Ice Hotels

• StructureSnow and ice, rebuilt every winter
• StandingOn the Village Vacances Valcartier grounds
• SeasonWinter only — dates from the operator
• Warm roomsHeated hotel and pavilions on the grounds
• SleepingIce rooms with insulated bedding, per operator
• Checked2026-09

Builders raise the walls over snow forms each December and carve the interiors once the arches hold. The surrounding grounds stay open through the year, so the frozen wing stands beside buildings that never melt.

• StructureSnow and river ice, raised annually
• StandingBeside the Alta River, outside Alta
• SeasonWinter only — dates from the operator
• Warm roomsYear-round lodge on the same grounds
• SleepingIce beds with sleeping bags, per operator
• Checked2026-09

Ice for the walls is cut from the river below the buildings, and a new artistic theme is drawn up before each build. Daytime visitors may walk through on a ticket while overnight guests are away.

• StructurePacked snow, carved anew each winter
• StandingIn forest roughly half an hour from Rovaniemi
• SeasonWinter only — dates from the operator
• Warm roomsHeated glass igloos on the same grounds
• SleepingSnow rooms with thermal sleeping bags, per operator
• Checked2026-09

Two kinds of winter lodging stand a few steps apart here: carved chambers held at a steady sub-zero reading, and domed glass units that are warmed and glazed overhead. Restaurant and sauna buildings sit between them.

• StructureSnow fortress, built again each winter
• StandingOn the harbour front at Kemi
• SeasonWinter only — dates from the operator
• Warm roomsGlass villas beside the snow area
• SleepingSnow rooms and glass villas, per operator
• Checked2026-09

Each winter the walls take a different plan, so returning visitors find a different building. Alongside it the operator keeps a year-round snow and ice hall, which holds cold interiors long after the outdoor structure has gone.