Nordicum - Real Estate Annual Finland 2020 | Page 22

L
ocated north of the Wall – sorry, north
of the Arctic Circle – the Game of
Thrones themed SnowVillage was cer-
tainly a unique magical world made from
snow and ice. In addition to a Game of
Thrones -themed Snow Hotel – featuring
snow rooms and suites – there was also Ice
Restaurant and Ice Bar.
Made of 40,000 m 3 of snow (mean-
ing almost 400,000 kilos of ice), this winter
wonderland of a darker variety took 50 con-
struction workers and a month to build. Fea-
turing exquisite rooms designed by sculp-
tors from around Europe, the SnowVillage
soon captured the imaginations of interna-
tional media such as CNN, Forbes and The
Guardian – and left a lasting imprint on the
hearts of about 20 happy couples who got
married here. (No Red Wedding jokes,
please!)
Actually, the SnowVillage has been
constructed every year since 2000 – but
this was the first time the SnowVillage got
“dragonized” in a major way. There’s a sense
of homecoming, too: J.R.R. Tolkien leaned
heavily into Finnish mythology to realize his
legendarium and GoT author George R.R.
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