Sweden - Ice Hotel

Location: Old among the coolest hotels in the world. BACKGROUND: The Swedish town Jukkasjarvi located 145 km north of the Arctic Circle at a latitude of our Vorkuta. Not the tourist destination, but it is here at the end of 1990 - x number of young Swedes came up with an unusual build for the time hotel the attraction of snow and ice. As a basis they have Eskimo igloo, constructed from blocks of compacted snow, adding amenities (eg, a bar with glasses of ice) and beauty (each suite in the hotel has an individual design). The temperature in the rooms of the frozen water never rises above - 6 ° C, as it is said in the diploma, which is issued every brave individuals who dare to spend the night in the Icehotel. WHY: to fly into space. 50 km from the hotel at the base of a small spaceport Swedish Space Corporation is based Spaceport Sweden, second in the world and the only port in Europe to launch space shuttles travel WhiteKnightTwo company Virgin Galactic (see Discovery № 10, 2010). Regular launches scheduled to begin in 2012 - 2013, respectively. ON THE ROAD: The flight from Moscow to Kiruna (18 km from Jukkasjarvi), SAS, 20 500 rubles., St. - Petersburg, Kiruna-27 600 rubles. FACT: Hotel in Jukkasjarvi on - still the largest among the ice hotels. His area of ??6000 m2 and the construction of each year away 10,000 tons of ice and 30,000 tons of snow. NAVIGATION: between Kiruna and Jukkasjarvi busses, 15 minutes. VISA: Schengen, of 7 working days, from 1500 rub.