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Say What?

Every winter in northern Sweden, a company cuts blocks of ice and builds a hotel. It's one of the top tourist sites in the country, since you can spend the night there, sleeping on an ice bed, ordering drinks at the ice bar, drinking them in ice cups, etc., etc.

The local government recently cited the hotel for a lack of smoke alarms. Seems that the building is considered "new construction" since it gets rebuilt every winter, and new buildings are required to have smoke alarms.

The hotel responded by saying that there ARE some items in the building that can burn, like the reindeer skins that are spread on the ice beds to keep the customers warm.

For information about the ice hotel, and some great photos, see the following article:

http://www.thelocal.se/20131114/swedens-ice-hotel-in-jukkasjarvi-kiruna-told-to-get-fire-alarms

posted by Stahlkes @ 6:08 PM