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Incredible pictures of the new suites at Sweden’s Ice Hotel, which are made entirely from snow and ice

The snow used to create the 19 bedrooms, church and bar every year would make 700million snowballs

    

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The suites made from ice and snow this year at the Ice Hotel include animal influences and theatre-inspired rooms

THESE incredible pictures show the winning designs for the new suites at the Ice Hotel – and one room even has a giant elephant made from snow.
The 19 individually themed and hand crafted art suites have been newly designed by creatives from across the world, and include animal influences and theatre-inspired rooms.




They include a Swedish artist who made a giant snow elephant in one room and a French team who fused snow, ice and disco into a groovy sleeping experience.
One room was even inspired by London’s Underground system with guests sleeping in an ice version of a tube carriage.
Each year, the hotel creates a new series of artist-designed accommodation spaces that add to the existing landscape of private rooms.

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The amount of snow used to create the hotel, church and a bar would make 700million snowballs, while the chandeliers in the rooms alone are made from 1,000 hand cut ice crystals.

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The hand-crafted suites have been newly designed by creatives from across the world

 

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The amount of snow used to create the hotel church and a bar would make 700million snowballs

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One room was even inspired by London’s Underground system with guests sleeping in an ice version of a tube carriage

This year’s designs include flocks of animals, patterns drawn from nature and theatre-inspired schemes.
The artists have been picked from over 200 applicants to create the unique suites.

  

               

Each room holds a temperature of -5 to -8 degrees Celsius and the bed is covered with reindeer hides, with an additional thermal sleeping bag to keep warm.
Guests are woken in the morning with a cup of hot lingonberry juice and a sauna session to help warm up before breakfast.

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The chandeliers in the rooms alone are made from 1,000 hand-cut ice crystals

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This year a Swedish artist made a giant snow elephant in one room

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The bed is covered with reindeer hides, with an additional thermal sleeping bag to keep guests warm

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Each room holds a temperature of -5 to -8 degrees Celsius

 

Founded in 1989, the hotel is reborn in a new guise every winter, in the Swedish village of Jukkasjärvi – 200 km north of the Arctic Circle.
The nearby Torne River provides Icehotel with its ice in winter – and in the summer when the hotel melts, the water returns to its source.
The ice rooms at the hotel are available from £370 a night.

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Each year, the hotel creates a new series of artist-designed accommodation spaces

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There is also a large ice bar that serves champagne, and an ice gallery

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The nearby Torne River provides Icehotel with its ice in winter – and in the summer when the hotel melts, the water returns to its source

(The Sun, UK)