# Kirkenes Snowhotel

- **Location:** Norway
- **Categories:** Ice & Snow, Ice & Snow Stays
- **Style:** snow hotel, ice sculptures, aurora, sami gamme cabins
- **Canonical page:** https://farfables.com/stay/kirkenes-snowhotel-12003bf3-b067-457a-bb3c-a792a43c3987

Snow rooms + king crab safaris

Rooms carved from snow and ice on the Barents coast near the Russian border, held at minus four all year — the only snow hotel that never melts, with warm Sámi-inspired Gamme cabins alongside for the second night. Days fill with huskies, king-crab safaris and, from September to April, the aurora directly overhead. The catch: You sleep at a constant -4°C with bathrooms in a separate warm building, and nights are mostly sold as pricey activity packages (from \~14,000 NOK).

## What's the catch?

It's seasonal and genuinely cold — a one-night thrill for most.

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