Icehotel

Oltiin konferenssissa ko. hotellissa. Talviaikainen jäähotelli oli jo sulamassa kovaa vauhtia, ja majoituimme ns. tavallisen hotellin puolelle. Huoneita on pienehköissä rakennuksissa, joka rauhoitti oleskelua hyvin. Hyvää palvelua, hieno maisema ja hieno sisältä jäätä oleva hotelli - ei ihme, että paikkaa tullaan katsomaan kaukaa.

We booked two nights in a suit with a warm room in the back with sauna and a toilet. When we arrive the old sleepingbags from the night before where still there witch make me wounder how the cleaning works. The check in was fine, thay did´nt really have a clue about our activites since they moved everything around during Covid, but after awhile we got a working scheduale. I have written a review of the restaurant on that tripadvisor. It´s a 1 star disappointment :( Day two they did not clean the room at all and since they took our sleepingbads we figured we get new fresh ones. But no, they forgott those to. My neighbour in the room next to us did´nt even get a clean room. But after we went to the reception at least we both got our sleepingbags. Overall I would say that is cool to have slept in a cold room, but to be honest a ticket to see the rooms would have been better. It is way to expensive to be worth it and if they want to charge as much as they do, the service has to be much much MUCH better.

We stayed for one night in the hotels warm room, which was a great choice. You get access to all all the ice areas including all the rooms before 6pm everyday, so you can see it all without need to pay a fortune for a night in an ice room. Sleeping in -5 degrees and having a room from 06pm to 09am only didn't really appeal to us enough to get an ice room. Hotel is situated in a nice village very close to Kiruna on a bank of a lake. There is a super market in the village. The room was very nice. Spacious and with all the things that you may need. One bulb was not working in the room but otherwise nothing to complain about. We also found the price quite reasonable. We took an aurora tour on snowmobiles, which was quite pricey in comparison with other hotel/companies. The tour was ok, but we were buggered as the guide rushed us back when aurora was at its brightest on that night. There should be an understanding that for most of the participants its a lifetime experience. I won't count on my hotel rating, but it was very disappointing.

If you want to visit the Icehotel, please book a night stay in one of the cold rooms. I promise you, it's worth the stay. It's like staying in amazing cold art. Some tips: make yourself very tired before you go to bed, do some Lapland activities, and drink some hot chocolate milk with cognac (very delicious). Go to the toilet before you go to bed and don't go to bed earlier than 11 pm or you'll wake up too early and can't go back to sleep. The Icehotel itself is just magical and to be able to stay the night in one of the cold rooms is an unforgettable experience. But the best part is definitely their kind, funny and professional employees and I mean all of them. They completed the experience and lifted it up to a whole different level. So many thanks for making it an unforgettable lovely memory for us! Tack!

We checked into our warm room only to find the bathroom bin was overflowing with the previous guest’s rubbish and cutlery was used. I informed the receptionist and requested our room to be cleaned. With no apology, she said they are fully booked but she will try. Breakfast was adequate but very crowded and not conducive to covid safe measures. The ice art exhibition and bar was definitely worth a visit but I would not stay in their accommodation again.