Written by Rick Stambaugh FGGAM News
I know, I haven’t quite figured it out myself, but it’s for real !!!
The hotel is built from scratch every year from snow and giant blocks of ice in the small arctic town of Jukkasjarvi. But this year, installation included fire alarms.
Sweden’s National Housing Board couldn’t have missed the irony when it ordered the luxury igloo to install alarms in the water-based structure to ensure the safety of guests.
“We were a little surprised when we found out,” hotel spokeswoman Beatrice Karlsson told Swedish newspaper. “But we do understand. Safety is a primary concern for us. There are indeed things that can catch fire, like the reindeer skins, the mattresses, and the pillows,” Karlsson said.
Cold-loving tourists come from all over the world to sleep in thermal sleeping bags perched on ice beds in temperatures as low as 17 degrees.
