Pinpin Studio brings winter wonderland to life with this playground made entirely of ice and snow in Sweden

Gothenburg-based design studio <a href="http://www.pinpin.se" target="_blank">PinPin Studio</a> recently sculpted a children’s playground entirely out of ice and snow for a winter festival in Kiruna, Sweden. Created in collaboration with <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/ice-hotel/" target="_blank">ICEHOTEL</a>, LKAB, Tekniska Verken, and students from Hjalmar Lundbomsskolan, the temporary winter wonderland is free to the public and can be enjoyed by people of all ages. The expansive playground, which features a big maze, slides, and other sculptural elements, was built in less than a week in January.

The ice walls were organized in a cross formation to allow light and views to penetrate through the maze at select points and to enhance the directional confusion.

"The inspiration and key elements behind the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/playground-architecture" target="_blank">playground</a> is adventure and exploring," writes Christian Strömqvist, a co-founder of PinPin and MFA Child Culture Designer.

The Kiruna Winter Playground's most eye-catching feature is the 13-foot-tall maze with walls made from both opaque, hard-packed snow and translucent ice taken from nearby Torne River.

The park is surrounded by two gigantic snow hills that mark the boundaries of the site and provide the base for the two parallel slides made from ice.

The playground also features a large snow lantern that glows bright yellow at night, as well as other interactive <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/snow-sculpture" target="_blank">snow sculptures</a>.

The park will remain open until it melts down in the springtime around April.