Dutch couple Luck and Maya sit on a bed before spending a night at the first Dutch ice hotel in Zwolle. It could be any standard hotel room in the quaint northeastern Dutch city of Zwolle, with a bed, a minibar, bathrobes and two pairs of slippers. Except for the room temperature, which hovers around 8˚C. Built for an ice sculpturers’ festival in Zwolle and managed by a local hotel, the structure has three rooms and stands within a refrigerated warehouse, where the temperature constantly hovers between 6˚C and 8˚C, depending on the number of visitors.

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