Hundreds of couples marry in Sweden’s Ice Hotel every year; the 91-room structure, created in winter, melts to the ground by summer
SWEDEN: The temperatures are sub-zero, the walls are covered with snow, there are no doors or bathrooms.
Every bit of furniture, even the crockery, is carved out of ice.
The Jukkasjaervi Ice Hotel is expected to host over 150 weddings before the summer, when it will melt back into the river.
Every year just as winter begins, a team of snow builders, architects and artists from across the world gather at Jukkasjaervi, a small town far north of the Arctic Circle.
The hotel is created over a 6,000 sq m area using ice from the nearby Torne River, and stands from December to April.
The hotel also has a tiny chapel where, just as in the rooms, the temperature is minus five degrees Celsius.
Yet hundreds of couples brave the chill to have a memorable ceremony. They’re brought into the chapel in sleighs pulled by reindeer.
The food at the reception is served in bowls carved out of ice as the couples raise a toast using ice glasses.
That’s one well-iced cake!
