ICEHOTEL, Jukkasjärvi
Winter Weekends in Scandinavia – Northern Lights, Snow, and Sauna
When darkness falls early and the snow settles, it's time for the best winter weekends. Scandinavia is at its most beautiful in the cold – with the Northern Lights over Lapland, crunching ski trails in the mountains, sauna followed by an ice dip, and bonfires crackling while it's snowing outside the window.
Here we gather winter weekends throughout the Nordics – from ICEHOTEL in Jukkasjärvi and Kaamos Lodge in Finnish Tornedalen to Vulkana Arctic Spa in Tromsø and the mountain resort Vestlia in Geilo. Find a weekend that makes you long for the cold.
Popular destinations
Jukkasjärvi, Sweden
The world's first ice hotel – a world-famous concept where you stay in an ice structure surrounded by snow and ice art.
Ästad, Sweden
Organic vineyard with hotel, spa, and restaurants in the middle of Halland's beech forests.
Lidingö, Sweden
Ellery Beach House is Stockholm’s only beach resort – a design hotel in Lidingö with heated pools, beach club, and archipelago views.
Nynäshamn, Sweden
Nynäs Havsbad is a classic seaside resort from the turn of the century located on Trehörningen in Nynäshamn, with a spa in a cold bathhouse on stilts in the sea.
Voss, Norway
Elva Hotel is an award-winning design hotel with 14 rooms by Lundarvatnet outside Voss, featuring a sauna, hot tubs, and local food.
Nordland, Norway
Manshausen is a former trading post on an island in Nordland, with architect-designed cabins made of wood and glass at the water's edge.
Svolvær, Norway
Svinøya Rorbuer is a historic fishing village in Svolvær with restored fisherman's cabins, a restaurant in a pier warehouse from 1828, and a floating sauna.
Ballstad, Lofoten, Norway
Hattvika Lodge in Ballstad offers renovated fishermen's cabins and panoramic rooms on the mountainside, the restaurant FANGST, and guided adventures in Lofoten.
Rovaniemi, Finland
The Arctic TreeHouse Hotel is an iconic design hotel on the Arctic Circle in Rovaniemi, with panoramic suites in the forest and views of the northern lights from the bed.
Ylitornio, Finland
Kaamos Lodge is a new landscape hotel at Aavasaksa in Tornedalen, featuring 80 cabins with their own sauna, a spa, and a panoramic restaurant.
Saariselkä, Finland
Gáldu Hotel & Spa is a family-owned boutique hotel by Urho Kekkonen National Park, featuring a forest spa, three saunas, and three outdoor pools.
Syöte, Finland
Hotel Iso-Syöte is located on the highest mountain peak in southern Lapland, with panoramic suites, Arctic Spa, and Syöte National Park around the corner.