Kakslauttanen hotel in Lapland allows people to admire the beauty of the northern lights in the comfort of warm and secure glass igloos.
Large windows are constructed out of special thermal glass that does not freeze. Every igloo is equipped with small bathroom and two beds.
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Andrea
No showers?
Dec 5th, 2011
zak
“Feel like taking a community shower anyone, or you could just go wallow in the snow?”
Dec 6th, 2011
zunny
you can be sure there is a sauna on the premises, and a jump into the snow afterwards, and I would guess plenty of hot water too.
Dec 6th, 2011
Erin Maree
It says that every igloo has a bathroom so I imagine it would have a shower/bath, a toliet and a sink. As for a kitchen I would say there would a be restaurant on the premises hopefully with roaring fire and nice couches to sit on an relax.
Dec 6th, 2011
Sharyn
The first video shows the restaurant, the second one shows the bathrooms. The bathrooms seemed to be just a toilet & sink although there could have been a small shower in there too. It looks lovely, I’m sure it’d be magical to sleep under the northern lights.
Dec 6th, 2011
Lilia Smiles
I think they should’ve made the bathroom just a little bigger (maybe fit in a small shower) and it really shouldn’t be a big problem since the space for the bed seems quite big. But I absolutely love the idea of sleeping under the northern lights! Always wanted to see them!
Dec 6th, 2011
cole
that is awesome i would totally live in one of those for a week or two
Dec 6th, 2011
Ian
The tectonic juxtaposition of the light glass and heavy weight of the snow compounded by the thermally dematerialized enclosure forces me to ponder what level of spatial anxiety such a construct would result in. Of course the “heavy” snow is actually aggregated, light weight flakes and the “lightness” of the glass is, in actuality, a heavy material; so part of the brilliance of this project lies not only in it’s phenomenalogical emotive qualities, but also it’s dynamic play of built forms and materials and their perceptions within nature.
Dec 6th, 2011
douglas
stole the words right out of my mouth, lan!!
Dec 6th, 2011
Albert Einstein
The tectonic juxtaposi–DARN IT IAN!
Dec 6th, 2011
tara
i want to goooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dec 6th, 2011
Kev
no privacy??
Dec 6th, 2011
Ivander
the life of modern eskimo
Dec 7th, 2011
Glenn Contreras
Kev, I think privacy is pretty obvious, keep your eyes away from your neighbor’s igloo… THAT IS what I call privacy.
Dec 7th, 2011
Just a thought
I’d love these if they would be alone in a forest somewhere… But the fact that there’s like fifty of them stacked on top of each other kind of spoils the idea imo :(
Dec 7th, 2011
Finnish person
Hi everyone :) I belive that they have public but CLEAN showers in there. And Saunas are a really important part of the finnish traditions! So they have a sauna too :) But if they dont have showers, you can warm up water in the sauna ;) thnx
Dec 10th, 2011
alyssa
i’m gonna go here one day.
Dec 24th, 2011