25 tonnes of ice and 15000 cubic metres of snow are shifted each Winter to build the famous igloo Snow Hotel Kirkenes.
Every year, the hotel is built completely of snow and ice in November, and each spring, in April, it melts back into the arctic fjord in front of the hotel. It is built by blowing up giant balloons and covering them with snow which packs down and turns into ice which is then carved into beautiful works of art. Despite how beautiful the carvings are, it doesn’t actually take very long to construct.