After I got off the Plane a part of me was thinking wow is this really worth it ... to go through this cold weather just to see the ICEHOTEL....? YES YES and YES ...the ICEHOTEL was Amazing .. I would say it was an Artistic Wonderland... I'm sure many people wonder why would you want to stay in an ICEHOTEL where its -5C(23F) Whats so great about it that makes the place sellout year after year and some Customers book 2-3 years in advance! ART! The Ice work in each room and around the Hotel is Incredibile! Jukkasjarvi comes from the Finnish Language originally and it means ''Meeting by the Water'' ..The Torne River is very close by...The ICEHOTEL has been around for 21 years, but the property has been owned since the 70's and was used for Summer Holidays for people to go white water rafting down the Torne River...The Owner tried to figure out if he could do something during the Winter seasons... so he traveled around the World and ended up at a Ice Sculpture Festival in Japan that had been going on since the 50's .... He got inspired to build an Igloo shaped building out of Ice right on the frozen River... he put painting on the walls and tried to attract people to come... Everything was fine until the Igloo started sinking! so he had to get his artwork outta there... The next year they built the Igloo on land and closer to the other Cabins.... Again he just had artwork in the Igloo and suddently all of the Cabins were Sold out! the first time ever... Twenty people showed up looking for a place to stay because the whole town of Kiruna was sold out also... They offered the group sleeping bags and for them to sleep in the Igloo... and so begin the ICEHOTEL!
Costs- Entrance Fee ICEHOTEL- 200 Swedish Kronor(US 31)
Return Bus Ticket - 65 Swedish Kronor(US 10)
