Has anyone been to the ICEHOTEL in Kiruna? How hard was it to get a room?
I'm looking at surprising my boyfriend at the end of February, and I've most of the rest of the logistics figured out. We'd fly to Stockholm and take the overnight train up for fun. Spend a night in the hotel, and then fly home the next day.
I think it would be a cool weekend trip, but now it's just hinging on the hotel having an ice room available that day. Fingers crossed!
I think I would visit it but not sleep. We looked at an ice hotel in Finland. It was pricy and you can't just hang in your room during the day because the rooms were open for tours.
I'm not sure it's worth the trip up for a day to not stay. I can't imagine it's that much more amazing than the Harbin Ice Festival, so the overnight was a big draw. Unfortunately, they don't have any openings before March. I wonder if it's worth going then. It seems like a weird thing to do when it's getting into spring. Should I put it off for next year, or am I being silly?
I would want to go dog sledding and snowmobiling on the same trip. A student of mine who studied in Sweden did this all at once, and it was the highlight of her study abroad trip.
I would want to go dog sledding and snowmobiling on the same trip. A student of mine who studied in Sweden did this all at once, and it was the highlight of her study abroad trip.
We went dog-sledding in Tromsø last Feb, and it was a lot of fun but not something I feel like I need to do every year.
The train gets in Saturday morning, so we will have that afternoon to do something. Maybe I'll make him try cross-country.
Dog sledding is HARD. I just did it. I'm glad I did it. I don't think I need to do it again soon (BIL changed his activities when he went to Lapland to do it twice). It is scary when you start to slip off the sled skis and you think you might let go of the sled.