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Eighteen hotels.
Four kinds of room.

A plain reference to ice, art, casino and capsule houses — written from open sources, with no prices or booking links.

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  • 01Ice HotelsBuildings cut from ice and snow that stand for one winter and are made again the next season.
  • 02Art HotelsSix houses where the building itself, its conversion or the work shown inside is the reason to look.
  • 03Casino HotelsFour Canadian resorts described here only as hotels: their buildings, guest rooms, theatres, restaurants and grounds.
  • 04Capsule HotelsFour houses built around compact sleeping units, shared washrooms and one common room on the floor below.

Every hotel in the guide

IcehotelJukkasjärvi, Sweden
Hôtel de GlaceQuébec, Canada
SnowCastle of KemiKemi, Finland
Arctic SnowHotelRovaniemi, Finland
21c Museum Hotel LouisvilleLouisville, Kentucky, United States
Byblos Art Hotel Villa AmistàCorrubbio di Negarine, Verona, Italy
The Dolder GrandZurich, Switzerland
Hotel UniqueSão Paulo, Brazil
Kruisherenhotel MaastrichtMaastricht, Netherlands
Montréal Casino & HotelÎle Notre-Dame, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Fallsview Casino ResortNiagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
River Rock Casino ResortRichmond, British Columbia, Canada
Casino Rama ResortRama, Ontario, Canada
CityHub AmsterdamAmsterdam, Netherlands
Capsule Transit KLIA2Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia

How the sections differ

The four groups are kept apart because the buildings work in different ways, not because one is better placed than another. Winter houses stand for a season; converted houses keep an older structure; the Canadian resorts are large complexes with theatres and restaurants; capsule houses give a sleeping unit instead of a room.

Ice Hotels. Rooms built from ice and snow that hold only through the winter season and are raised again the next year.

Art Hotels. Houses whose structure or conversion carries the interest, with work shown in public rooms.

Casino Hotels. Large Canadian resorts described here as hotels: rooms, theatres, restaurants, spas and grounds.

Capsule Hotels. Houses built around compact sleeping units with shared washrooms, storage and a common room.