*Pls, take a small night bag with you, where your important belongings are kept during the SnowSuite night. Your main luggage will be stored at the Rica Kirkenes Hotel.
* Toilet facilities: we are in the suburban wilderness. Toilets, which are warm, are outside of the SnowSuite. You need to walk appr. 50 meters to get there. There is no running water, but we have electricity and biotoilets. However, you can wash tooth and hands in the rest room facilities.
*In the SnowSuite there are real beds with a real mattress. Beds are surrounded by ice blocks.
*You will get a sleeping bag , sheet, wollen socks and a wollen overnight hat. You will be sleeping inside the sleeping bag. There are curtains as a door in every SnowSuite.
Temperature is between -4 Celsius degrees and -6 Celsius degrees.
Guide of the SnowHotel will explain how to sleep inside the sleeping bag.
* Your outdoor clothing is good to set as a roll and inside to the sleeping back or between the mattress and sleeping bag. More comfortable in the morning to have them on again!
*You need to have with you: long thermal underwear, pullover. Or jogging dress, breathable.
*Next to the SnowHotel there is a warm Lavvo restaurant. In this restaurant there is one room with few beds, just in case, if a person overnight in the SnowSuite feels not comfortable to sleep inside the snow. In this Lavo restaurant there is staff also during night time to secure a safe overnight in the SnowSuite
*Breakfast and dinner is served in the Lavo restaurant next to the SnowSuite
* Sauna and shower facilities are in the Rica Kirkenes Hotel, 1 km from Kirkenes Snowhotel. There are towels in the changing room for the overnighters use. The sauna is normally ready for the overnighters use at 09.00 am. However, this time is according to the schedule of overnighters.
*Warm outdoor clothing: thermal overalls, hat, mittens, winter boots and socks are included in the price of overnighting
in the SnowHotel
* There is a SnowBar to warm you up before sleeping in the SnowHotel, but it is not advisable to drink too much before going to sleep. It is also extremely important to make a visit to the toilet before going in to the sleeping bag.
*It is needed to have a normal condition and a good humor to enjoy of the night in the SnowHotel.
* There also few strict rules to remember when inside the SnowHotel and SnowSuite: it is not allowed to smoke or make fire inside of Kirkenes Snowhotel. This is so strictly forbidden, that there are alarms in this case. We do not want to have rain in the SnowHotel!
*Remember, we are in the Arctic Climate: take extra layers to keep your self warm. This is not a fashion show, the purpose is to keep yourself warm
Children:
Children younger than 8 years cannot sleep in the snow hotel. The min. age is 8 years!!!!
Children at the age of 8-11 receive 25% discount
Children at the age of 12 years or older have to pay full amount.
The staff at the Snow Hotel will assess each child's suitability to the cold environment inside the Snow Hotel following an hour or so spent there. Any child not comfortable in the SnowHotel will be looked after by our SnowHotel staff inside the warm Lavo next door to the Snow Hotel. Parents are however fully responsible for the welfare and comfort of their children.