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Icehotel Summer Guide PUBLISHED IN 2021 ICEHOTEL SUMMER GUIDE ABOUT SUMMER SUMMER TIPS FUN FACTS SUMMER FAVORITE Summer activities ROBIN TEAM to experience at MARGAUX TRYGG FAVORITES Icehotel DIETZ FUN FACTS Northern Sweden with its Take part in genuine and personal Everything you need The Sauna Ritual was both wild and untouched nature tips on things you should experience to know about arctic relaxing and exciting is unique in many ways during your summer visit summer ICEHOTEL SUMMER EVERYTHING DIFFERENT FUN FACTS ICEHOTEL SUMMER ICEHOTEL SUMMER GUIDE 03 04 10 11 FUN FACTS SUMMER TIPS ROBIN TRYGG YNGVE & MARGAUX ARCTIC Summer in Jukkasjärvi Team favorites About summer Summer favorites SUMMER Average temperature: 16 C Hours of sunshine: 24 Summer in Jukkasjärvi, 200 km north of the Arctic Circle, means 24-hour daylight. As the sun never sets, the nights are as bright as the day between mid-May and mid-July. The midnight sun invites you to stay up late and bathe in its golden light. Climb the mountains around PHOTO: Asaf Kliger Jukkasjärvi for spectacular views of the Torne River and feel the energy around you. EVERYTHING Switch waking up from the noise of big cities to waking up to the The birds are chirping, the rustle of trees, white tablecloths for dinner in the wilderness, water is bubbling and the DIFFERENT blazing beach against dips under the midnight sun. treetops are whispering in the wind. Let your arctic adventure this summer be a memory for life with SUMMER AT ICEHOTEL Icehotel as your unique starting point. MORE ON ICEHOTEL.COM ACTIVITIES TO NEWS! EXPERIENCE AT Eat Norrlander pizza at the ICEHOTEL THIS rustic Old Homestead. SUMMER SIGHTSEEING ON TORNE RIVER FISHING WITH LUNCH FISHING ON YOUR OWN CANOE SUP BOARD MOUNTAINBIKE SAUNA WILDERNESS DINNER ICE SCULPTING THE EXHIBITION ICEHOTEL ICEBAR BY ICEHOTEL BY REQUEST: WHITE WATER RAFTING COVER IMAGE Asaf Kliger CHALLENGE PARK JUKKASJÄRVI SAUNA RITUAL PHOTO: Asaf Kliger 02 03 ICEHOTEL SUMMER SUMMER TIPS IN SWEDISH LAPLAND EVERYTHING DIFFERENT ICEHOTEL SUMMER GOOD TO THERESE, COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR KNOW SUP BOARD ON DISTANCE: The river is THE TEAM'S BEST part of our area TORNE RIVER GOOD TO BRING: SUMMER TIPS Icehotel provides SUP for rent WHO KNOWS THE SUMMER IN SWEDISH LAPLAND BETTER THAN THE TEAM AT ICEHOTEL? Take part in genuine and personal tips on things you should experience during your summer visit. n experience that is enjoyable for all senses. Gliding across the water surface on Torne WHO IT FITS: ARiver, one of Sweden's four national rivers, is Family with adult true peace of mind. It is very quiet, except for a fish children/teenagers that reaches the water surface. This is one of the Couples ESRANGE VISITOR CENTER ABISKO National Park in world's best spots for grayling fishing and the fishing Group of friends Visiting room that you explore the middle of the mountains. water around here is well known. You rest your eyes Solo travelers SANDRA, REVENUE & SYSTEM MANAGER on your own. Suitable for those Suitable for families with on mountains, water and beach lined with primeval who are interested in space and children of all ages, if you stay forest. A short distance away there is a small island research. 25 min by car from NATURE IN FOCUS closer to the Tourist Station there - Riimisaari, where you can disembark to swim and Icehotel. are nice trails to walk around. bring lunch to grill over a fireplace. Those with older children can do MIDNATTSSOLSTIGEN longer hikes. 1h 30 min by car Suitable for those who want to from Icehotel. It is excellent to GOOD TO wander near Kiruna center. The stop at car parks along the way KNOW SANNA, INHOUSE SALES AGENT terrain is relatively simple, and and wander from there to find MIKAELA, INHOUSE SALES AGENT most people can keep up. 25 min a nice mountain side or lake to by car from Icehotel. grill and make coffee at. SAUTOSBÄCKEN DISTANCE: AHAVIKEN Bicycle: 25 minutes TROLLSJÖN Beautiful place for NIKKALUOKTA Hike, canoe Walk: 1h and 45 hikes and cold dips. Suitable for and stop along rest areas for minutes those who want a little longer barbecues or fishing. You can Car: 10 minutes hike, for families with slightly hike, some parts reachable by child-friendly bathing spot in Jukkasjärvi with andy beach, which gives a feeling of being at older children. 1h 55 min by car boat, to Kebnekaise Mountain shallow water, which means that most people GOOD TO BRING: Jukkasjärvi Bahamas on days when it is hot and from Icehotel. station. 1h 10 min by car from A can take a dip, despite the cold temperatures Changed and ready, Sthe sun is shining. It is shallow and perfect for Icehotel. in Torne River. beach blanket, lunch families with children. bag, toilet paper WHO IT FITS: GOOD TO Most! LUCA, CREATIVE DIRECTOR KNOW TARFALADALEN DISTANCE: 1h 30 min by car from Icehotel GOOD TO GOOD TO BRING: MIKAELA, INHOUSE SALES AGENT Food and drink, KNOW change, windbreaker, fantastic valley located "next gloves and hat LOOKOUT POINT to" Kebnekaise that is less DISTANCE: 45 min A visited. There is possibilities for WHO IT FITS: PUIMUNEN walk from Icehotel accommodation if you want to stay a little Most! longer on site. GOOD TO BRING: Lunch bag and ike upwards through the primeval especially water. forest and experience the Comfortable shoes/ clothes Hmagnificent arctic nature up close. At the top of the mountain the reward WHO IT FITS: awaits - a fantastic view of the entire Family with adult Jukkasjärvi, Poikkijärvi and Torne River. children/teenagers On a foggy morning you do not see far Couples but otherwise it feels like you are standing Group of friends among the clouds. Solo travelers 04 05 ICEHOTEL SUMMER SUMMER TIPS IN SWEDISH LAPLAND EVERYTHING DIFFERENT ICEHOTEL SUMMER GOOD TO SARA, INHOUSE SALES MANAGER KNOW THE LOUSSAVAARA DISTANCE: 25 minutes by car TOP GOOD TO BRING: Exercise clothes, picnic blanket, coffee in a backpack uitable for those who want to hike and see WHO IT FITS: Kiruna from a higher altitude. When you get to Family with adult Sthe top you have a fantastic view of Kiruna and children/teenagers can see all the way to Kebnekaise. Couples Group of friends Solo travelers GOOD TO KNOW MIKAEL, MANAGER ADVENTURE FISHING IN DISTANCE: Walking or cycling LAXFORSEN distance from Icehotel GOOD TO BRING: Lunch bag, fishing license, blanket to recommend fishing in Laxforsen and having a sit on picnic afterwards. There are nice fireplaces and WHO IT FITS: Ithe place is easily accessible even if you are not a Most! physical phenomenon. ÅSA, MARKETING MANAGER GOOD TO EUROPE'S OLDEST KNOW PRIMEVAL FOREST - DISTANCE: 15 minutes by car from Icehotel APTAS GOOD TO BRING: Comfortable clothes, lunch bag and camera alfway to Kiruna center (right next to the WHO IT FITS: Institute of Space Physics) you find the nature Family with adult Hreserve Aptasvare Fjällurskog, a unique area in children/teenagers Europe. The 3,3-kilometer-long hike up to Aptasvaara Couples has become a local favorite. On the way up you will Group of friends pass three peaks: Alanen, Keskinen and Ylinen which Solo travelers are at most 615 meters above sea level. The hike begins best with a 15-minute drive from the Icehotel to the start of the hike, Mount Aptas. There you begin your hike through Europe's oldest primeval forest, from forest tundra to mountain environment. You see how nature changes around you as you reach higher heights, the trees become bushes and the views are vast. After about 1.5 hours you reach the top of Aptas, 615 meters above sea level, where you are recommended to stop for a well-deserved fika with a cup of coffee or tea. From the top you have a fantastic view of Kiruna, the city to be moved. You wander down again and reach the parking lot about an hour later. PHOTO: Asaf Kliger 06 07 ICEHOTEL SUMMER SUMMER TIPS IN SWEDISH LAPLAND EVERYTHING DIFFERENT ICEHOTEL SUMMER CAMILA BIANCO, HEAD CHEF WILDERNESS DINNER GOOD TO in the middle of the forest where you can warm up KNOW and relax. You can expect the food to be part of the experience. We want you to be a part of it. The guides will proudly describe the facts and traditions ICEHOTEL has four behind the ingredients and food. PHOTO: Asaf Kliger wilderness camps in connection with WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT ON THE MENU AT AN Torne River. TELL US ABOUT YOUR VIEW ON FOOD IN RELATION OUTDOOR ACTIVITY FOR LATE SUMMER AND TO ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN PEOPLE A WILDERNESS AUTUMN CONFERENCES? – For me it's about bringing people together, DINNER is an – Expect the ingredients and elements to be telling stories, keeping traditions and creating new experience for all the around you… The mushroom you pass, the berry senses. memories. I grew up in an Italian family that migrated you pick or the fish you catch. We will have fish, to Brazil. Even when we grew up and became a large Here you get the game and berries. They are presented dried, fresh, Brazilian family, weekly family events with food, such chance to meet one smoked or pickled depending on when you arrive. It of the well-known as Sunday lunches, were almost mandatory. will be sustainable, unique, tasty, seasonal and local. guides from Icehotel who tells you about TELL US ABOUT HOW YOU AT ICEHOTEL CAN the wilderness and EXPERIENCE FOOD IN NATURE'S ROOM the various natural – Food gathers people, sometimes around a table, phenomena that but in our case also around an open fire under the can be experienced in and around breathtaking aurora borealis or midnight sun.
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