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Each winter, a small village called Jukkasjärvi in northern Sweden with 1,100 residents and 1,000 dogs attracts 50,000 guests from all over the world to stay –or just look around and take pictures– at ICEHOTEL. The world’s first and largest hotel that isentirely built of snow and ice has recently opened its 25th edition in the winter of 2014/2015. The hotel has an area of 5,500 square meters and was constructed from 1,000 tonnes of frozen water from Torne River and 30,000 tons of “snice”, a mixture of snow and ice that strengthens the structure.
Hundreds of designers and sculptures are chosen to take part in the construction of ICEHOTEL and also adding a new artistic scheme. Between March and April every year, 5,000 tons of ice is harvested from the Torne River and kept in cold storage during spring and summer. The construction is done in November and December, so the process actually takes a year to complete. The ICEHOTEL is open between December and mid-April, afterwarsds the snow and ice begins to slowly melt and return to the river.