Sweden's Icehotel unveils its magical new suites for 2023

 It's a whittled winter wonderland.

Sweden's Icehotel for 2022/2023 is officially open for business. Filled with amazing ice sculptures, the hotel has been constructed and reconstructed every year since 1989 in the village of Jukkasjarvi, 125 miles north of the Arctic Circle next to the banks of the Torne River.

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The construction of this year's Icehotel, the 33rd overall, saw 24 artists from around the globe spend weeks carefully crafting 12 unique suites, plus one deluxe suite in Icehotel 365, the year-round version.

A glittering dome, video-game-inspired sculptures, and supersized mushrooms are among the beautiful ice creations that have been carved on the site.

(Sweden's Icehotel for 2022/2023 is officially open for business in the village of Jukkasjarvi, 125 miles north of the Arctic Circle)

(Twenty-four artists from around the globe spent weeks carefully crafting 12 unique suites for Icehotel 33. Above is ¿The Mushroom¿ suite)

(Pictured is the ¿Enclosed Space¿ suite, ¿where one can enjoy the protection of an igloo inside of another igloo¿)

(Check into the ¿High Score¿ suite, a space themed around video game marathons, and you¿ll find a ¿playroom for soaking in the nostalgia of a simpler era¿)

On top of that, there is a new design for the hotel's ceremony hall for ‘intimate celebrations’, complete with a ‘stylised flower’ at its heart, designed by Wouter Biegelaar and Viktor Tsarski.

The construction process began in the spring when blocks of ice were harvested from the Torne River and stored in an ice warehouse in Jukkasjarvi.

Later, when construction began, the artists sculpted their creations using a whopping 500 tons of ice and 10 Olympic swimming pools’ worth of 'snice' – a mixture of snow and ice. The hotel's construction team and Creative Director Luca Roncoroni offered assistance in the build.

(There is a new design for the ceremony hall for ¿intimate celebrations¿, complete with a stylised flower at its heart (above))

(The Garden¿ suite, by Natsuki Saito and Shingo Saito, is embellished with a giant flower motif)

(The artists sculpted their creations using a whopping 500 tons of ice and 10 Olympic swimming pools worth of 'snice'  a mixture of snow and ice. Pictured is the 'Home Nature' suite)

(The hotel's construction team and Creative Director Luca Roncoroni offered assistance in the build. Above is the 'What Is To Come' suite)

(The Celtic legend of the Selkie, a half-woman and half-seal, inspired the ice sculptures in the Maighdeann-roin suite)

(Acoording to the designers, secrets and messages are hidden everywhere' in the Maighdeann-roin suite)

Temperatures inside the hotel are maintained at minus five degrees Celsius (23 Fahrenheit) in order to keep the glistening suites in peak condition.

The ice dome features in the ‘Enclosed Space’ suite, ‘where one can enjoy the protection of an igloo inside of another igloo’, according to designers Rob Harding and Timsam Harding.

Meanwhile, the ‘Garden’ suite, by Natsuki Saito and Shingo Saito, is embellished with a giant flower motif.

(Above is the Bauh-ice suite, a space that's inspired by the Bauhaus design movement of the 1920s and 30s)

(The Bauh-ice suite invites guests to travel back in time and experience geometric shapes, rounded furniture, lines and stripes)

(The Mushroom suite sets out to create a fungi-filled forest that appears as a jungle of Jurassic proportions)

(The 'Garden' suite. The winter hotel will be open until April 2023)

(Pictured are Wouter Biegelaar and Viktor Tsarski, who designed the ceremony hall)

(Sonia Chow and Huschang Pourian channelled their love for video games into the 'High Score' suite)

(The 'Enclosed Space' suite is the handiwork of artists Rob Harding and Timsam (above))

(Emilie Steele and Sara Steele (above) dreamt up the striking Maighdeann-roin suite)

(Edmund Chan and TaiTien Tan, pictured, collaborated to create the 'Dreams of Pencils' suite)

(Chris Pancoe and Peter Hargraves are the brains behind The Mushroom¿ suite)

(Pictured is Lukas Petko, the designer of the stunning 'Hidden Milan' suite)

(Artists Ilka Raupach and Line Jastram, pictured, created the 'What is to Come' suite)

Ref: Sweden's Icehotel unveils its magical new suites for 2023 (dailymail)