Sweden's Ice Hotel reopens for the season - in pictures
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Icehotel 33, the world's first ice hotel, has reopened in Swedish Lapland for the winter season. Photo: Asaf Kliger -
The hotel gets a new design every year and relies on constant sub-freezing temperatures during construction and operation. AFP -
Illuminated curved columns in the Crescents suite by Elin Julin and Ida Mangsbo are part of the year-round offering. AFP -
Guests can spend the night at the hotel or book a day pass to visit. AFP -
Ice and snow glow inside the MushRoom suite, designed by artists Chris Pancoe and Peter Hargraves. Photo: Asaf Kliger -
Winter weddings take place in the ceremony hall, called Embrace this year, and designed by Wouter Biegelaar and Viktor Tsarski. Photo: Asaf Kliger -
Delicate ice carvings in the Garden suite by Natsuki and Shingo Saito. Photo: Asaf Kliger -
A folkloric seal maiden sits on an icy throne inside a suite by sisters and artists Emilie and Sara Steele. Photo: Asaf Kliger -
The Raindrop Prelude suite by Tomasz Czajkowski and Eryk Marks is open year-round. AFP -
Travellers can sleep under giant mushroom-spheres with a friendly snail companion at Icehotel 33. Photo: Asaf Kliger -
An intricate lamp made of ice inside the hotel. AFP -
Luc Voisin and Mathieu Brison's Bauh-Ice suite is inspired by the German artistic movement. Photo: Asaf Kliger -
The ice used is enough to fill 10 Olympic swimming pools. AFP -
A team of more than 70 artists, designers and engineers reinvent the hotel each year. Photo: Asaf Kliger
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