10 Amazing Hotels You Won't Believe Actually Exist

4. Illuminated Ice Hotel, Sweden

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Featuring rooms made up of sculptured ice from the neighbouring Torne River, the Illuminated Ice Hotel is literally the coolest place you can spend the night in Sweden.

Temperatures in the cold rooms fluctuate between -5 to -8 degrees, but guests are unlikely to catch a chill in their thermal sleeping bags, which are placed on top of exclusive Carpe Diem beds covered with reindeer hides.

The Illuminated Ice Hotel was created in the name of art and novelty, its rooms and halls playing host to the work of renowned ice sculptors, and drinks at the on-site bar are served in glasses made from ice.

Warm rooms are available for those who want to enjoy these things without sleeping in subzero conditions, and they come with flat-screen TVs, dining areas and private bathroom equipped with heated showers.

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