Unusual Hotels in Skogfoss

Snowhotel Kirkenes stands apart as an all-year-round ice castle perched beside a frozen Arctic fjord. Its 14 snow-and-ice rooms are hand-carved annually by master sculptors, each adorned with Nordic and Sámi-inspired motifs. Guests sleep in thermal sleeping bags on ice-surrounded beds inside sub-zero suites, sip cocktails in an ice bar sculpted with intricate art, then warm up in cozy, heated lounge areas or Gamme cabins with panoramic Northern Lights views. With husky sledding, reindeer visits, king-crab safaris, and candlelit dinners in a farmhouse restaurant (all set against shifting Arctic light) it’s a living, seasonal sculpture rather than a typical hotel stay.