It is a whittled winter wonderland.
Sweden’s Icehotel for 2022/2023 is officially open for business. Crammed with amazing ice sculptures, the hotel has been constructed and reconstructed every 12 months since 1989 within the village of Jukkasjarvi, 125 miles north of the Arctic Circle next to the banks of the Torne River.
The development of this 12 months’s Icehotel, the thirty third overall, saw 24 artists from across the globe spend weeks fastidiously crafting 12 unique suites, plus one deluxe suite in Icehotel 365, the year-round version.
A glittering dome, video-game-inspired sculptures, and supersized mushrooms are amongst the attractive ice creations which were carved on the positioning.
Sweden’s Icehotel for 2022/2023 is officially open for business within the village of Jukkasjarvi, 125 miles north of the Arctic Circle
Twenty-four artists from across the globe spent weeks fastidiously crafting 12 unique suites for Icehotel 33. Above is ‘The Mushroom’ suite
Pictured is the ‘Enclosed Space’ suite, ‘where one can benefit from the protection of an igloo inside one other igloo’
Check into the ‘High Rating’ suite, an area themed around video game marathons, and also you’ll discover a ‘playroom for soaking within the nostalgia of a less complicated era’
On top of that, there may be a recent design for the hotel’s ceremony hall for ‘intimate celebrations’, complete with a ‘stylised flower’ at its heart, designed by Wouter Biegelaar and Viktor Tsarski.
The development process began within the spring when blocks of ice were harvested from the Torne River and stored in an ice warehouse in Jukkasjarvi.
Later, when construction began, the artists sculpted their creations using a whopping 500 tons of ice and 10 Olympic swimming pools’ value of ‘snice’ – a combination of snow and ice. The hotel’s construction team and Creative Director Luca Roncoroni offered assistance within the construct.
There’s a recent design for the ceremony hall for ‘intimate celebrations’, complete with a ‘stylised flower’ at its heart (above)
The ‘Garden’ suite, by Natsuki Saito and Shingo Saito, is embellished with a large flower motif
The artists sculpted their creations using a whopping 500 tons of ice and 10 Olympic swimming pools’ value of ‘snice’ – a combination of snow and ice. Pictured is the ‘Home Nature’ suite
The hotel’s construction team and Creative Director Luca Roncoroni offered assistance within the construct. Above is the ‘What Is To Come’ suite
The Celtic legend of the ‘Selkie’, a half-woman and half-seal, inspired the ice sculptures within the ‘Maighdeann-roin’ suite
In response to the designers, ‘secrets and messages are hidden all over the place’ within the ‘Maighdeann-roin’ suite
Temperatures contained in the hotel are maintained at minus five degrees Celsius (23 Fahrenheit) with a view to keep the glistening suites in peak condition.
The ice dome features within the ‘Enclosed Space’ suite, ‘where one can benefit from the protection of an igloo inside one other igloo’, in response to designers Rob Harding and Timsam Harding.
Meanwhile, the ‘Garden’ suite, by Natsuki Saito and Shingo Saito, is embellished with a large flower motif.
Above is the ‘Bauh-ice’ suite, an area that is inspired by the Bauhaus design movement of the Twenties and 30s
The ‘Bauh-ice’ suite invites guests to ‘travel back in time and experience geometric shapes, rounded furniture, lines and stripes’
‘The Mushroom’ suite sets out to create a fungi-filled forest that appears as a ’jungle of Jurassic proportions’
The ‘Garden’ suite. The winter hotel will likely be open until April 2023
Inspired by the Bauhaus design movement of the Twenties and 30s, the ‘Bauh-ice’ suite by Luc Voisin and Mathieu Brison invites guests to ‘travel back in time and experience geometric shapes, rounded furniture, lines and stripes’.
Check into the ‘High Rating’ suite, an area themed around video game marathons, and also you’ll discover a ‘playroom for soaking within the nostalgia of a less complicated era’. Sonia Chow and Huschang Pourian were the masterminds behind this room.
The Celtic legend of the ‘Selkie’, a half-woman and half-seal, inspired the ice sculptures within the ‘Maighdeann-roin’ suite, designed by Emilie Steele and Sara Steele. ‘Secrets and messages are hidden all over the place in a combination of snow sculptures, glittering ice, music and a bittersweet story that plays out the moment you step contained in the room,’ say the designers.
Pictured are Wouter Biegelaar and Viktor Tsarski, who designed the ceremony hall
Sonia Chow and Huschang Pourian channelled their love for video games into the ‘High Rating’ suite
The ‘Enclosed Space’ suite is the handiwork of artists Rob Harding and Timsam (above)
Emilie Steele and Sara Steele (above) dreamt up the striking ‘Maighdeann-roin’ suite
Edmund Chan and TaiTien Tan, pictured, collaborated to create the ‘Dreams of Pencils’ suite
Chris Pancoe and Peter Hargraves are the brains behind ‘The Mushroom’ suite
Pictured is Lukas Petko, the designer of the stunning ‘Hidden Milan’ suite
Artists Ilka Raupach and Line Jastram, pictured, created the ‘What’s to Come’ suite
A BLIZZARD OF FACTS ABOUT THE 2023 ICEHOTEL
- Twenty-four artists (from 13 countries) have created the brand new art suites in Icehotel 33
- Five hundred tons of ice were used to construct Icehotel 33
- Ten Olympic swimming pools of snice, a mix of snow and ice, were used to create the hotel
- 200 handmade ice crystals were used to create a crystal chandelier
- Icehotel 33 has a temperature of minus five degrees Celsius (23 Fahrenheit) contained in the constructing
- It took six weeks to construct Icehotel 33, from start to complete
- Roughly 60 to 70 people worked on the project
- 100 and two artists submitted contributions to be an element of constructing this 12 months’s edition of Icehotel
Chris Pancoe and Peter Hargraves are the brains behind ‘The Mushroom’ suite, which appears as an ice-carved fungi-filled forest ‘of Jurassic proportions’.
Once guests have explored their unique sleeping quarters, activities on offer on the hotel include private snowmobile rides, ice-fishing, dog-sledding, horseback tours and outings to see the Northern Lights.
Luca Roncoroni, Creative Director of Icehotel, says: ‘Every 12 months I’m amazed of what this incredible team can achieve; talented international artists, flanked by a team of ice professionals, can really create magic. Welcome to Icehotel 33!’
The winter hotel will likely be open until April 2023. To book a visit to the Icehotel for this 12 months or next 12 months, visit Discover the World.
Activities on offer on the hotel include private snowmobile rides, dog-sledding and outings to see the Northern Lights
