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A ice sculpture decorates the first Dutch ice hotel in Zwolle on December 15, 2011. It could be any standard hotel room in the quaint northeastern Dutch city of Zwolle, with a bed, a minibar, bathrobes and two pairs of slippers. Except for the room temperature, which hovers around eight degrees Celsius. Built for an ice sculpturers’ festival in Zwolle and managed by a local hotel, the structure has three rooms and stands within a refrigerated warehouse, where the temperature constantly hovers between six and eight degrees Celsius (42 and 46 degrees Fahrenheit), depending on the number of visitors. AFP PHOTO / ANOEK DE GROOT (Photo credit should read ANOEK DE GROOT/AFP/Getty Images)