January 5, 2021

Ice Hotel in Sweden turns 30 and transforms its suites into ice works of art The first Ice Hotel in the world opened in Sweden in 1990: this winter it turned 30 and for the occasion it transformed its suites into real works of art carved in ice. The Story In 1989 in Jukkasjärvi, near Kiruna, the northernmost city in Sweden, the first exhibition dedicated to ice sculptures made by the French artist Jannot Derid took place. For a series of events, some visitors had to stop overnight to sleep on reindeer skins in the large igloo that housed the...