In pictures: World's first permanent ice hotel
More than 40 architects and designers came together from nine countries around the world to create 20 suites
At the end of last year, Sweden opened its doors to the world's first permanent ice hotel. Ice Hotel 365 is the only frozen accommodation in the world to remain open all year-round.
More than 40 architects, artists and designers came together from nine countries around the world to create 20 suites where guests can sleep on a bed made of ice at -5C, 365 days a year.
Although the hotel will be covered in snow during winter, it will be kept cool in summer by solar power from the midnight sun, covered with a turf roof and planted with Arctic flowers. Ice hotel 365 is next to the Ice Hotel (which melts away by spring). Construction of both properties involves the use of around 30,000 litres of water from the river Torne: the equivalent of 700 million snowballs.
More than 40 architects, artists and designers came together from nine countries around the world to create 20 suites where guests can sleep on a bed made of ice at -5C, 365 days a year.
Although the hotel will be covered in snow during winter, it will be kept cool in summer by solar power from the midnight sun, covered with a turf roof and planted with Arctic flowers. Ice hotel 365 is next to the Ice Hotel (which melts away by spring). Construction of both properties involves the use of around 30,000 litres of water from the river Torne: the equivalent of 700 million snowballs.