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5 Incredible Buildings Made of Ice

environmentalgraffiti.com — Have you ever sat back and wondered whether it would be possible for you to create a castle made of ice? Or perhaps an ice palace or frozen hotel?

Who dugg this? Made popular Apr 8, 2008

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  • lolnix, on 04/08/2008, -0/+22I'm not impressed until I see the ice spa, with working sauna.
  • inactive, on 04/08/2008, -0/+14Some of these artistic creations are so big that they should be called ice architecture.
  • inactive, on 04/08/2008, -0/+912,000 square feet of ice - that castle in Finland is absolutely awesome!
  • mareacaspica, on 04/08/2008, -0/+8amazing pictures; they're probably really profitabile too
  • frooo, on 04/08/2008, -0/+6What is FREEZED water?

    I know of frozen water, but not this freezed water.
  • lolnix, on 04/08/2008, -0/+4Uhhhh....
  • floort, on 04/08/2008, -0/+3brrrrr....
  • Viend, on 04/08/2008, -0/+3If you guys don't want to save the Earth from global warming, please, think of the ice buildings!
  • diggB, on 04/08/2008, -0/+2I bet they get a great discount on their fire insurance ...
  • Coyote47, on 04/08/2008, -0/+2why would you measure ice in square feet
  • itsbob, on 04/08/2008, -0/+2cool
  • inactive, on 04/08/2008, -0/+2Good Artistic work
  • Laytonx, on 04/08/2008, -0/+2Canada's National Egloo should be on that list
  • millson249, on 04/08/2008, -0/+2So does anyone know if they do something to mitigate slipping in those Ice Hotels? Or do alot of people come back from vacation bruised up..
  • coolmuffin121, on 04/08/2008, -0/+2and i thought sand castles were hard
  • inactive, on 04/08/2008, -0/+2maybe skates?
  • robfitzonbass, on 04/08/2008, -0/+2Sweden's Ice Hotel has a sauna... http://scantours.com/ice_hotel_sauna.htm
  • Motobike_man, on 04/08/2008, -0/+2I live in Minnesota, its great to see the St. Paul Winter Carnival on digg!
  • shesmiledXidied, on 04/08/2008, -0/+2holy *****! i had already pressed "digg it" because the article was cool but then when i saw mbm submitted it i regretted my decision. and then "digg not saved, please reload the page and try again" came up. whew.
  • scribat, on 04/08/2008, -0/+2***** it must be cold in those buildings and walking about must be a nightmare!
  • sponeil, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1I think I'd like to try that ice hotel in Quebec once in my life. It looks awesome.
  • Hangly, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1No Fortress of Solitude?
    Superman feels slighted.
  • inactive, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1The Snow Castle of Kemi is the best. here is a better picture of it http://uploadingit.com/view/525495_b1fjg
  • surKaz, on 04/08/2008, -1/+2It's when the water has just been freezed.. No, not frozen, FREEZED.
  • inactive, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1http://www.icehotel-canada.com/en/index.en.php No more than two nights or you'll regret it. It's fun but sleeping on a block of ice kind of loses its charm after a while.
  • inactive, on 04/08/2008, -1/+2yawn... we already have an ice cafe in Dubai (middle of the desert):
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaBqFsuHBuo
  • Thuktun, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1You're correct, heating an ice building would be insane.
  • cablewires, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1unbelieveable...
  • inactive, on 04/08/2008, -4/+5Pretty awesome, but their heating bills must be insane.
  • PhilH, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1There is also an ice bar in Barcelona: http://www.icebarcelona.com
    It's nothing but a tourist trap really, not worth the entry fee.
  • inactive, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1ice melts lol!
  • Swampthing, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1I guess SMOKING at the Ice Hotel is out of the question? I can see it now: "Dammit jackass... your BUTT ate a hole in our floor!"
  • Frost9999, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1It has to be a better unit than '3 canary wharf's balanced on top of each other' which was used to describe the height of a tower in Dubai.
  • diggdong, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1want to taste my snow cone?
  • Sornos, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1I live not 10 minutes away. The pictures do not do it justice. The same place is very beautiful in the summer as well.
  • web2pointYo, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1the stories on digg go round-n-round, round-n-round, round-n-round
  • Mie42, on 04/08/2008, -0/+0Where's the ice strip club and ice brothel. The abominable snow man needs to have his needs met too you know.
  • paulvp, on 04/08/2008, -0/+0Dugg for Winter Carnival
  • designerutah, on 04/08/2008, -0/+0Ice Hotel, where you need deer fur just to get it up!
  • inavat, on 04/08/2008, -1/+1Stupid description. Yes... I've sat around musing, "Hmm.. I wonder if I could create an ice hotel."
  • SirPopper, on 04/08/2008, -2/+1The ice palast in St. Petersburg is incredible.
    But ice is tooooooo cold!
  • coherentlight, on 04/08/2008, -1/+0I am really surprised the Harbin festival isn't on the list. Check out some of the structure on page 2 http://www.rtoddking.com/chinawin2007_hb_sf.htm ... garish maybe but impressive nonetheless.

    -cl
  • inactive, on 04/08/2008, -1/+0traditional igloo still the best imo
  • ihatediggcom, on 04/08/2008, -3/+0thats cause its ice.
    u know, FREEZED water.

    what's that? never heard of it? oh, I'm sorry.
  • Sarki, on 04/08/2008, -5/+2I've seen all of these ice buildings before on digg. What's up with the popularity of ice architecture?

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