Sleeping on a bed of ice

Posted by: Rob Davis

Rob Davis

 I got the opposite of a warm welcome during a January trip to Sweden to meet with our European distributor.

But I should probably explain.

After our meetings—which went well, by the way—our hosts from Handheld Europe took us to spend a night at the world-famous ICEHOTEL located 124 miles (200 km) north of the Arctic Circle. Built entirely out of ice and snow every December until the spring thaw in April, the hotel has 80 rooms, many with furniture and sculptures carved from ice. The complex also includes an ICECHURCH and an ICEBAR, both furnished entirely with—you guessed it—ice.


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