When we went to the LumiLinna they had a nice jewelry display in the ice galleria. Everything was packed in ice.The ice sculptures they make are really amazing! The castle even has an ice playground for the children. Great place, great food and there are a lot of things to do in the surrounds.I suggest that you stay in the LumiLinna at least 3 or 4 days.
Can't stop admiring the great ice sculptures in the snow castle. Three types of hotel rooms; suites, decorated rooms and normal rooms without decorations. Great place also for younger children. A Stroh cacao is a must in the beautiful icy restaurant. I recommend to visit just before the sun goes down because you're able to have an experience in the day light as well as in the darkness. One more hint: Don't miss the ice chapel.
...due to extremely warm winter this year... But still worth visiting - one can admire the effort put into building this, carving the decorations, arranging the rooms and restaurant... every year again.The idea of staying overnight in one of the over-priced "rooms" - not so appealing, really.
It's not the best attraction of the world. Not even of Finland. However, if you happen to be in the region you should definately visit the snow castle because is unique. Each year there's another theme and they built it all over again which might be a convincing explanation for the high entrance price. The reason I'd highly recommend it is the experience of being there and admire something you can't easily find.
A fascinating experience that i can well recommend, a little on the pricey side but well worth it. The carvings were amazing.The meals were not very palatable and the accommodation was an experience. If you do the overnight make sure you were thermals as sleeping in -5 is very different.
We visited at the snow castle before our Sampo cruise and it was amazing. Every year they build it all over again with a different theme. Many ice sculptures with special lights, ice restaurant and bar and also outside there are ice slides which are very fun. Don't miss:)
It's 20th anniversary of Kemi's Snow Castle, open from January to Easter. Located near Kemi center, entrance is 15€ and it's worth it. It's awesome to see what is possible to make from ice. Hard to describe all that, so take a look at those photos. It's not too cold inside and you can take some hot wine in their restaurant if you feel little chilly :)
The snow hotel was surprisingly warm, and the decorations were brilliant. The only minus was the ice hotel, which was a bit cold, as would be expected.
Just went to artic snow hotel in rovaniemi yesterday and was impressed with the ice restaurant and ice hotel rooms.Today visited Kemi snow castle and Woah the ice sculptures inside are much more intricate and lively. Another plus point is there are lightings to light up the rooms for easy photo taking compared with attic snow hotel. There is also the ice restaurant where u can dine, ice chapel where some go there to get married and also a cool ice bar. The normal rooms look simple with just a bed but the suites are cool with ice fireplace and wardrobe sculptures. A must go especially if you combine this with sampo ice breaker tour .
Here is a symbol of the Town .It became a tradition of the people here . We know because we're live in this town. And know people all around the world come here for look the ice sculpture and snow castle and is it Different themes every year.It's impressive.