Icehotel

The Icehotel stands in Jukkasjärvi, a village of about 900 people in Swedish Lapland, just east of Kiruna and north of the Arctic Circle. Every November a new hotel takes shape there from ice harvested from the Torne river, and in spring it melts back into the river.

According to Lonely Planet, the seasonal Icehotel Winter is open from December to April. Alongside it there is Icehotel 365, which uses solar energy to keep its ice rooms frozen all year. Ice room temperatures hover between −5 and −8 °C; the beds have wooden frames, thick mattresses and reindeer hides. The hotel recommends spending just one night in an ice room and the rest of your stay in a warm room. Day visitors can buy admission to see the ice art. (Source dated December 2022; check current details, season dates and prices in advance.)