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The Icehotel is a hotel rebuilt each year with snow and ice in the village of
Jukkasjärvi Jukkasjärvi (; Sámi languages, Sami: ''Čohkkiras'') is a urban areas of Sweden, locality situated in Kiruna Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 548 inhabitants in 2010. It is situated at 321 meters elevation. The name is of Northern S ...
, in northern Sweden, about from
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. It is the world's first
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, Feb 9, 2003 After its first opening in 1990, the hotel has been rebuilt each year from December to April.The Complete Guide To The Northern Lights
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'', August 21, 2004. The hotel, including the chairs and beds, is constructed from snow and ice blocks taken from the nearby
Torne River The Torne, also known as the Tornio ( fi, Tornionjoki, sv, Torne älv, , se, Duortneseatnu, fit, Tornionväylä), is a river in northern Sweden and Finland. For approximately half of its length, it defines the border between these two countr ...
. Artists are invited to create different rooms and decorations made of ice. Besides bedrooms, there is a bar, with glasses made of ice and an ice chapel that is popular with marrying couples. The structure remains below freezing, around .


History

In 1989,
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ice artists visited the area and created an exhibition of ice art. In Spring 1990, French artist Jannot Derid held an exhibition in a cylinder-shaped
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in the same area. One night there were no rooms available in the town, so some of the visitors asked for permission to spend the night in the igloo at the exhibition hall. They slept in the igloo in
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s on top of
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skins, and were the first guests of the "hotel".


Hotel

The entire hotel is made out of snow and ice blocks from the
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; even the glasses in the bar are made of ice. Each spring, around March, Icehotel harvests tons of ice from the frozen Torne River and stores it in a nearby production hall with room for over of ice and of snow. The ice is used for creating Icebar designs and ice glasses, which are used for ice sculpting classes, events and product launches all over the world while the snow is used for building a strong structure for the building. About of what is left is used in the construction of the next Icehotel. The Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi is known to be the biggest hotel of ice and snow in the world, spanning over some . Each suite is unique and the architecture of the hotel is changed each year, as it is rebuilt from scratch. Each year, artists submit their ideas for suites, and a jury selects about 50 artists to create the church, Icebar, reception, main hall and suites. When spring comes, everything melts away and returns to the Torne River. The Icehotel only exists between December and April, and has been listed as one of the Seven Wonders of Sweden. The northern hemisphere's
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can be seen during the winter months in the location.
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that focus on this hotel have been aired on the
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(on '' Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby'') and Channel 5. The hotel appeared in a sketch about
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in one of the shows of the
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, courtesy of Lynda Woodruff. The Icehotel has guests from many countries, and it is reported that over one million guests have visited since its creation, although a large proportion of guests visit without staying overnight.


Church

The local parish of Jukkasjärvi, part of the Swedish Church, runs the Ice Church. Following co-operation with the Icehotel, the Swedish Church operates the Ice Church as a regular church. Each year the church is consecrated at the Christmas Day service. During the winter period around 140 couples get married and about 20 children are baptized. Most of the baptized children live in the parish or have parents living there. The wedding coordinator can arrange for civil ceremonies to be carried out. Characteristics of a wedding in the Ice Chapel are the cold, the stillness, and a cappella singing. Reverend Jan-Erik Kuoksu from the Jukkasjärvi parish started the Ice Church. During his 17 years of service, he united 1,500 couples and baptized many children. Kuoksu worked alone as the priest in the Ice Church for the first 14 years. His wife, Lisbeth, volunteers as a church usher. File:Icehotel-se-25.JPG ,
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room File:Icehotel-se-16.JPG, A long sofa File:Ice Hotel Church Jukkasjärvi.jpg, Ice Hotel church Image:Dragon_icehotel.jpg, The suite "The Banished Dragon" 2008 by Valli Schafer & Barra Cassidy. File:Icehotel-se-10.JPG, Icerock room File:Icehotel-se-04.JPG, The passageway File:Icehotel-se-19.JPG, Room for electric blanket Room Icehotel Jukkasjärvi 2012.JPG , The suite "Blue Marine" 2012 by Andrew Winch & William Blomstrand.


Icebars

Icehotel AB searched for business partners during the early and mid-1990s, and the founder, Yngve Bergqvist, chose
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as the first sponsor. The first Absolut Icebar opened in Icehotel in 1994, and today, the concept is used in three cities:
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and
Jukkasjärvi Jukkasjärvi (; Sámi languages, Sami: ''Čohkkiras'') is a urban areas of Sweden, locality situated in Kiruna Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 548 inhabitants in 2010. It is situated at 321 meters elevation. The name is of Northern S ...
. Several high-profile events around the Icehotel have since been initiated by Absolut Vodka. In 1994, the extension was an advertising shoot for Absolut Vodka to Jukkasjärvi, with photographer
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. Models
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, Mark Findlay and
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were photographed surrounded by ice, wearing creations designed by fashion designer
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. Guests are served vodka in glasses made of ice from the
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, often described as a drink "in the rocks". Ice glasses at the bars are brought from the production hall in Jukkasjärvi to the Icehotel. This is also the case with the interior creations, because every six months they are replaced on-site by staff from the ice production and artists. This is done to ensure quality and safety. Icebar by Icehotel is a franchise concept for ice bars. The concept was launched in spring 2009, with the opening of the Ice Bar CPH by Icehotel in Copenhagen, Denmark. The bar was followed in June of that year by the Ice Bar Tokyo by Icehotel in Tokyo, Japan, and shortly after, the Icebar Oslo by Icehotel in Oslo, Norway. File:Icehotel-se-29.JPG, Absolut Icebar in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden (December, 2005) File:Main_hall_icehotel_jukkasjärvi_08.jpg, Main Hall 2008. Sculptures by Lena Kriström. File:Icebar Icehotel Jukkasjärvi 2012.JPG, Absolut Icebar in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden (December, 2012) File:Icehotel 001.jpg, Decoration with dry flowers


Life cycle

Each year the Icehotel receives applications from artists around the world to design the imaginative suites. In 2013 over 200 requests were submitted by different artists with different qualifications – including theatre, structural design, camerawork and interior design. The artists will start the work in Jukkasjarvi starting each year in November to build the suites. When the temperature drops and the snow guns start humming on the Torne River shore, usually in mid-November, the building process begins. The snow is sprayed on huge inverted catenary shaped steel forms and allowed to freeze. After a couple of days, the forms are removed, leaving a maze of free-standing corridors of snow. In the corridors, dividing walls are built in order to create rooms and suites. Ice blocks are then transported into the hotel, where selected artists start creating the art and design of the perishable material. The Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi opens in phases. The first phase opens in the beginning of December. For each week, another section of the hotel opens up for visitors and guests until the beginning of January. At this time, the entire construction is completed.


Icehotel in the media

* In 2008, the hotel was featured in a documentary which was broadcast by
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. * In 2010, the hotel was visited in ''
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'' where one team has to sit on ice chairs for 10 minutes. * In 2013, the hotel appeared in a short sketch for the
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, hosted in Sweden that year. * In 2014, the hotel main hall, created by artists Alessandro Falca and AnnaSofia Mååg, served as scenography for the Opera by Anton Tjechov (1860-1904) titled "Björnen/The Bear" *In 2019, the hotel celebrated its 30th anniversary File:Icehotel-se-12.JPG, Sculpting the ice. File:Harvest_icehotel.jpg, Torne river ice harvest. File:Harvest2_icehotel.jpg, Torne river ice harvest. File:Icehotel_melting.jpg, The Icehotel melting in the sun.


References


External links


Official website
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