ICEHOTEL 36 in Swedish Lapland has opened its doors – Check out these incredible images
ICEHOTEL in Jukkasjärvi in Swedish Lapland has opened the doors to this year’s winter hotel, the 36th design. You can sleep surrounded by shimmering art made of ice and snow produced by 33 artists from 12 countries, including a British designer, Peter Hobbs.
Work started in March when ice was harvested from the Torne River. This was followed by the construction of the 2,800-square-metre winter hotel last month. Under the direction of ICEHOTEL’s Creative Director Luca Roncoroni, a team of 89 builders, artists, lighting designers and art support worked side by side to transform ice and snow into world-class art.
Grand piano at ICEHOTEL 36, c. Asaf Kliger
A highlight this year is a grand piano,a full-scale piano made of ice, which will be played during the winter season as well as the 12 unique ice suite designs. When you arrive, you enter the 30-metre-long Main Hall, Cathedral Grove, where a glistening forest of icy treetops stretches all the way to the ceiling.
There’s No One Here, ICEHOTEL Ayla Turan & Kemal Tufan, Turkey
Spaghettification ICEHOTEL, Tomasz Czajkowski & Miłosz Matelski, Poland.
Sleep in the eye of the storm in Sweep Me Off My Feet, settle in and read one of the stories from the frozen ICEHOTEL Archive in the art suite Arctic Archive, lose yourself in a world of soap bubbles in Soap Bubbles, or experience the force of a black hole in Spaghettification.
Survival of the Fittest, Carl Wellander & Malena Wellander, Sweden, ICEHOTEL 36 c. Asaf Kliger
Arctic Archive, Kristina Möckel & Sebastian Scheller, Germany, ICEHOTEL 36, photo- Asaf Kliger
In addition to the Art Suites, Main Hall and Ceremony Hall, this year’s winter hotel includes an outdoor art project, a design installation, and another 20 Ice Rooms.
Dragon Of Icehotel, Gao Hongyu & Guo Baiwei, China, ICEHOTEL 36, c. Asaf Kliger
In the year-round section, ICEHOTEL 365, guests will find 18 art and deluxe suites, an Ice Gallery and ICEBAR In Orbit. Those who prefer a warm bed can choose from hotel rooms and cabins.
A stay here is an opportunity to experience life north of the Arctic Circle for the first time. Everything is created on nature’s terms: the ice is borrowed for a short moment before returning to water, and both activities and culinary experiences draw inspiration from the surrounding wilderness. Each spring the entire living art exhibition melts back into the Torne River.
At ICEHOTEL Restaurant, local ingredients are at the centre. Guests can enjoy the four-course Ice Menu, where parts of the meal are served on crystal-clear ice blocks from the Torne River — with flavours such as Kalix vendace roe, reindeer, sea buckthorn and cloudberry.
At the Veranda, guests can enjoy a Chef’s Table with a twelve-course tasting menu inspired by the eight Sámi seasons. The chefs transform local ingredients into an artistic culinary journey that delights all the senses.
Outdoors, the Arctic experience continues: try ice sculpting, join a snowmobile tour to witness aurora stronger right now than any in the past decade, go dog sledding across river and forest, take part in a traditional sauna ritual, and end the day with a wilderness dinner by open fire.
Luca Roncoroni, Creative Director at ICEHOTEL said “I am very proud of everyone who contributed to ICEHOTEL 36. Some of the artists came with years of experience and others never worked in snow and ice before. Thanks to hard work and a positive spirit we managed to get everything ready on time! Another thing we’re especially proud of is the grand piano made of ice. Assembling it was both nerve-racking and magical — we didn’t know if it would hold until the very last minute. Now we look forward to hearing music echo through the corridors of ICEHOTEL”.
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