Couple Spent $475 to Sleep at Ice Hotel in Norway; Not Worth It

• My husband and I spent $475 to stay in the the Sorrisniva Igloo Hotel in Norway.
• Sleeping in the hotel, which is made of ice and snow, was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
• Next time, though, I’d rather skip the sleeping bags and stay in a warm lodge.

When my husband and I traveled to Norway and the Arctic Circle last year, we decided to stay in an otherworldly ice hotel — the Sorrisniva Igloo Hotel at Sorrisniva Arctic Wilderness Lodge in Alta, Norway.

At $475 per night, this was the most we’ve ever spent on a hotel stay. However, it felt like a once-in-a-lifetime chance to check off a bucket-list experience and stay at a place made of ice and snow.

Although the stunning hotel and scenery looked like something straight out of a fantasy, the closer it got to bedtime, the more I second-guessed our decision to sleep on ice.

Here’s what our experience at the Igloo Hotel was like.