It’s the coolest one: The Ice Hotel in Jukkasjärvi

Guests looking at ice sculptures inside a room in the Ice hotel in Sweden. The project-cum-hotel, now 25 years old, is in Jukkasjärvi, a tiny little town 200 km north of the Arctic Circle. (REUTERS)

Updated on: Dec 17, 2015 7:44 PM IST

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Guests looking at ice sculptures inside a room in the Ice hotel in Sweden. The project-cum-hotel, now 25 years old, is in Jukkasjärvi, a tiny little town 200 km north of the Arctic Circle. (REUTERS)

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A general view of a room in the hotel. Every winter, ice is cut from the frozen Torne River nearby, and a dedicated team of builders and sculptors take months to finish this iconic structure. (REUTERS)

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An elephant ice sculpture inside one of the rooms. After months of painstaking effort, the hotel melts every spring, only to be rebuilt, with new art installations the next year. (REUTERS)

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A man inside a room in the hotel. It is made from 4,000-5,000 tons of ice and boasts chandeliers made from 1,000 hand-cut ice-crystals. (REUTERS)

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Guests checking out a room in the hotel. If you wish to stay in the hotel, be sure to book your rooms up to a year in advance. The hotel is full year-in, year-out and not the type of place to turn up outside the door looking for a room. (REUTERS)

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A man takes a picture of a room. Guests are given sleeping bags, survivalist advice, tips on toilet trip management on ice and a sauna in the morning to burn off the frostbite. (REUTERS)

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A woman checking out her room in the hotel. This year, the hotel features 50 rooms and 19 individually themed and hand-crafted art suites. (REUTERS)

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Workers busy building an ice bar inside the Art Centre in the hotel. Around 200 artists apply to work on the hotel every year and 130 submissions for artworks were received following this year’s call-out in April. (REUTERS)

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People leave the hotel after their stay. Around 50,000 people are expected to visit the hotel this year, up from 35,000 last year. The room tariff start from SEK 2,500 (US$295) per night on twin sharing basis. (REUTERS)