For the 33rd time, the ice hotel "Jukassiarby" opened this week in Sweden, in an area that used to be part of Finland - but is still completely snowy.
The hotel was built during the month of November and melted down during the month of April, contains about 12 art rooms, a ceremony hall for weddings and about 20 ordinary ice rooms.
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The experience is mostly suitable for one night, when the accommodation is at minus 7 degrees Celsius.
The tourists who decided to challenge themselves will receive a warm sleeping bag suitable for minus 25 degrees.
The hotel's recommendation is to sleep only with leggings and a thermal shirt - and the sleeping bag will already do the job.
For the brave only.
Don't forget to dress warmly. One of the hotel rooms
How much will it cost?
A night in a cold room starts from NIS 1,500 per night, and can reach up to NIS 5,000 in a suite with a connection to a sauna, shower and private toilet.
The hotel also has warm rooms, the price of which per night starts from NIS 700.
Guests will be able to visit and sleep in rooms designed in the shape of a Japanese garden, in a forest under large mushrooms and huge snails, between a room that is a game machine and a room inspired by an ancient Mongolian fairy tale.
The Ice Hotel "Yukassiarbi", photo: Assaf Kaliger
"Every year I am amazed at what this amazing team can achieve. Thanks to talented international artists and a team of professionals, we can create real magic inside the ice," said creative director and artist Luca Roncaroni.
This year the rooms were designed by 13 teams from 15 different countries in the world, including artists from Japan, Slovakia, Mongolia, France and Canada.
This year, at the same time as the opening of the hotel, an art gallery was opened in the hotel.
Israeli photographer and artist Assaf Kaliger is behind the project.
The subject of the exhibition is the dream of the Northern Lights, and it is the largest exhibition in the world about the phenomenon.
The exhibition at "Yukassiarbi", photo: Yuval Atzili
"Starry nights with the northern lights and the winter landscape with trees covered in snow and temperatures touching 30 degrees below zero, make me lose the sense of both time and space," says Kliger.
"When I photograph in the middle of the night, a flowing river and the northern lights dance above it, I feel the most special connection to nature."
"I know that so many dream of seeing and experiencing this special phenomenon, and that's how the idea of this exhibition was born. I chose 12 local artists to present in the exhibition. All the artists live and create under the northern lights. When most people go to sleep, these artists dress with quite a few layers to to document this special phenomenon," he added.
Visitors to the exhibition will be able to purchase the photos and take a piece of local art with them anywhere in the world.
The entrance to the hotel, photo: Assaf Kaliger
The period when you can see the aurora starts in September and lasts until the beginning of April.
According to a physics and space research center located near the hotel, the estimates are that in 2025 there will be increased activity in the sun, which will create a lot of Northern Lights shows.
Prepare the journals.
The Ice Hotel "Yukassiarbi", photo: Assaf Kaliger
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