Few hotel guests wish to stay up all night for the experience and that's where the Aurora borealis watchman, or woman, comes in. Their role is to stay awake observing the sky and, when the northern lights appear, to wake guests.
The Arctic SnowHotel has a vacancy for a person whose task is to scan the sky in Finnish Lapland for the Aurora borealis.
Sometimes the arctic lights blaze in the early hours and sometimes closer to dawn.
Few hotel guests wish to stay up all night for the experience and that's where the Aurora borealis watchman, or woman, comes in. Their role is to stay awake observing the sky and, when the northern lights appear, to wake guests.
The Arctic SnowHotel is located in the village of Lehtojärvi, 27 kilometres from the centre of Rovaniemi.
It was built for the first time in 2008 and is reconstructed every winter season.
The construction work starts in late October, when the ice blocks are lifted up from the nearby lake. The snow is made by multiple snow machines on the site.
The specialty of Arctic SnowHotel are the glass-roofed igloos, where guests can watch the Aurora borealis from the comfort of a warm bed.