The Icehotel is a hotel made from snow and ice each year in the village of Jukkasjärvi, in northern Sweden, about 17 kilometres (11 mi) from Kiruna, in northern Sweden, was the world's first ice hotel.
After its first opening in 1990, the hotel has been built each year from December to April. The hotel, including the chairs and beds, is constructed from snow and ice blocks taken from the nearby Torne River. Artists are invited to create different rooms and decorations made by ice. Besides bedrooms, there is a bar, with glasses made of ice and an ice chapel that is popular with marrying couples. The structure remains below freezing, around −5 °C (23 °F).
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