SnowCastle of Kemi

Our little trip to Kemi resulted in these photos

"Welcome to the SnowCastle of fairy tales

Under the northern sky, in the beating shining of northern lights, behind the icey plain there is the kingdom of whitness. The SnowCastle invites you by the drawbridge to the arms of the walls, along to the unique experiance of snow and ice.

In the castle courtyard, caves and secret chambers you will meet the icey world of fairy tales, whose throne awaits a concueror. Take your friend by the hand let your thoughts and your soul stay at your childhood SnowCastle for a while."

Quoted from www.snowcastle.net

This photo and the photo above is taken at the castle courtyard in the castle courtyard there was some small markets where you could buy things most of the things you could buy was from the north of Finland.

I saw a really nice looking cap that I wanted to buy but I didn't but it was fun anyway.

"Tecnical information of the seventh SnowCastle of Kemi:

Area: 4 200 m²
Courtyard: 700 m²
Courtyard: (free area) 500 m²
Walls: 165 m of 6 m high snowwalls (thickness 2 m), 55 m of 4 m high snowwalls (thickness 1,5 m)
Towers: The towers of the SnowCastle are 9-13 m high.
Snow structures
Covered area: 960 m²
Second floor area: 1460 m²
Cubic Capacity: 3100 m³
The amount of snow used for the snowcastle construction: 12000 m³ preparation of snow of seawater is needed to make the same amount of snow.
Duration of the construction: The construction lasts about 2 months."

Quoted from www.snowcastle.net

This photo is taken inside of the Snow Chapel that was a part of the Snow Catle and it was really nice inside there and in the back there was big empty room but we never took a photo of it.

This is a photo taken in the Rainbow Labyrinth a photo of an ice sculpture the first of many to come and it was really nice to look at all of them.

This photo is taken in one of the darkest passages in the Rainbow labyrinth in some places inside of the labyrinth it was really cold.

This is me again and this time I'm standing in the Rainbow Labyrinth and walking inside of the Labyrinth was very difficult since in some places it was really dark so you couldn't see your hand infront of you and since it was melting a bit it was also a bit slippery in some places but it was so nice there and all the ice sculptures was wonderful to look at and some of them had lights bulit inside or behind them so they changed colour.

Another ice sculpture in the Rainbow Labyrinth.

This is a ice sculpture resembling a bear and here you can easily see the lighting behind the sculpture most of sculputers where lighted with nice colours.

A meelting ice sculpture of a fox there was a room with some small animals like this one deep inside of the labyrinth.

Here is two mice ice sculputers and they looked really cute I think

This is the last ice sculpture in the labyrinth and it was really big of course all of the big sculptures where bigger than us.

This is a photo taken inside of the Snow restaurante the as you can see the tables are made of ice and on the walls there was pictures hanging just like at a art exehibition.

This photo is taken in the Snow Hotel and this is the bed in the Honeymoon suite.

I don't know if I would like to sleep in that bed on my Honeymoon.

This is the decoration in another part of the Honeymoon suite.

I think the decorations where really nice and they where done to fit the whole room.

This is the decoration in another part of the Honeymoon suite.

If you would sleep in the Honeymoon bed this is the first thing you would see when sitting up in the bed in the morning.

This is one of the ice sculptures in the Honeymoon suite and it is standing beside the bed and it's in the shape of Cupid.

Cupid the little figure with wings that shoots love arrows.

This photo is taken in the Ice Sculpting room there was a lot of nice Ice sculptures.

The Bar counter in the Igloo Bar.

This is the room where bigger groups sleep in when they visit the Snow Hotel.

This a doubleroom in the Snow Hotel for ordinary guests.

A big bear ice sculpture in the Snow Restaurant it was very beautiful.

This is a photo of me and here I'm standing in the entrance to the Snow Castle and I'm standing next to a big ice sculpture.

All these photos are taken on Sunday, March 31, 2002.