This castle built of snow and ice stands on the seashore and is open all year. It is run by The Icebreaking Company, a city-owned tourism company. The SnowCastle area includes a main building, Seaside Glass Villas, a summer camping area and a winter park. The SnowExperience exhibition room has ice sculptures, ice slides and snowy floors, and each glass villa has its own entrance, kitchen and bathroom with sea views.
The area also offers meeting rooms and sauna facilities for meetings, events and groups. Icebreaker Sampo, described on the website as the world's only A1 super-class passenger icebreaker and in tourism use since 1988, cruises in winter, and Icebreaker Arktis cruises include walking on the frozen sea. The entrance, car park, toilet and seating are wheelchair accessible, and a hearing loop is available.
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