Every year since 1989, a hotel built out of snow and ice is constructed anew, and welcomes guests in the Swedish village of Jukkasjärvi. This year’s edition, Icehotel 34, recently opened, displaying new themes for its rooms and many new ice sculptures. Icehotel is both an art exhibition and a functional hotel—and this year features more than a dozen art suites, a main hall, and a ceremony hall. Gathered below are photographs of this year’s version, and of several incarnations from previous years.
A Photo Visit to Sweden’s Icehotel
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![A large hall made entirely of ice and snow, with ice benches and an ice chandelier.]()
Read moreThe Main Hall of the Icehotel, designed by the artists Jens Thoms Ivarsson and Mats Nilsson, and featuring words by Petri Tuominen, is pictured in the village of Jukkasjärvi, near Kiruna, Sweden, on February 9, 2020. #
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![Colorful glowing clouds appear high above buildings built out of snow and blocks of ice.]()
Read moreA phenomenon called "polar stratospheric clouds" is visible in the sky over Icehotel 34 on December 17, 2023, in Jukkasjärvi. #
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![Fur blankets lie on benches made of ice inside a hall carved out of snow.]()
Read moreA view of the Ceremony Hall named "Slava" by the artists Tomasz Czajkowski and Grzegorz Olczak at Icehotel 34, seen on December 14, 2023. #
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![An artist carves a large rat out of blocks of ice.]()
Read moreThe artist Tjåsa Gusfors works on her creation "Katt & Råtta" at Icehotel 34 on December 14, 2023. #
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![A tractor with a snowplow attachment works inside an arched hallway carved out of snow.]()
Read moreA plow clears snow at the construction site of a new Icehotel on November 21, 2022. #
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![A large rat sculpture, made of ice, stands inside a room carved out of snow, near a bigger cat sculpture made of snow.]()
Read moreA view of the Icehotel room called "Katt & Råtta," created by the artists Tjåsa Gusfors and Hanneke Supply, on December 15, 2023 #
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![A room carved out of snow and ice, resembling an entrance hall with walls and ceiling covered in artistic tree branches]()
Read moreThe Icehotel entrance foyer, seen in 2012 #
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![A person lies on a bed made of ice blocks covered in reindeer skins, inside a snow-carved room decorated with many large carved spheres.]()
Read moreA woman lies on a bed covered in reindeer skins at the Icehotel in 2006. #
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![A snow-carved room, featuring a window, a large teddy bear sculpture, and moody lighting]()
Read moreA view of the room called "Don't Get Up," created by the artists Wilfred Stijger and Edith Van De Wetering, at Icehotel 34, on December 15, 2023 #
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Read moreThe northern lights shine above the Torne River with Icehotel 34 at bottom left, seen on December 15, 2023. #
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![An audience sits in an open-air theater carved out of snow and ice.]()
Read moreAn audience enjoys a performance in a theater at the Icehotel in January 2002. #
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![Drinks in squared ice glasses sit on an ice table.]()
Read moreDrinks in ice glasses sit on an ice table in the Icehotel in 2022. #
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Read moreAn art installation made of ice is displayed in "The Ice Are the Window to the Soul" suite, designed by Tim Linhart and Giovanna Martinez, inside the Icehotel, on November 20, 2022. #
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![A large snow sculpture of a woman sitting beside a bed made of ice]()
Read moreAnother view of the room called "Don't Get Up," by the artists Wilfred Stijger and Edith Van De Wetering, at Icehotel 34 #
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![The northern lights glow in the night sky above a tent and walls made of ice and snow.]()
Read moreA view of a tent set up next to the entrance of Icehotel 34, with the northern lights above, seen on December 16, 2023. #
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![A visitor stands on a tower made of many blocks of ice, with a spiral staircase.]()
Read moreA visitor stands on an ice tower on the grounds of the Icehotel on February 9, 2020. #
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![Several people walk around in a small courtyard made from blocks of snow and ice, near wide snow-covered fields.]()
Read moreAn aerial photo of the Icehotel taken on February 9, 2020 #
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![A snow-carved room is nearly filled by a snow sculpture of a person's face and some ornaments.]()
Read moreThis room, called "Oh My Goddess!," was created by the artists Ulrika Tallving and Giovanna Martinez at Icehotel 34. #
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![A bride and groom pose on a a fur-covered ice bed inside an arched room carved out of snow.]()
Read moreA couple poses for pictures after being married at the chapel of the Icehotel on January 9, 2009. #
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![The northern lights glow in the night sky above a stream.]()
Read moreThe northern lights glow in the night sky above a stream near the Icehotel on December 16, 2023, in Jukkasjärvi. #
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