from the Torne River, we are able to tap this inexhaustible source daily. I feel a sense of...
Sally, tell us about your job. “I work with planning and sales of larger events for groups, conferences and incentives. These account for about 20% of our business at ICEHOTEL. Arrangements are always specially adapted, exclusive and unique for ea...
Since the start twenty years ago, ICEHOTEL has built up an impressive competence and an extensive international network of famous designers, artists, sculptors and architects. Here's a taste of a collaboration that is going to be hard to top.
A trek from the glacial source of the crystal-clear water to Jukkasjärvi’s shore will put even the most seasoned outdoorsman to the test. It is a journey through the seasons, full of adventure, in natural surroundings that can scarcely be captured...
We invite you to Jukkasjärvi to discover sleeping serenely in five degrees below zero, have a go at dog-sledding or join us on a Northern Lights safari by snowmobile or horseback. If none of this is exciting enough, why not simply buy a ticket out...
ICEHOTEL began celebrating its 20th anniversary with a new year's Eve party featuring a tractor ballet.
The Ice Church in Jukkasjärvi is filled by the warmth between Madeleine and Niklas Rissveds, with their rosy cheeks and starry eyes. Only minutes before, in the presence of witnesses and the priest of Jukkasjärvi, they promised to love one another...
It’s fall, and the temperature is dropping. Summer’s warmth rises in vapourfrom the river. Now the water and the cold begin a game of cat and mouse. The river seems to flow more slowly each day. In late-October, the current gives in to the cold,...
As the hotel manager of ICEHOTEL, Kerstin Nilsson is responsible for both cold and warm accommodations, two restaurants, four bars and the gift shop, with a total of 100 employees during the peak season. “I have the best job in the world. We meet...
The desire to make ICEHOTEL a showcase for highclass art and design has been implicit right from the start. That’s the big difference between the original and the many copies that have appeared throughout the world over the years. each winter,...
”Companies that work strategically for the environment are going to make a considerable profit”, says Dennis Pamlin, entrepreneur and newly appointed director of Low Carbon Leaders for transformative solutions, a joint UN and WWF initiative.