Icehotel, Sweden

Could there be a more magical place from which to see the Northern Lights than the world’s oldest ice hotel, in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden? Built anew every winter – it melts into the Torne River in summer – the Icehotel’s (icehotel.com) fairytale rooms, furniture and chandeliers are carved from ice and snow. Guests sip from frozen tumblers – beverages are kept at drinking temperature – and sleep surrounded by a powerful silence, 200 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, inside cocoon-like thermal bags on blocks of ice.

CALM Price

Free; extra for monthly subscriptions with additional features Choose between guided and unguided programs at this handy pocket meditation school. Start your mindfulness journey with the 7 Days of Calm introduction, learning foundations such as breathing and posture. The bonus 10 immersive nature scenes are an outdoor-lover’s dream.