- Address: 9910, Norway, Fülke Finnmark, Kirkenes, Sandnesdalen 14
- Phone: +47 78 97 05 40
- Website: www.kirkenessnowhotel.com
The geographical location of individual countries sometimes allows the most unthinkable projects to be realized. Over the past couple of decades, the whole world has learned where Santa Claus and Santa Claus live, people have become habitable lonely beacons, old churches, lost dugouts and even caves. And do you have a desire to spend the night in one of the most unusual hotels in Norway ?
Location:
The modern "ice hut" - a real ice hotel - is located 10 km from the city of Kirkenes in Norway . It's called Kirkenes Snow Hotel. Geographically, the institution is located on the border area with Russia, close to the Murmansk region. It's about 400 km behind the Arctic Circle.
Acquaintance with an unusual hotel
The ice hotel is erected annually in the period November-December, and by mid-April it usually begins to melt. The festive opening of the first race is traditionally held on December 20. The cold part of the hotel is open until 20 April. The construction of Kirkenes Snowhotel annually requires more than 15 tons of clear ice.
The hotel provides tourists with a choice of 20 cold rooms, each of which is whimsically decorated with real icy patterns. For such decorations, carving masters from Finland and Japan are annually attracted. And the theme and the scenery themselves have never been repeated. In the neighborhood of the ice suites, there are also common common heated bathrooms and toilets.
What's interestnig?
The main entertainment for visitors to the ice hotel in Kerkenes is to watch the aurora borealis. For this purpose in all rooms and small houses the hotel administration has very large windows. Each visitor is given a warm blanket or sleeping bag, hot drinks are offered: cocoa, tea, coffee, hot chocolate. The average temperature in the room is -4-10 ° C. The situation is modest and completely icy, the chairs and chairs are decorated with real deer skins.
On the territory of the ice hotel in Kirkenes are:
- sauna;
- restaurant-yurt, where the cooks cook all dishes on open fire;
- an ice bar that works only in winter;
- free parking.
For visitors there is a stable Wi-Fi. There are also familiar warm houses in the style of a fisherman hut or a Sami hunter with a view of the mountains, which are intended for year-round visits.
Near the hotel there live reindeer, small Eskimo dogs and dog-husky, on the harness of which the guests ride. You can participate in catching a king crab. Near the hotel in the ice holes trapped lures are lowered. The hotel has an ice chapel, which is visited by all believers, regardless of the confession. Here you can even play a wedding.
How to get to the ice hotel?
The city of Kirkenes can be accessed in two ways:
- By plane with a transfer in the Norwegian capital, Oslo .
- By bus from Murmansk.
Overnight at the icy hotel of Kirkenes with a two-hour dog-sled ride costs about $ 410 per person. The price also includes a hot dinner, breakfast, and a morning sauna. Duration of stay from 18:00 to 9:00 the next day. It must be remembered that the polar night lasts from November to January. The hotel is open 24 hours a day, smoking is not allowed in the hotel. For security reasons, one tourist in the room will never be accommodated.
If you want to spend an unforgettable winter vacation, then the ice hotel in Kirkenes is the day of you!