1/17: Ice hotel

Undertoad · 01-17-2002, 12:45 PM

This is the "Icehotel", the planet's first hotel built entirely of ice. What else would you call it?

It's in Sweden, 125 miles north of the Arctic circle.

The questions here are all too obvious, so I won't even ask them. But they claim they are doing tourism business, so someone is visiting and, apparently, spending money there.

(Easy money recipe: $29./night stay, $249 for heater rental, $99 for mop rental.)

Joe · 01-17-2002, 01:03 PM

Absolutly cool

01-17-2002, 01:27 PM

How many silly puns can we run up off of this?

"Where's the fridge?"

"Is the AC on?"

..... ?

kaleidoscopic ziggurat · 01-17-2002, 01:56 PM

the first one? annually there is one in quebec... does this tradition in sweden go back further i wonder?

ndetroit · 01-17-2002, 02:20 PM

And there are several in Iceland that are built at the beginning of every winter, recieve guests, etc, etc, and then melt away as summer arrives, only to be entrely rebuilt the next year.

Makes renovations relatively cheap and easy, I guess..

heh.

ndetroit · 01-17-2002, 02:22 PM

oh, and ... good point joe... HAHAHAHA... I didn't even notice that until your post...

ahhh, sweet subliminal advertising.

excuse me, I'm feeling a tad thirsty. Time for a delicious refreshing glass of .. vodka.

jaguar · 01-17-2002, 03:04 PM

they've bene doing this every year for years, i remember it a few years back.

tsumrow · 01-18-2002, 11:48 AM

Is is just me or does the entrance to the Ice hotel look like one of those Absolut ads?

Nic Name · 01-18-2002, 11:50 AM

It's definitely not just you ... that was Joe's point in the second post in this thread.

blase · 01-18-2002, 12:34 PM

I think I saw some sort of thing of the Travel channel a while ago where they visited this place. You sleep in fur beds and they have a bar where the cups are made entirely of ice.

01-18-2002, 12:49 PM

I imagine ice cups would be awesome at keeping your drink cool, but I would think your hands would get damn cold too.

Try this: squeeze an ice cube until it melts. Yow!

blase · 01-18-2002, 02:44 PM

Well, it's not milk they were drinking, it was Vodka - that way they can pour you a drink that won't melt your cup.

01-18-2002, 05:03 PM

Hmm. Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you pour something that is warmer than 32ºF/0ºC on some ice, it's going to at least partially melt it, correct?

Anyway, I doubt they'd be serving hot chocolate in those glasses

blase · 01-18-2002, 05:19 PM

That's the whole point of it being alcohol, it can be chilled below the freezing point of water and still stay liquid.

dasviper · 01-18-2002, 10:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by blase
That's the whole point of it being alcohol, it can be chilled below the freezing point of water and still stay liquid.

However, the alcohol will lower the freezing point of water, will it not? (Similar to the effect of rock salt... trying to remember AP Chem).

01-17-2002, 12:45 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	1/17: Ice hotel This is the "Icehotel", the planet's first hotel built entirely of ice. What else would you call it? It's in Sweden, 125 miles north of the Arctic circle. The questions here are all too obvious, so I won't even ask them. But they claim they are doing tourism business, so someone is visiting and, apparently, spending money there. (Easy money recipe: $29./night stay, $249 for heater rental, $99 for mop rental.)

01-17-2002, 01:03 PM	#2
Joe Master of the Domain Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: AZ Posts: 221	Is that a product placement in your hotel or are you just glad to see me Absolutly cool

01-17-2002, 03:04 PM	#7
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	they've bene doing this every year for years, i remember it a few years back. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

01-18-2002, 11:48 AM	#8
tsumrow Person Who Has Posted Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 2	Absolut? Is is just me or does the entrance to the Ice hotel look like one of those Absolut ads?

01-17-2002, 01:27 PM	#3
dave Guest Posts: n/a	How many silly puns can we run up off of this? "Where's the fridge?" "Is the AC on?" ..... ?

01-17-2002, 01:56 PM	#4
kaleidoscopic ziggurat Coronation Incarnate Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 90	the first one? annually there is one in quebec... does this tradition in sweden go back further i wonder?

01-17-2002, 02:20 PM	#5
ndetroit Master Locutor Join Date: May 2001 Location: vancouver Posts: 158	And there are several in Iceland that are built at the beginning of every winter, recieve guests, etc, etc, and then melt away as summer arrives, only to be entrely rebuilt the next year. Makes renovations relatively cheap and easy, I guess.. heh.

01-17-2002, 02:22 PM	#6
ndetroit Master Locutor Join Date: May 2001 Location: vancouver Posts: 158	oh, and ... good point joe... HAHAHAHA... I didn't even notice that until your post... ahhh, sweet subliminal advertising. excuse me, I'm feeling a tad thirsty. Time for a delicious refreshing glass of .. vodka.

01-18-2002, 11:50 AM	#9
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	It's definitely not just you ... that was Joe's point in the second post in this thread.

01-18-2002, 12:34 PM	#10
blase Coronation Incarnate Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 91	I think I saw some sort of thing of the Travel channel a while ago where they visited this place. You sleep in fur beds and they have a bar where the cups are made entirely of ice.

01-18-2002, 12:49 PM	#11
dave Guest Posts: n/a	I imagine ice cups would be awesome at keeping your drink cool, but I would think your hands would get damn cold too. Try this: squeeze an ice cube until it melts. Yow!

01-18-2002, 02:44 PM	#12
blase Coronation Incarnate Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 91	Well, it's not milk they were drinking, it was Vodka - that way they can pour you a drink that won't melt your cup.

01-18-2002, 05:03 PM	#13
dave Guest Posts: n/a	Hmm. Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you pour something that is warmer than 32ºF/0ºC on some ice, it's going to at least partially melt it, correct? Anyway, I doubt they'd be serving hot chocolate in those glasses

01-18-2002, 05:19 PM	#14
blase Coronation Incarnate Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 91	That's the whole point of it being alcohol, it can be chilled below the freezing point of water and still stay liquid.

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)