Ambassador of Sweden: Mr Carl Borje Ljunggren Stockholm and Ice-made Hotel
First, I recommend Stockholm — the capital of Sweden. Built between lakes and seas, it is a beautiful, clean city and full of human interest. There are many delicacies here and it is also a shopping paradise. The design of Sweden, especially in the sphere of crystal glass, is quite well known, and North Europe is an important school in this field. Besides, Stockholm has an old district with a history of more than 800 years. The most beautiful museum in the world, with a name of Vasa, is also there. The museum was built on a 400-year-old ship. This ship was very unfortunate — when it was completed, the ship sank to the bottom of the sea at the very presence of the king due to a balance problem which had not been solved. But the ship was kept very well when it was lifted out of water 300 years later. Secondly, the Swedish ice-made hotels also have distinguishing features and are unparalleled in the world. In a winter more than a decade ago, in the northern Swedish province of Lappland, villagers at Jukkasjri Village used ices from Tornr River at the edge of their village to build an ice house with a floor space of 50 square meters as a hotel. The ice hotel attracted various travelers from around the world all at once. When the weather changes to warm every year, the ice-made hotel will melt gradually and the water will return to the river. So the hotel must be rebuilt every winter, and its modeling and layout are also different every time. Nowadays, the size of the ice-made hotel is extending continuously, rising to as many as 10 times its previous scale. The newest ice-made hotel needs 3,000 tons of ice for construction, but demand for the rooms still exceeds their supply.