These heated glass igloos are the perfect place to witness the Northern Lights

Matt Derrick

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These heated glass igloos are the perfect place to witness the Northern Lights


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Greg Newkirk
12 December, 2014
Located in the Arctic Circle, Finland’s Hotel Kakslauttanen offers the unique opportunity to spend the night cozied in a heated igloo. But the best part? The igloo’s glass ceiling is specially designed to provide an incredible view of the beautiful Northern Lights.

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The work that went into creating the resort, the first of its kind, took years of research and development. Much like sitting in a car with the heat cranked in the dead of winter, any normal glass igloo would simply fog over, ruining a stunning view. Hotel Kakslauttanen dove in and solved this problem by developing special thermal glass that stays crystal clear when when the outside temperature drops below -30°C.


In addition to providing what is, arguably, the best view of any hotel ever, each igloo comes equipped with luxury beds and a hot sauna. Need to wake up quickly? They have pre-cut holes into the icy pond right outside your door.

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:D Nooky time would not be quite a private time ;) - those are awesome - I was thinking you would be posting some of those buildings they make of ice - includes ice bedrooms, ice bars - with glasses made of ice.
 
:D Nooky time would not be quite a private time ;)

Naww.... I've been in a Cadillac before, on a chill night windows fog up fast. ::cigar::

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These would be better* if they were real igloos... but with ice block sections for opaque strange light transparency. ::alien::

*step out for aurora
 
Naww.... I've been in a Cadillac before, on a chill night windows fog up fast. ::cigar::


These would be better* if they were real igloos... but with ice block sections for opaque strange light transparency. ::alien::

*step out for aurora

LOL so did my little nisson.
 
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Wow Wants go and just watch the northern lights and lay about why waste the view with sqaulking and flailing about! Beside I already got the speech about wasting time and money on frivalous things.Finland is on my bucket list for sure as is the new Viking worship center in Iceland.
 
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