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Life in the freezer?
Beneath the furs it’s
nice and cosy
T H E J O U R N E Y
Where are you going? Follow
our trail to this month’s
best happenings
FROM06D
ecember
SLEEP ON A BED OF ICE
Winter is coming... While this refrain may have an ominous ring for
Game of Thrones
fans, it also means
Sweden’s chilliest accommodation is open for business again. Until April next year, guests will get the chance to
experience nights at -5°C, after days of ice fishing and dog sledding. From 1,600SEK (€182) per night,
you can snuggle up under reindeer hides, and amid snow and light sculptures, then wake up every morning to
warm lingonberry juice. Sounds brrrrrrrrrilliant.
Fly via Stockholm or Copenhagen.
icehotel.com
04
december –
16
february
CHECK OUT THE BLING
With enough sparkles to make an
LA rapper blush, Cartier’s
Le Style
et l’Histoire
exhibition will thrill
even the least material of girls. One
warning: after this, any jewellery
you get for Christmas is going to
look like it came from a cracker.
Fly to Paris,
grandpalais.fr
LOOK UP IN THE SKY
Scientists say the Northern Lights will
be at their brightest for a decade this
month. Look to the skies in Sweden,
Norway, Iceland – even some parts
of Scotland – for the green-tinged
phenomena known as
aurora borealis
.
See our handy guide on p202 for
the lowdown
Partial to the cold?
See Sir Ranulph Fiennes’
suggestions for top winter
hols on p22
PHOTOS
GETTY, ICEHOTEL DELUXE SUITE BY MARINUS VROOM AND MARJOLEIN VONK/ PHOTOBIGBEN.COM
