So at last the dream has come true of being able to offer a winter setting with ice art all year round - the Icehotel Artcenter. A gigantic ice store with ice art, a slide show on a screen made of ice, previous years' Icehotels in miniature and of course - the Absolut Icebar. The Sami people, the original inhabitants of the area, divide the year into eight seasons controlled by the migrations of reindeer from the forests to the mountains. The drama of the changing seasons never ceases to fascinate. One day the cold weather suddenly strikes and the temperature falls to minus thirty.
Spring arrives just as quickly.
The change comes as a pleasant surprise - you can almost see and hear the buds bursting forth. Getting here is simple, whether you fly, take the train or drive. The flight from Stockholm takes just over one hour, and if youre flying from London or Paris it only takes five hours.