The experience of sleeping in temperatures of -5 degrees is quite an adventure but possibly one you might not want to do for more than a night or two. However never fear as the Icehotel is not just the ice sculptured building. It also consists of the hotel buildings next-door, with warm chalet-style bedrooms and modern hotel amenities.
Part of the Icehotel is rebuilt each year, so the style and size of the rooms frequently varies. Each of the suites is individually themed and the rooms hold a temperature of -5 to -8 degrees Celsius. The beds are made of ice on a wooden base and covered with reindeer hides. On top of these you will sleep in a thermal sleeping bag provided by the hotel. Between 10am and 6pm, IceHotel is open to the public; for day visitors and guests to enjoy the sculptures and art. This means that if you are staying in a cold room over night you will be given access to your room at 6pm, and then have a wake-up call at around 7.30am.
Newly created in 2017 is Icehotel 365. This part of the hotel is open all year round and is a whole new ice experience. This part of the hotel houses luxury ice suites that are kept at a steady temperature between -5 to -8 degrees Celsius. However these rooms differ from the original part of the IceHotel in that they also have heated en-suite bathrooms and ceiling heights of four meters giving massive dimensional rooms.
Adjacent to the Icehotel is the Riverside Lobby, a warm building where you will find communal changing rooms, bathrooms and saunas for men and women. However many of the more luxurious cold rooms in both parts of the hotel do in fact have a private heated bathroom and relaxation room directly connected to the bedroom for additional comfort.
When it comes to the warm rooms there are a range of possibilities. The Kaamos hotel rooms are housed in six or eight wooden houses on whose roofs wild Arctic flowers bloom in summer. Then there are the Nordic and Arctic chalets, which are wood panelled cabins, located a couple of minutes’ walk from the main reception, IceHotel and main restaurant. These each of consist of two bedrooms, with a lounge and kitchenette.