Video the making of Swedens Icehotel

It%26rsquo;s a hotel where the temperature is below freezing, there%26rsquo;s no ensuite
bathroom and no television, but people clamour to pay hundreds of pounds to
stay there.

Sweden%26rsquo;s Icehotel opened for its
eighteenth season this week, and despite a host of replicas around the
world, few match the Icehotel’s popularity.

The hotel is in Swedish Lapland, a magical region that%26rsquo;s a good match for
Narnia for around four months of the year. The fir trees are dusted white,
street lamps glow all day with only a glimpse of subdued sunlight over
midday, and children glide down the streets on foot-propelled sledges.

Each year the Icehotel is built in the village of Jukkasjarvi, 100 miles
inside the Arctic Circle. Construction starts in mid-December using pure,
clear ice harvested from the Torne River. Ice and a mixture of snow and ice
is used to build the hotel walls, ceiling, beds, reception desk, the bar and
even the glasses.

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