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Sweden s Spectacular Icehotel Opens in Lapland—Take a Peek Inside

Sweden’s Spectacular Icehotel Opens in Lapland Take a Peek Inside AFAR 1/6/2021 Photo by Asaf Kliger The new “Auris Interna” Art Suite at Icehotel 31 is one of 12 ephemeral ice suites designed for the hotel’s 2020–2021 season.When the Icehotel first opened on a seasonal basis in 1989, the Swedish establishment became the world’s first hotel made of snow and ice. In the three decades since, the incredibly “cool” hotel has been reborn as a pop-up each winter, using almost 8,000 gallons of water sourced from the nearby Torne River to construct the frozen accommodations anew.  The Swedish Lapland property, which sits about 124 miles north of the Arctic Circle in the village of Jukkasjärvi, appears annually in an area known as a prime vantage point for Northern Lights viewing. This year’s Icehotel 31 (named in reference to its 31st season) is currently open through April 11, 2021. 

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© Asaf Kliger High up in the frozen wilds of northern Sweden, the doors to the 31st Icehotel have just creaked open. Every year since 1989, the Icehotel has been created afresh in the little village of Jukkasjärvi. Outside the mercury falls to as low as –20˚C. But inside the thermometer remains a steady, and relatively balmy, 5˚C thanks to the 563 tons of ice from the river Torne used to build the hotel.  The Icehotel is also an art gallery. In normal years, chainsaw-wielding artists arrive from around the world every October to work the blocks of ice into fantastic shapes. Last year, there was a ferris wheel and miniature rollercoaster to celebrate three decades of the hotel in ice. This year, because of travel restrictions (see below), the artists are all from Sweden. But the range of designs are as quixotic – not to mention exotic – as ever. A giant lizard skulks in its icy den in one suite, along with other fantastical creatures.

Sweden s winter wonderland returns with opening of 31st Icehotel

Sweden s winter wonderland returns with opening of 31st Icehotel Sweden s winter wonderland ret. Dreaming in a Dream, by Kestutis Musteikis and Vytautas Musteikis, is one of the arty spaces created for the 2020 Icehotel, and conjures up an icy fantasy land populated with weird and wonderful creatures Asaf Kliger 1/11 Toybox was designed by Wouter Biegelaar and Viktor Tsarsk. It contains ice sculptures of toys and stuffed animals Asaf Kliger 2/11 Hang Loose was designed by Edith Van De Wetering and Wilfred Stijge and is conceived as an icy art gallery Asaf Kliger 3/11 Koex Maximus was designed by Julia Gamborg Nielsen and Lotta Lampa and is envisioned as an abstract world of contemplation

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