Sweden's ice hotel to install fire alarms



STOCKHOLM: -- A famous hotel rebuilt every winter in northern Sweden using only ice said Thursday it would install fire alarms this year.

The hotel, located in the small Arctic town of Jukkasjaervi, is following a request by the authorities to guarantee the safety of its guests.icehotel

“We were a little surprised at first, but the reason is that there are things that can actually catch fire, like pillows, sleeping bags or reindeer skins,” hotel spokeswoman Beatrice Karlsson said.

“To us the most important concern is the safety of our clients, so we will comply,” she added.

The hotel will open from December 6 to April 13, with prices ranging from 1 900 kronor (212 euro, $285) for a single room to 7 500 kronor for the most expensive suite.

Tourists come from all over the world to sleep on an ice bed in temperatures as low as minus eight degrees Celsius (18 degrees Fahrenheit).

The alarms, which were already tested last winter with the local fire department, have made construction of the hotel, conceived as a work of art, even harder than before.

“The environment is humid, and ice and snow… move, so it had to be taken into account,” Karlsson said.

“It’s been a challenge for our building team, but it made us one experience richer.”

http://www.timeslive.co.za/lifestyle/2013/11/18/swedish-ice-hotel-to-install-fire-alarms

Source: http://scandasia.com/swedens-ice-hotel-install-fire-alarms/

-- ScandAsia 2013-11-19

Sorry folks,totally off topic....but amazing to watch.

Chasing Ice....captures largest glacier calving ever filmed.

Sorry folks,totally off topic....but amazing to watch.

Chasing Ice....captures largest glacier calving ever filmed.

Yes, a tad off-topic, but I am not sure there is a lot to be said that is on-topic!

Will a sprinkler system be required next?

Will a sprinkler system be required next?

Probably heating system as someone could catch a cold during the night.

The next story will be US Navy to install screen doors in nuclear powered submarines.

An off-topic post has been deleted.

If the fire alarm sounds because a fire has broken out, how do they put the fire out?

Shovel snow...?

If the fire alarm sounds because a fire has broken out, how do they put the fire out?

Shovel snow...?

What do guests do if they hear the alarm? Go outside and die of hypothermia? It must be safer to stay inside...