Any fans of HBO’s Game of Thrones who would like to experience living conditions in a typical Westerosi winter can book a stay at Lapland Hotels annual SnowVillage, which this year features ice sculptures of the show’s many monsters.
The 30-room hotel is made from around 20,000 tonnes of snow and 350 tonnes of natural ice spread over 20ha, and each year adopts a different theme.
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Guests can get married to the Rains of Castamere
This year, a team of sculptors Russia, Poland, Latvia and Ukraine have produced a replica of the Red Keep’s Iron Throne, a replica of the Hall of Faces in Braavos and a white walker with glowing blue eyes who glares at guests in their bedrooms.
There is also a dragon-shaped ice slide and an Ice Chapel with furniture made from compacted snow, where guests can get married – although weddings in Game of Thrones don’t usually go terribly well.
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You can also sleep beneath the trout sigil of House Tully
The ambient temperature in the hotel is kept at a cosy five below freezing, so guests are advised to bring long-sleeved underwear and stay for one night only. Bedrooms in the unheated hotel come with fleece-lined sleeping bags, although there is also the option of heated log cabins or teepees.
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The ambient temperature in the hotel is around minus-five Celsius
As well as staying in the hotel, guests can book a reindeer or husky ride, a snowmobile safari, or a snowshoe hike with coffee by the campfire.
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The hall of faces in the House of Black and White
A double room in the hotel costs €220 for two persons. Those who survive the experience are awarded a "diploma of igloo". Booking details are available here.
Top image: At least there’s no problem with bed bugs. All images courtesy of Lapland Hotels