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EXPERIENCE 2019 Welcome to The original ICEHOTEL

Here, in the village of Jukkasjärvi, Northern , the nature is untouched with about six thousand lakes and six grand rivers. One of the rivers is Torne River, which supplies ICEHOTEL with enough to build an entire – every year. The name Jukkasjärvi derives from a Sami word, meaning meeting place. The village is a historical trading site where people from far and near have met since ancient times. Today, people meet at ICEHOTEL, sharing experiences,­ encountering nature and culture, and enjoying the ice and art all year-round. Welcome to ICEHOTEL experience ICEHOTEL. 2019 THIS IS ICEHOTEL AND EDITOR: Linda Johansson WRITERS: Beatrice Lind, Therése JUKKASJÄRVI Wintervy and Linda Johansson TRANSLATOR: Josefin Girdo PHOTOGRAPHERS: All photos by Asaf Kliger (www.asafkliger.com) except: 4 All year at ICEHOTEL Lars Lindh – Téckara page 8 & 51 6 Tomas Jönsson – Northern lights page 10 Create unique memories Linda Johansson – Torne lager page 11, 7 Explore Jukkasjärvi kaamos page 15 & portrait page 50 Biliana de Giglio – portrait page 47 ­ 8 Stay the night LAYOUT: Linda Johansson and Oh My (www.ohmy.co) 9 Our different room types PRINTED BY: Åtta45 PUBLISHED BY: ICEHOTEL AB 10 Arctic culinary destination 981 91 Jukkasjärvi, January 2019 12 The mother of ICEHOTEL CONCEPT CREATOR: Josefin Lindberg 14 A new ICEHOTEL -every year WINTER SUMMER Winter inside Dec 20. 1 PM. June 20. 11 AM. Dog sledding in the Midsummer All year at winter wonderland. celebration. ICEHOTEL

DURING THE ENTIRE year you can experience winter inside, no matter the outdoor tempera- ture or season. With nature just around the corner, you can unwind outdoors on your own accord or head out on an activity of your own choosing to experience the untouched wilderness in Jukkasjärvi – every day of the year.

SPRING FALL April 25. 7 PM. Sep 20. 5 PM. Ice plunging in Wilderness Torne River. dinner.

WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL The first usually sets in October and the river By the end of March, the days are Take in the vibrant summer green The colors of nature explode in red, starts to freeze. The building of the winter suites starts getting longer and the weather gets on a hike, river rafting or fishing orange and yellow, the air gets cold in November – a perfect time to visit ICEHOTEL for milder. It is a perfect period for ice tour – any hour of the day. The and crisp and the first appears. those who want to get behind the scenes. In December fishing andc ross-country skiing. The midnightsun keeps you company The Northern lights are visible again, the landscape is covered in thick snow, the tempera- winter suites are slowly starting to round-the-clock. Experience and according to the locals, the best ture drops and the winter’s ice suites open. melt back into Torne River. winter inside and summer outside. aurora can be seen during the fall. 4 5 GET TOGETHER AT ICEHOTEL A traditional conference, an unplugged meeting or a gathering at an unusual place? There are plenty of possibilities at ICEHOTEL for your company to meet, socialize and experience things together. It is said that the best decisions are made in a sauna. Try Jukkasjärvi Sauna Ritual and see if it’s true!

Explore Jukkasjärvi: A walk in the hometown CELEBRATE LOVE Marry in the midst of of ICEHOTEL winter or height of summer, the sub-zero Create setting is available WALK 800 METERS to the year-round. Or start end of the village. On the little your ever-after with a unique cape, you’ll find the historical honeymoon in an Jukkas­järvi Church and the Old ephemeral setting. Homestead, dating back to the ICEHOTEL has an memories 1600’s. Make sure to see the in-house wedding colorful art in the church and coordinator who can admire the well-preserved help you create the Bring your special occasion rustic timbered buildings perfect love story. to ICEHOTEL of the Homestead. – 365 days a year.

THE MOUNTAIN PUIMONEN is perfect for hiking year-round, and offers breathtaking views from POP THE QUESTION the top – a perfect Instagram-spot! to your loved one with a Ask for a map in the reception. handmade block of ice, get married in a scenic winter wonderland, or bring your colleagues, family or group of friends for some teambuilding THERE ARE ARTWORKS and life enriching moments made of magnetite scattered around ICEHOTEL. Stroll the together. area and discover the sculptures.

AN EXTRAORDINARY LIGHTSHOW A GUIDED TOUR WILDERNESS DINNER ICE SCULPTING The northern lights can be seen from late­ September of ICEHOTEL is a must. Learn about Taste the season on a delicious dinner All year you are able to try out ice to early April. Go on a snowmobile safari with a guide the history behind the innovative experience in the woodlands. The sculpting where you get to who knows all the best spots, or work on your hotel. Marvel at the intricate ice art exclusive wilderness dinner is made unleash your own creativity on a photography skills on a Northern lights excursion to and feel the magic and energy from and served by your guide, inspired by pristine ice block. hidden places around Jukkasjärvi. the river and each artist behind it. the current season, all year.

6 7 The hotel Stay the SURVIVING a night in sub-zero night temperatures

YOU CAN CHOOSE to stay in rooms made of ice and snow all year-round or in our warm 1. DRESS DOWN accommodations like our One base layer is enough, and hotel rooms and chalets. should consist of long johns, Nestle under the duvets a a long sleeved top, socks and little longer in one of our a hat. Preferably in wool. Your warm hotel rooms or sleep body heat will keep the amongst ephemeral art in sleeping bag warm, and the sub-zero degrees. Or why not sleeping bag will insulate do both and get the most out against the cold. Our different DELUXE of your experience? Get a luxurious experience and stay a night in sub-zero 2. TUCK IT IN degrees amongst pristine Pick up your sleeping bag from room types ­ice- and snow art. Each deluxe Riverside Lobby just before room has a warm private you tuck yourself in for the How would you like to sleep? en-suite with toilet, shower or night to keep it nice and bathtub, sauna and relax. toasty. It will keep you warm Double and triple rooms, down to -30°C/–22°F. available year-round.

3. RISE AND SHINE ART SUITE A guide will wake you up in the Sleep in –5°C/23°F, surrounded by hand morning with hot lingonberry carved ice- and snow art from artists across juice and you’ll be surprised the globe. Double, triple or quadruple rooms. how well you slept. Start your Available as both winter suites and year-round. day with a sauna in Riverside Lobby and indulge in the tasty breakfast buffet at ICEHOTEL Restaurant.

ICE SUITE Get the experience of a night in WARM ACCOMODATION Complete your sub-zero degrees in a standard ice ICEHOTEL also offers accommodation look or bring suite atop an ice bed. Double, triple in warm room temperatures. Stay in our or quadruple rooms. Only available Kaamos hotel rooms, Kaamos Superior memories home during the winter season. hotel rooms, Nordic or Arctic Chalets.

ICEHOTEL SHOP has carefully selected products and souvenirs you can bring home as a memory or a gift to your DO IT LIKE THE LOCALS loved ones. Also a reliable SURVIVE IN THE WILDERNESS Cross-country skiing is one of the locals friend in case you are How do you survive in the Arcitc taiga favorite pastimes during winter. Try it on missing some warm or forest? Learn the basic wilderness skills your own accord or head out in the perhaps stylish clothes for – how to navigate in the forest, what you tracks together with a guide and enjoy your stay. can eat from nature’s pantry and how to some Swedish Fika along the way. make fire with flint.

8 9 Food & drinks Arctic TORNE VALLEY TRADITIONS, Sami culture and Swedish culinary classics have all influenced Jukkasjärvi and the food at destination ICEHOTEL. Flavors of nature, lingonberries, cloudberries and fir are combined with , moose and Arctic char, some served on a piece of Torne River ICEHOTEL IS ONE OF 100 ice. Finish your night with a SAMI CULTURE AND in Sweden selected in drink in the rock at ICEBARSWEDISH CLASSICS have all White Guide Nordics brand BY ICEHOTEL Jukkasjärvi.influenced Jukkasjärvi and the new category Hotel+ as one food at ICEHOTEL. Flavors of ICEBAR BY ICEHOTEL serves drinks in the of the most interesting hotel- nature, lingonberries, cloudber- rocks with local flavors and bar experiences in Sweden ries and fir are combined with reindeer, moose and Arctic like lingonberry in a 2019. Here you can enjoy local char. sub-zero setting, dishes and unique drinks – all surrounded by Torne served on ice if you’d River ice. like to. ICEHOTEL RESTAURANT awarded by the ­Scandinavian restaurant guide White Guide and with the Miche- lin-trained head chef Alexander Meier, and sommelier Sofie Nordefors composing the flavors to perfection, is perfect for fine dining.

ICEHOTEL LOUNGE Relax in our Lounge between activities,­ THE OLD HOMESTEAD get a light meal, snacks or something to serves hearty meals in drink. Maybe try out our very own Torne a rustic setting. The Lager. The lounge has books and board timbered building from the games for borrow. 1600s is perfect for a cozy candle-lit dinner.

NORTHERN LIGHTS TOUR CHEF’S TABLE ORDER AN ICE-OGRAM EAT ON ICE Hunt the northern lights and savor a at the Veranda is perfect for the Make your dinner extra festive and Try the bespoke ice menu in rustic dinner in a warm cabin – a thrilling gourmand. A twelve-course dinner is order an to your table. ICEHOTEL Restaurant and get adventure where you drive your own cooked in front of the guests all There are standards motives as well the a five course food experience, snowmobile into the remote forest on this wearing comfy wool slippers. possibility to totally create your own. served on Torne River ice. Northern lights tour with dinner. 10 11 Torne River CHERISH our nature The mother – use what of ICEHOTEL you’ve got

TORNE RIVER with its impressive length of 520 kilometers, is the largest of Sweden’s four national rivers A PERMANENT ICEHOTEL and one of the last untouched of spring has always been a sign rivers in . It’s Torne of ICEHOTEL’s return to Torne River. But thanks to 800m2 of sustainable solar panels River that provides harnessing energy from the sun, ICEHOTEL ­ICEHOTEL with its ice in 365 is provided with enough energy to stay winter – and when the art cool throughout the entire summer. and parts of the hotel melt, the returns to its source again. During winter, the ice from the river becomes art, design, and architecture. In the summer, the water and the sun transform the landscape into a lush river valley.

NORDIC SWAN ECOLABEL CERTIFIED With a hotel business dependent on clean 24 HOUR DAYLIGHT RIVER RAFTING HARVEST TIME water, fresh air and unspoiled nature, it is a is characteristic for Swedish during the Feel the pulse of Torne River on a If you visit ICEHOTEL in March, you have an given for us to take responsibility for the summer months. Join the Midnight Sun tour and river rafting adventure. Journey opportunity to experience the ice harvest. Watch environment. Even a hotel made out of ice experience Jukkasjärvi’s surroundings with a guide to through calm , rough rapids as the meter-thick ice blocks are lifted out of the can be certified. That makes us proud. different viewpoints – where you can see the golden and untouched nature on a river crystal clear Torne River and stored until next midnight sun paired with breath­taking nature. rafting tour. year’s hotel, ice glasses, ice plates and bars. 12 13 The making of A new KAAMOS the magic December light ICEHOTEL enriches the – every year working days

WHEN THE COLD arrives to POLAR NIGHT the Arctic, the river slows The sun doesn’t rise for a down and the landscape month from December to transforms. This marks a January, and the few hours of period of intense activity on indirect daylight create a the riverbank in Jukkasjärvi magical light in pastels. – ICEHOTEL is being reborn. Huge blocks of ice, weighing two tons apiece, TEAMWORK AND SUPPORT were harvested from the At the end of November, artists river the previous winter and from all over the world come to have been stored in anticipa- Jukkasjärvi to turn their ideas into tion of the new build. reality. Together with the experi- enced builders, art support and lightning team, a new totally unique hotel emerges, filled with splendid art of ice.

THE ICONIC CHANDELIER THE LIGHT THAT GIVES LIFE In the interplay between art, design and lighting, 1 000 hand polished effects are created that emphasize and reinforce are used the transparent ice and white snow. There are many for the chandeliers challenges. The light source must not give off heat, that are hanging in it should be set at the right angle to achieve the the breathtaking desired effect and, as an observer, you should not Main Hall. see the light installation itself, just experience it.

A UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT The lines between in- and outside are blurred during the build and the team get to experience both kaamos light and northern lights as well as snowstorms during their working days.

14 15 Experience ICEHOTEL Guide 2019 35 artists from all over the world have designed and created the seasonal suites out of ice and snow, art that THE SEASONAL melts down back to Torne ICEHOTEL River in Spring.

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18 Ceremony Hall 19 Main Hall & Reception 20 Blossom 21 Flock 22 Perceptions 23 Lollipop 24 Zero.ICTYS 25 Kaamos Aurinko 26 Wisdom of the Oak 27 The Tao of Cat 28 Dancing Auroras 29 Spruce Woods 30 Haven 31 The Sea of Ice 32 Icewoman 33 Differential Expansion 34 The Living Ocean 35 Seasonal Ice Suits 16 17 SEASONAL SEASONAL 2019 2019

Main Hall & Reception Catch Up! “Did we capture ourselves; are we caught in our own nets? Or, are the rivers, seas and oceans fishing us?”

Ceremony Hall Hikari “The Light – future, hope, God, faith. The symbol of a couple.”

LIGHT THAT CELEBRATES artists and husband and FISHING NETS CAN survive no reason. What are you the intent and devotion of wife Natsuki & Shingo NATSUKI SAITO is a over 40 years, floating in telling us? Maybe, you MARJOLEIN VONK is an art director love. Light that represents Saito, accompanied by designer and architect and the oceans and rivers of the should be rescued. and set stylist for film and photo- the prayersand vows of their daugther Lise. is accustomed to working world. Fortunately, these Frozen in time, in the graphy based in . You can two lovers. A testimony of with ice at home in . will melt back to the river. cleanest river in Europe. also admire Vonk’s work in the deluxe their journey and a future SHINGO SAITO has several You are wandering, Never to be used again, suites’ bathrooms in ICEHOTEL 365. years’ experience of ice full of hope. Hikari is aimlessly floating around you’ve done your job, a MAURIZIO PERRON is a sculptor sculpting. Back home in based in Jovenceaux, Italy. Perron Japanese for light, the Japan, both Natsuki and for decades. A size three long time ago. And you has also designed the lark wood inspiration for this year’s Shingo work at Lake times the country of France will find your way back in basins in the deluxe suites’ bath- Ceremony Hall, created Shikaribetsu Village. and countless victims the water DISSOLVED. rooms. by Japanese ice sculpting wrapped in your arms for

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Blossom Flock “Geometric shapes blossoming into one organic sculpture.” “A room that holds a thousand wings...”

TSARSKI AND BIEGELAAR’S organic sculpture. A FLOCK OF Arctic terns idea of bird sillouettes suite is all about transi- The duo behind Blossom WOUTER BIEGELAAR is a rises from an and against the sky. How a LISA LINDQVIST is a tions. At the far end of the are ICEHOTEL veterans product designer from Holland and circumnavigates the space. flock is both a solid group Swedish/English visual artist room, the walls are with several suites and VIKTOR TSARSKI is an architect The rhythm, the vision, but constantly dissolves, and sculptor. To her, no geometrical square shapes. renditions of ICEBAR BY from Bulgaria. They paired up fve even the sound of their only to be recreated. The materials can compare to years ago for a deluxe suite for ice and snow. Gradually the squares ICEHOTEL to their collective movement - all room we create literally ICEHOTEL and have been working ULRIKA TALLVING is a transform, until eventually, names. Viktor Tsarski together ever since on a range of so fleetingly beautiful and holds a thousand wings Swedish artist working with in the opposite end of the marks his 10-year anniver- projects involving ice as well as transient. to carry you through sculptural projects as well as room the squares have sary as an ICEHOTEL toy design. “We wanted to create a your own imagined illustrative and graphic ones. blossomed into one artist in 2019. room that plays with .”

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SEASONAL SEASONAL 2019 Perceptions 2019 “There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.” - Aldous Huxley

Lollipop “Is it really true that there are ice lollies appearing pure as water, tasting just like your favorite sweets?”

WHEN YOU SEE something challenges you to discover that is unfamiliar, imagina- a new perception of the FRANCISCO JAVIER SCIENCE IS WRONG! Pure harmonious shapes and tion intervenes and gives world. A long-standing CORTES ZAMUDIO water can too be packed tentalizing treats and a LUC VOISIN is a French you a sense to what you ICEHOTEL artist, he has is a Chilean artist working with flavor and taste. And, dream come true for your interior and landscape designer. see. What happens if that challenged his imagination under the name Henkia. the best part is you can inner child. Take a nap MATHIEU BRISON is an Based in Berlin and Stock- architect. Brison and Viosin intervention is challenged? by designing this suite from holm. He works mainly as a indulge to your heart’s surrounded by giant If your perceptions shifts? the perspective of a painter, content - there’re are no lollipops, cupcakes and run a company together in painter, but also explores Lyon, France. Together they If the way you see the striving for the same am- other collaborative art forms calories in water. This time other retro sweets. take part of various art and world changes? In Percep- bitions as in his paintings; such as video, music, it makes perfect sense to Welcome to spend a night landscape festivals, including tions, Henkia plays with spaces of potentialities. photography and design. wish you “sweet dreams.” in the candy shop. several suites at ICEHOTEL. your imagination and A sugar-coated escape into

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SEASONAL SEASONAL 2019 Kaamos Aurinko 2019 – the Sun of the Polar Night “The Arctic summer sun has found shelter during cold winter months.”

Zero.ICTYS “Water is always the same.”

THE ARCTIC SUMMER sun sun, where warm hues fill ETERNAL FISH, NOTHING Time returns, tribute, JOSU GONZALEZ RUIZ is a is hibernating and has found the dome-shaped room. KATHARINA WYSS is an will be the same, the saga of artists, as savages Basque architect residing in the an icy nest providing shelter Using the pure characteris- architect & architectural water cycle has begun, we sail. The altar arose Italian speaking area of Switzerland. for the long winter months tics of light and snow, journalist, living in Zürich. genesis, a causal order for and in it, the cathedral of Ruiz works with institutional –inside ICEHOTEL. Your Kaamos Aurinko is VERONIKA MAYERBÖCK is the invisible, then peace, the world is our stage and architecture, furniture design and first encounter in the suite is juxtaposing the two a lighting designer, architect integral graphic developments. and dancer, based in Vienna. never peace. Within and our genre: An eternal the winter darkness and extreme seasons of the EMILIANO LORENZO lives in FRANK DITTMANN is based not outside the drama, the river. Fertility. Inguz. where he has developed polar night twilight. As you north, inviting the guest to in Zürich and works in the work follows its course, a career in comics, animation and go deeper into dusk, you experience both the polar interdisciplinary field of cyclical, cathartic, sculpting. step over the threshold into winter nights as well as the design, art and architecture. sovereign. the temple of the midnight midnight sun o f summer.

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The Tao of Cat “Fish, flowers and me the poetry of a pond a parallel world.” Wisdom of the Oak - Sonia Chow “Let the wise old oak tree carry and embrace you. It will remind you of your dreams and help you make them come true.”

CURIOSITY MEETS EMPATHY. perseverance and hope. TUCK IN AND let Mother “We want to challenge We are captured in the In Tao of Cat, duo Chow HUSCHANG POURIAN is a Nature’s wisdom rock you the conventional idea that SAM GUSFORS is a farmer and moment of a cat’s thoughts. and Pourian want to German designer who lives to sleep and guide you to intelligence and communi- carpenter, and also Tjåsa’s youngest She peers into a frozen inspire quiet reflection and to be on wheels: bicycles, your inner dreams. cation only can exist in son. He has been working with snow pond with her paws on the other an alternative motorcycles, cars and trucks. SONIA CHOW is a Canadian Oak trees can grow very human form. But we know and ice since an early age, but this ice, trying to touch the viewpoint, drawing on the is his first art project with Tjåsa at designer/artist who is old, reaching an age of from research that plants ICEHOTEL. goldfish swimming just wisdom of Marcel Proust: happiest when strings are involved; weaving, playing several hundred years, and and trees have their own TJÅSA GUSFORS is a multi-talented below the surface. We look “The real voyage of the viola, walking her cat is a symbol of endurance profound knowledge and artist that has been working at up to see her face from the discovery consists not in on a leash. and wisdom in many even an communi- ICEHOTEL since 2000. perspective of the fish. The seeking new landscapes, cultures. cate with each other.” lotus blossom symbolises but in having new eyes.”

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Dancing Auroras Spruce Woods “Let our transcendent pair of dancing Auroras sweep you away “A rustic hideaway where a canopy of spruce trees meets with wonder like shimmering waves on an onyx sea...” the dancing lights of the Aurora Borealis.”

“WHEN THE SKY is clear saturated colors through ENTER SPRUCE WOODS and glowing campfire. and the tension is just lucid energy. The dazzling EMILIE STEELE is a multi-faceted be guided by the misty Dreams of fishing, CHRIS PANCOE is a Canadian artist, with a right. That’s when Aurora display of souls that live on artist whose work consists of art lights of a campervan to a canoeing and connecting penchant for ceramics. He loves fixing broken appear in the darkest of in our memory” dolls, photography, painting and clearing where you’ll to the natural world is things, coffee in a handmade mug, walking couture fashion, with focus on his dog and canoe trips with his family. nights. To tunes and – Steele & Dell’Uva tell their become surrounded by surely to transpire under handcraft and norm-creative JENNIE O’KEEFE is a Canadian artist and rhythms only spirits can tale of the Dancing Auroras subject matters. nothing but peaceful the distant light of a full an event curator. She loves cooking, riding hear. They dance and they inspired by the mesmerizing SEBASTIAN DELL’UVA works as wilderness, unpolluted moon. Where simple her bike, music festivals, and exploring sway across the dark northern lights. an industrial and product designer. skies, glimpses of fauna pleasures and timeless wilderness by canoe. atmosphere. Painting and the warmth of a wonders are evoked.

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SEASONAL SEASONAL 2019 Haven The Sea of Ice 2019 “A meadow of ice, a riddle of light “Transporting a romantic painting into the third dimension.” - speak the words and enter sanctuary.”

DEEP IN ICEHOTEL lies a THE SEA OF ICE deals with Inspired by the romantic mythical portal protected by the big topics of life: works of German artist JONAS JOHANSSON is a Swedish anywhere SEBASTIAN SCHELLER is an two animal guardians; the based artist combining nature and pixels The here and now and the Caspar David Friedrich artist and architect who lives in Clever Fox and the Fiery Fenix. through play, light and technology. hereafter, man-made and (1774-1840), Möckel and Berlin. He builds castles and Legend says, only the inventive LUKAS PETKO is a Slovakian architect, devine, hope and despair, Scheller use the ice as their palaces and suites at ICEHOTEL. designer and illustrator blending functional and pure of heart are able to deliverance and grandness. canvas to tell a three- KRISTINA MÖCKEL is a German architecture with a sense of childlike wonder. enter. Light the torch, collabo- “We want the visitor dimensional story of the designer with a passion for food JORDI CLARAMUNT is a Catalan artist and and its packaging. She loves rate, solve the riddle and bronze smelter reimagining mythology and become part of a piece of majestic powers of Mother illuminate the path to access art and experiencing the Nature. A sunken sailor traveling seeking out new trends life through sculpture and illustration. and ideas. their haven where time is existential power and ship witnesses the forces. endless and life is eternal. beauty of nature.”

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Icewoman Differential Expansion “Icewoman shares her strength and courage “Imagine the sound of ice cracking as you walk on a frozen lake... to spend the night in sub-zero.” Hearing that snap you instantly freeze. But why does ice crack?”

WAVES RUN ALONG the yourself in ice cold water? ALL CRACKS IN ice are inspiration of Differential side walls towards Yes! You don’t need to be LINDA VAGNELIND is a Swedish artist caused by stress that comes Expansion. On the search to ANTONIO CAMARA is a Mexican- Icewoman towering at the a health freak or a fitness who in addition to exhibitions also do mostly from temperature create a metaphor for global Canadian architect and artist. He far end of the room. She fanatic, all you need is commission work and mural assigments. changes. The outer core of warming, brothers Antonio uses design to reflect our society loves to immerse herself curiosity to try something Her art is represented worldwide and her the ice warms up and and Carlos designed an and question contemporary issues. in cold water and the different and intoxicating. signum is portraits painted sculpturally expands while the inner illusion of sleeping in the CARLOS CAMARA has been working with large brushes and thick paint. in research on human and social waves symbolizes her Get inspired and experi- Vagnelind recently released the book core remains cold and heart of a cracking ice cube. activities. This intervention wouldn’t strong connection with ence the effects of cold Cold baths as a photographer, artist doesn’t expand, resulting in Where, the more you move, have been possible without his water. Are you strong water yourself or just be and co-author. the crack. This beautiful the more heat you provide, collaboration. enough to immerse an icewoman for a night. phenomenon was the the more cracks appear...

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SEASONAL 2019 Seasonal Ice Suites “A feeling of being embraced and protected by the ice – a good night’s sleep for all guests.”

The Living Ocean “A room to celebrate the natural wonder of our beautiful oceans.”

WITH THE LIVING OCEAN, Torne River ice reminds us duo Green wanted to high- of the importance of clean MARNIE GREEN is an British light the importance of waters in our oceans. art student, with a passion for WHEN CREATING THE exquisite ice suites with protecting and preserving “We hope that each the environment, and the pres- twenty ice suites, all the ice in focus. JOHAN LARSSON works ervation of all creatures great our oceans, at a time when person spending a night in aspects of the ice where “I wanted to create a as a technician at ICEHOTEL’s and small. She is planning to they are under enormous our deep ocean, will leave considered, not just the feeling of being embraced ice production. He handles do a Fine Art Degree in 2019. stress and strains from inspired to help keep our design – from using the and protected by the ice the ice for the art suites and JONATHAN PAUL GREEN is an has designed the ice suite in human existence. A visual most precious resource, established production designer beautiful raw material, to – a good night’s sleep for the seasonal part – for several feast of beautiful marine our oceans, clean and in the film & TV industry and cutting the ice and the all guests.” years now. creatures, sculpted in the for generations to come.” has studied sculpture in . creation of the ice suite pure and crystal clear itself. The final result is

34 35 YEAR Experience ICEHOTEL Guide 2019 ROUND THE YEAR-ROUND OPEN ICEHOTEL

Including nine Deluxe Suites with private sauna, bathroom and relax, eleven Art Suites, an Ice Gallery and ICEBAR BY ICEHOTEL Jukkasjärvi; – all hand carved by select artists from around the globe.

YEAR ROUND SUITES IN THE PERMANENT ICEHOTEL 365

37 ICEBAR - The Fuzzy Chisel 38 Wishful Thinking ICEBAR 39 You Are My Type 40 Kiss 41 Out of The Fuzzy Chisel 42 Raindrop Prelude “The Fuzzy Chisel is a transparent bar 43 The Drift that entice people to meet.” 44 Blue Houses 45 Oh Deer 46 34 Meters 47 Danger! Thin Ice 48 Lost & Found 49 Mermaid Fitness IN OUR ICEBAR, the ice is in gather together, just 50 Early Spring focus. The minimalist like ­Jukkasjärvi – KARL-JOHAN EKEROTH has created suites and playgrounds 51 Téckara design is used to highlight which translates to the variations in each ice meeting place. of ice and snow. 52 The Victorian Apartment ELIN JULIN is a Swedish block and let the guests “There is something landscape architect. 53 Living With Angels discover the veils in the fuzzy about it.” JENS THOMS IVARSSON is an 54 The Invisible Invincible frozen water. The Fuzzy awarded Product Designer. Chisel is a transparent 55 Hydro Smack HÅKAN JUTBLAD is an interior that entice people designer from Gothenburg. 56 Dancers In The Dark to meet – a place to 57 Dreamscape 36 37

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YEAR ROUND Wishful Thinking YEAR ROUND “The moon influences tides, births and trees. Let’s find out what influence­ it will have in this suite.”

You Are My Type “Surrounded by a pun in oversized ice letters; you are embraced in the polar night.”

WELCOME TO A typo­ “Ice sculpting is a ONCE UPON A time, a The wish got delivered but graphical experience in fantastic experience. The CHARLI KASSELBÄCK MAURIZIO PERRON grew up in the Alps. fisherman was rowing his the moon had a different the suite You Are My consistency is unlike is a graphic designer He is in love with every kind of material: boat in the reflection of the plan – it was time for her Type. Surrounded by a anything else; it’s both and illustrator based wood, marble, granite, snow, and ice. moon under a sky full off to meet Torne River. pun in oversized ice forgiving and demanding. A in . MARJOLEIN VONK is from the shooting stars. He makes a “The moon influences letters; you are embraced crystal-clear mix of soft and JOHN BARK is an Netherlands where she works as an Art editorial designer from wish; he wants to sleep on tides, births and trees. Let’s Director and Stylist. She is also one of in the polar night with hard, of delicate and brittle Sweden with clients all the moon that always find out what influence it the designers behind The Veranda at messages that will keep flexibility. A challenge for the over the Nordic Countries. guided him in the night will have in this suite.” ICEHOTEL Restaurant. you warm; Love you to sensitive keyboard-fingers of and got him safe to shore. the letter. two graphic designers.”

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YEAR YEAR ROUND Kiss ROUND “We were using our family name Musteikis for the ­word-play ‘Must Take Kiss’ for naming our suite.”

Out of the Box “Think outside the box.”

WITH AN UNMITIGATED love patterns and the classic EVERY DAY WE follow the rules for ice, the brothers motive The Embrace. KESTUTIS MUSTEIKIS works of life. We are stuck in boxes. EDITH VAN DE WETERING is an artist who with all kinds of materials such behind the suite express “We were using our But during the night, in our loves to surprise with her art. their feelings through family name Musteikis for as stone, wood, concrete and dreams, we are free to do fre, and is a returning artist WILFRED STIJGER is a multitalented artist exquisite hand-carved ice the word-play ‘Must Take at ICEHOTEL. whatever we want. We leave from the Netherlands and is specialized in sand art. The couple are returning artists to reliefs throughout the Kiss’ for naming our suite. VYTAUTAS MUSTEIKIS is a the boxes and explore. It ICEHOTEL and last year they got married in room. Inspired by the We hope that hot kiss visual anthropologist who would be good to leave our their very own Ceremoy Hall, built together famous symbolist painter gives the guests a warm documents disappearing boxes during the day every with Tjåsa Gusfors. Gustav Klimt, the design night in the cold room.” customs and traditions. now and then – and get a new flirts with his decorative perspective on life.

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Raindrop Prelude The Drift “You are kindly invited to a Raindrop Prelude.” “Be part of the slow drift of visual transformation and dream up your own fiction.”

RAINDROPS FORM RIPPLE “Hearing Chopin’s work had effects on the frozen ice. a profound effect on me. His THOMASZ CZAJKOWSKI NATURE INSPIRES US with yourself among the ice FRIEDERIKE SCHROTH is a German Deeper inside the suite; way of fusing Polish folk and is an interior and furniture shapes created from pure and snow shells and let architect, based in France. She a majestic bed frame classical music inspired me. designer from Poland. and wild beauty. Ice flows, your true vision interact founded Nomad’Art together with against intricate wall This suite mirrors his 19th He loves tango and perpetually in motion. with the room. Fabien Champeval. improvisation. patterns inspired by century Poland, interpreted These abstract volumes FABIEN CHAMPEVAL is a French ERYK MARKS is an oil and stone sculptor with a deep bond to traditional Polish folk art. through blending traditional mural painter, specialized are an ever changing the Inuit culture, following their The musical notations of local folk art with the Bieder- in sacral art. He loves screen to project your philosophy to search for the stone’s Chopin’s classical work meier style that came to grow fshing and photography. personal impressions and inner life when sculpting. engraved in the ice aloft. immensely popular at this time.” emotions upon. Install

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YEAR YEAR ROUND Blue Houses ROUND “Blue Houses is a minimalistic tribute to houses, dwellings and tranquility.”

Oh Deer “Visitors can lower themselves into a bath of ice and in peace contemplate the nature, embodied by a deer.”

THIS LITTLE VILLAGE is built “Blue Houses is a THE DESIGN IN this suit is a bath of ice and in peace out of strong snow walls minimalistic tribute to JOHAN KAUPPI is a designer inspired by the Japanese contemplate the nature, CARL WELLANDER was born and and beautiful ice win- houses, dwellings and and interior designer from Onsen baths and the embodied by a deer. lives today in Nyköping, Sweden. dows. The cold materials tranquility. An invitation northern Sweden. Great Totem spirit animals. “Oh Deer express an He works as a full time sculptor NINA KAUPPI is a designer mainly working in ceramics, bronze are formed to iconic to mind­fulness. The time The lanterns bring light, awe of the grand animal and stone. shapes with clear lines, to enjoy is now.” from Malmö, Sweden who has moments of understanding, and a humble envision of worked with Tiffany & Co. in ULRIKA TALLVING is a sculptor, artist where dreamy dimmed New York as well as Thomas for the nature and the Mother Earth and the and stylist. In her work she often light ­reflects from the Sabo in Germany. world we live in. Visitors fascinating landscape derives her art from animal forms. ­inaccessible insides. can lower themselves into outside.”

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34 Meters Danger! Thin Ice “Enter a deep and vertical world, “Enjoy the mystic elegance of sleeping on frozen water and feel the cold of the .” and experiencing deep silence.”

WHICH WAY IS UP? Enter a “With 34 meters of ice ENTER A SURREAL frozen allowing you to witness the DAVE RUANE or “Irish Dave”, deep and vertical world, walls and 32 tons of raw lake environment and serene beauty of naturally FRANZISKA AGRAWAL is an works with ice, snow, metal, and and feel the cold of the Torne River ice – even on literally walk on thin ice emerged structures created industrial designer and artist wood and brings his Irish charm glacier. Its massive pres- the ceiling – this suite is across a landing stage by nature – cracks, air working inter­nationally in into all of his work. ence is tangible in the record breaking. Due to running through the suite bubbles and light effects. product design and design LUCA RONCORONI is an Italian strategy, architectural art natural, raw ice. Fall asleep the huge amount of ice, the architect and designer based in and connecting to the bed. “Enjoy the mystic installations, and documentary at the end of the tunnel, room is 4-5 degrees colder , specializing in temporary Look into the depth of the elegance of sleeping on and fne arts photography. cradled and sheltered by than average. Literally a architecture and installations. frozen lakes surface’s frozen water and experi- the unpolished Arctic. cool experience!” visually transparent ice, encing deep silence.”

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Lost & Found Mermaid Fitness “Get lost in your inner world.” “Dive into an underwater world, made from ice and snow.”

AN ABSTRACT CENTERPIECE and sound to interact, but DIVE INTO AN underwater Mermaid Fitness from adjacent to a pair of chairs we’re very pleased with the JENS THOMS IVARSSON is a world, made from ice and Bodybuilding and the NINA HEDMAN is a are positioned inside a big result and it will be designveteran who grew up with snow, and experience the trend where you swim Swedish sculpture and art circular wall immediately interesting to hear what the art, crafts, design and archit- phenomenon mermaid with a fake mermaid tail. teacher. She works with a inside the room. Next to guests think” says Jens ecture. Over the years he has fitness where weight and “When the suite was lot of different materials created around 30 icebars. and her favorites are ice chairs; a red button too big Thoms Ivarsson. size meet the movement done, we could see that and snow. and bright not to be pressed. Sit back and start the PETRI “BETTE” TUOMINEN of the water and a feeling Yemoja and Triton might has done everything from driving MAGNUS HEDMAN from The installation introduces voyage into your inner the dog sled to organizing ice of lightness. Creators have helped us when Sweden is here for the light, music and sound. world. dinners. This year he also com- Nina Hedman and ­ designing the sculptures… fourth year to help his “It was a new challenge posed the music to the suite. Magnus Hedman got their The water has no limits.” aunt to create a suite. for us to get design, light ­inspiration for the suite

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YEAR YEAR ROUND Early Spring Téckara ROUND “The harmonious sound of life starting anew.” “Think of Téckara (number 9) and allow an aperture of other thinking spaces, recalling priorities and becoming enlightened again.”

THE MOMENT WHEN the the natural elements and DESIGNED WITH THE transparent icy pillars are first sprouts break the intention to unite NANDO ALVAREZ is from Spain. intention to create a place positioned to accelerate an JAVIER OPAZO is a Chilean sculptor through the snow. Water their individual expres- After graduating in Art History, he for serenity, Javier Opazo’s architectural transit, while the and designer who gained his educ- has taken part in 80 international ation in England. Since 2008, he dripping from the melting sions in the ephemeral art symposiums and his work is suite uses the impressive different floor levels bestow a has worked on several suites as well ice. The soft wind playing and soft materials ice and widely exhibited across Asia. height of the ICEHOTEL rhythm to the room. Téckara as ceremony halls for ICEHOTEL. LILIYA POBORNIKOVA Bulgaria-born, with the clouds and the snow, using ideas they 365 to its fullest potential. means “9” in Kunza, an He’s also a founding partner of resides in Spain where she works as new life starts. In Early have previously explored The room is composed by extinguished polysynthetic environmental sustainability a sculptor, using materials like stone, Spring, sculptors Liliya in hard and permanent nine tall pillars and several language from the northern initiative CULTIVA, in which he wood, metal, wax, concrete, bronze, leads the project’s design area. Pobornikova and Nando materials. ceramics, ice and snow. different floor levels. part of Chile and the Altiplanic Alvarez were inspired by Within the space, the region of the Atacama Desert.

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The Victorian Apartment Living With Angels “The visual properties of ice and snow create the perfect “Angels are amazing since they have the ability to fly and see things layering of translucency, light and shadows.” from a different perspective. Sweet dreams with your angels.”

WELCOME TO The Victorian this frozen Deluxe Suite. LIVING WITH ANGELS is child, women have fascinat- Apartment – a 20th century “With the new dimen- LUCA RONCORONI is what artist Benny Ekman ed me. They come in BENNY EKMAN is an royal dream. This sensorial sions in ICEHOTEL 365 an Italian architect and does every day. Nearly all different shapes, like artist and his infuence experience gives you an I thought of an elegant designer based in Norway, his work includes angels in princesses, mermaids, comes from his ethereal feeling with its apartment in Europe from specializing in temporary some way and in this suite, witches, heroines, angels. upbringing in Australia architecture and and Sweden. He mainly high ceiling, incredible last century. The visual installations, exhibitions he is channeling them to Angels are amazing since paints in acrylic, but details and elegant style. properties of ice and snow and design. He likes create a serendipitous they have the ability to fly experiments and The time specific reminders; create the perfect layering photography, skiing and atmosphere and give you a and see things from a sculpts with different patterns and objects from of translucency, light and running with his dog Nero. feeling of safety. different perspective. Sweet materials. last century, set the stage in shadows.” “Ever since I was a dreams with your angels.”

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YEAR YEAR ROUND Hydro Smack ROUND “The overnight guests in Hydro Smack will get the feeling of dwelling at the bottom of the ocean.”

The Invisible Invincible “Sleep soundly in the presence of ten invincible women.”

SLEEP SOUNDLY IN the artwork got its inspiration presence of ten invincible from the Terracotta army LENA KRISTRÖM is a sculptor IN THIS SURREAL sub­ the feeling of dwelling at women. The strong and Hans Runesson’s living in Jukkasjärvi that has aquatic world, a group the bottom of the ocean, LOTTA LAMPA is an artist and designer women are positioned in picture The lady with the been sculpting for ICEHOTEL of richly ornamented where rays of light shine from Kalix in northern Sweden. Her art the suite, each with its purse.” since the beginning. jellyfish float dreamlike down on them from the is infuenced by nature, her brother’s garage, and everyday life. own unique expression NINA HEDMAN is a sculpture- and surrounds you like surface before they fall and art teacher who lives in JULIA GAMBORG NIELSEN is a and purse. Stockholm, Sweden. She works you were walking in an asleep.” Swedish designer and artist. Her “Timed with a move- with lots of different materials and underwater forest. sculptural furniture is inspired by ment of women that her favorites are ice and snow. “The overnight guests her upbringing in Africa and Asia. won’t be silenced, the in Hydro Smack will get

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Dancers In The Dark Dreamscape “We wanted to form a suite filled with positive “All around the world, beds are elevated above energy that translates into the guests.” the ground, lifting their occupants into a new world.”

DANCERS IN THE DARK is all Tjåsa Gusfors herself with ALL AROUND THE world, “Dreamscape cele- about choosing survival – arrangement by Matti PATRICK DALLARD was born beds are elevated above brates the main element ALEX HAW, UK, is the light and positive path. Eklund. in France but lives and works in the ground, lifting their and raison d’etre of the an artist, architect Stockholm. He is a scenographer Artists Tjåsa Gusfors “We wanted to form occupants into a new room – a symbol epito- and founder of the at a children’s theater, works and Patrick Dallard have a suite filled with positive world. Dreamscape mizing escape: the bed. It design studio Atmos. with social art and as a designer. experimented with the energy that translates amplifies this effect, dramatizes the fact that ADITYA BHATT is TJÅSA GUSFORS from Sweden features and elements of into the guests, to create whisking visitors on a each journey to the room an Indian architect is a multi­faceted artist, and musician with the frozen water, and a sensuous space, which performing on the music theater journey up a , is a journey to that bed a passion for created movement in the gives you bliss. So we stage as well as creating artwork sensuous, daring stair of and into the explosive computation, food room, emerged from the keep dancing in the dark, using wood, stone and sand as pure ice that rises straight canyons of the mind.” and heavy metal. dancers. The music is chasing sparks…” her materials. from the door to their written and performed by dreams.

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