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Message: <blockquote data-quote="thilzz" data-source="post: 6616028" data-attributes="member: 103868">Snow Castle in Kemi, Finland <img src="http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd350/thilzz/2009_Ice_logo_SnowCastle.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The SnowCastle of Kemi is the biggest <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_fort" target="_blank">snow fort</a> in the world. It is rebuilt every winter with a different architecture in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemi" target="_blank">Kemi</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland" target="_blank">Finland</a>. In 1996 the first snow castle drew 300,000 visitors. The area covered by the castle has varied from 13,000 to over 20,000 square meters. The highest towers have been over 20 meters high and longest walls over 1,000 meters long, and the castle has had up to three stories. Despite its varying configurations, the snow castle has a few recurring elements: a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapel" target="_blank">chapel</a>, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restaurant" target="_blank">restaurant</a> and a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel" target="_blank">hotel</a>. <ul style="text-align: center"> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The SnowRestaurant has ice tables and seats covered with reindeer  fur, as well as ice sculptures.</li> </ul> <ul style="text-align: center"> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecumenism" target="_blank">ecumenical</a> SnowChapel with 50–100 seats has seen numerous weddings of couples from as far away as Japan and Hong Kong.</li> </ul> <ul style="text-align: center"> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The SnowHotel offers a choice of double rooms and a honeymoon suite, all of which are decorated by local artists using local materials.</li> </ul> The SnowCastle of Kemi also hosts such things as an adventure land for children, a theatre and ice art exhibitions with lights and sound effects. Many opera singers and dancers have performed in the SnowCastle of Kemi. <img src="http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd350/thilzz/2009_Main_entrance.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Main Entrance <img src="http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd350/thilzz/2009_Entrance_to_the_SnowCastle.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Entrance to the Snow Castle <img src="http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd350/thilzz/2009_Snow_wall.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Snow Wall <img src="http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd350/thilzz/2009_Opening_ceremony.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> 2009 Opening Ceremony <img src="http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd350/thilzz/mascots_Arttu_and_Terttu.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The Mascots Arttu and Terttu SnowRestaurant <img src="http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd350/thilzz/2009_SnowRestaurant_Bar_counter.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The Bar <img src="http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd350/thilzz/2009_SnowRestaurant_Main_restaurant.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Fire Place <img src="http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd350/thilzz/2009_SnowRestaurant.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd350/thilzz/2009_SnowRestaurant_Gothic_cabinet.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd350/thilzz/2009_SnowRestaurant_tables.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Tables pics from <a href="http://www.snowcastle.net/" target="_blank">snowcastle</a> </blockquote>

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