This Swedish Hotel is totally made of ice
The water used to create this structure is taken from a lake close to the city of Kiruna in the north of Sweden, above the polar circle.
During the winter the lake gets completely frozen and the ice is used as bricks to build this structure.
When the days start getting longer and warmer, the ice used for the structure starts melting and the whole building disappears in water again. The building is now completely transformed in water and this water goes again to the basin of the lake.
Each year there is a competition (call) to decide who the new architect to build this structure is going to be. They also allow students and young artists to design the interiors of the several rooms and areas of this hotel.
It is like a small city of ice... Apart the hotel itself they also build the church and the museum and some other areas in order to live in a whole different city made of ice each year.
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