White Weddings in Sweeden Ice Hotel

Couples from all over the world come to Jukkasjärvi to pledge eternal fidelity to each other. The ceremony and the unique experience of the place, the ice, the snow and the almost unreal environment leave no-one untouched. And perhaps the shared memories and experiences are stronger for the very reason that the chapel is impermanent. When no architectural memento exists, the memories and the vows exchanged are especially cherished. With a room temperature zero minus five degrees Centigrade, one night at this hotel would cost you $800 or more.




Customers visit one of the bedrooms in Jukkasjaervi Ice Hotel in Sweden, the world's first ice hotel, on Jan. 8, 2009. An ice hotel is a temporary hotel made up entirely of snow and sculpted blocks of ice. The Jukkasjaervi Ice Hotel has 91 rooms this year and is rebuilt every winter.

A Swedish couple pose in the chapel of the ice hotel in Jukkasjarvi on January 9, 2009 after getting married. Around 150 marriages happen at the chapel each winter. The chapel and ice hotel are temporary buildings since the structure of the chapel and of the ice hotel melts away in spring

A bride and her mother enter the chapel of the ice hotel in Jukkasjarvi on Jan. 9, 2009 to get married.

A bride poses for a photographer at the chapel of the ice hotel in Jukkasjarvi on Jan. 9, 2009 after getting married.

Visitors stand in the hallway of Jukkasjaervi Ice Hotel on Jan. 8, 2009