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Russia opens its first ice hotel
Published: 01 February, 2010, 15:12
Edited: 02 February, 2010, 05:03
TAGS: Russia, Thrills&Spills, Holiday
The first ice hotel in Russia will be opened at a ski resort in Arkhangelsk region on St Valentine’s Day, just ahead of Pancake Week, widely celebrated throughout the country.
Situated about 850 kilometers to the north of Moscow, the heart-shaped hotel is going to be built of crystal-clear ice taken from taiga lakes and the white snow of Russia’s north.
So, if you feel like drinking a shot of vodka from a shot glass made of ice, or sleep on an ice bed in a sleeping bag, your destination could be not only Scandinavia or Canada, but Russia as well.
The Russian Snow project boasts to have an ice bar, ice cinema, ice gym (with all the equipment made of ice, of course) and even a wedding palace!
Inside the hotel there will be ice sculptures dedicated to the famous Russian scientist and university founder Mikhail Lomonosov, marking his 300th anniversary in 2011.
The temperature inside the ice building will never rise above 0º Celsius.
The hotel will be open until the end of March and, with a bit of luck, could last even longer.
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How miserable. I give it a year at most. As if freezing up there wasn't enough, now getaways are cold too! We had an ice storm and I had to take showers it was so cold. They are going to need a lot of vodka. I guess this would work out if they had a star room or something with super clean things and perhaps a fountain. Silver. Surreal. How about a fire hotel with deep colors instead or an outdoor indoor thing like Bass Pro?
Now that's what I call a Coolag! perfect for Oligarchs, we can get their assets frozen! And the proprietor, well of course none other than Putin, how cool is he - ice cold. It could be the start of another cold war, but then again maybe better just to chill out on the rocks, with a vodka of course!
Is this why I was killed? You people are ridiculous. You'll blame me for the starving children and then indulge in something as wasteful as this? I'm useless? Maybe if I could have paid my heating bill, I would have been a happy worker. I guess you guys don't need servants.