Sleeping on Bed of Ice

Image from Flickr is by Greenland Travel

Above is a picture of a bed room in the 'Icehotel' in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden.

Ice hotels are hotels made up entirely of snow and carved blocks of ice. Such hotels/resorts are created every winter in many countries including, but not limited to, Canada, Finland, Norway, Romania and Sweden. The hotels of ice are reconstructed every year and are dependent upon constant sub-zero temperatures during construction and operation.  With arrival of spring and onset of summer the hotels just melt away to be rebuild in the next winter.

The World’s first ice hotel aptly named as 'Icehotel' was created in 1989 in the village of Jukkasjärv, Sweden. Since then every year around March, 'Icehotel' stores tons of ice from the frozen Torne River and uses it for re-construction of a fresh building usually in mid-November. When completed, the hotel features a bar, church, main hall, reception area and rooms and suites for over 100 guests to sit and sleep on blocks of sculpted ice in the form of chairs and beds. The fixtures, fittings and decorations are all made entirely of ice. The Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi is reportedly the biggest of all ice hotels.

Since it is rebuilt every year its architecture also changes every year. Here are couple of images from the earlier years;

The entrance;

Image from Flickr is by Christina Falkstrom

Main hall 2007;

Image from Wikimedia Commons is by Laplandish

Ice Bar 2010

Image from Flickr is by (rinse)

Ice Hotel Church 2007

Image from Flickr is by bjaglin

With arrival of summer everything melts away and is rebuilt again at the onset of next winter.

Google Maps Photosphere view of inside.

Location in Google Maps

More info at Wikipedia  and 'Icehotel' Website

Edit Note July 4, 2020
Dead links/defunct photos removed and new photos/links added.