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Airline plans igloo village

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ARVIDSJAUR, Sweden, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- A German airline announced plans to build an igloo village in Sweden to lure tourists traveling to the Kiruna Ice Hotel.

The Fly Car airline said it plans to build the igloo village in Arvidsjaur, about 190 miles south of Jukkasjarvi, where the Ice Hotel is built every year, The Local.se reported Thursday.

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"The Ice Hotel in Kiruna is wonderful. It's iconic, it's famous ... but we just wanted to add our own highlight here in Arvidsjaur," Fly Car chief Michael Fender said.

An Ice Hotel spokeswoman said officials are not worried about competition.

"We wish them good luck," spokeswoman Helena Sjoholm said. "We're not worried -- it's not the first time someone's made a copy of the Ice Hotel."

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