Documentary: Megastructure - Ice hotel

This is a really "cool" hotel~~!! Everything is made from ice except the toilet and bed... I wonder how will it feel like to stay in this hotel... wont it be too cold?Photo: Ice hotel

The ice hotel near the village of Jukkasjärvi, Kiruna, Sweden (near north artic circle) was the world's first ice hotel.

Photo: Kiruna Municipality

In 1989, Japanese 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 igloo in the area.

Photo: Ice hotel room

Photo: Ice hotel bar. The cup is made from ice. After drinking the cup will be thrown away

Since its creation, the hotel has been featured in many television travel programmes, magazines, and newspapers. The entire hotel is made completely out of ice blocks taken from the Torne River - even the glasses in the bar are made of ice. The hotel has more than 80 rooms and suites, a bar, reception area and church. It charges around 1,400 Swedish Krona (approx. 196 US dollars) per person/room/night in the winter. The hotel only exists between December and April. In its latest incarnation it will probably be over 5000 square metres (53,700 square feet) in size. Each room is unique and the architecture of the hotel is changed each year, as it is rebuilt from scratch.

There is also ice hotel in Canada, Finland and Romania.