The building, designed by the Rockwell Group, uses a flowing design throughout the hotel -- literally, through the lights moving up and down its walls, and symbolically, as people spill out onto the street corners from its ground floor nightclub.

BBC: The City of Light becomes the city of design

Outside the hotel, dusk began to settle over Central Park, and lights flickered on in the buildings across Columbus Circle.

NEWYORKER: Reversal of Fortune

You won't find any fjords, and a view of the Northern Lights is unlikely, but this hip hotel does sit in the thick of sundry dining and drinking establishments, and within walking distance of funky Fremont, the Ballard Locks (one of Washington's top tourist attractions) and scenic Golden Gardens Park, which offers splendid views of Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains.

BBC: Daily deal: A night in Seattle

Guests are picked up at their hotel for a 20-minute drive outside the city to view the lights from higher elevations.

CNN: 'Dancing lights' draw thousands to frozen north