The Ice Hotel

Experience the extraordinary, unique and glistening Ice Hotel at Jukkasjarvi deep in the heart of Swedish Lapland. Enjoy traditional Sami cuisine; the Absolut Ice Bar; and snowmobile, reindeer and husky safaris for a thrilling holiday with a difference.

Each December, using the skills of several different Scandinavian ice sculptors, the celebrated Ice Hotel is crafted from 30,000 tons of snow and ice. The entire structure melts away each spring. Each year’s design differs, the final detail being revealed only when the last ice block is in place and the last bedroom finished. The hotel consists of Absolut Bar, cinema, art gallery, consecrated chapel, ‘hall of pillars’ and a choice of ice rooms, designer rooms or art suites all sculpted from ice. Guests sleep in special thermal Arctic sleeping bags on ice beds topped with reindeer skins. The wider complex also includes a restaurant serving traditional Lappish food and “warm accommodation” of differing types. There are Kaamos hotel style rooms with private wc/shower; 10 Nordic cabins with two bedrooms (one double and one with bunk beds) kitchenette and private shower/wc and 20 Northen Lights Chalets. The latter have one double and one single bedroom, private wc/shower and skylights through which you can see the stars of the Arctic night.

For availability and prices please call 0141 762 5567