Ice Bar

The Stockholm Ice Bar is a a tourist trap but a trap a tourist might want to experience once. The glasses, chairs, walls, and the bar itself are ice. The inside temperature is kept at 27 degree F (-5 C). The ice comes from ice harvested from the Torne River on the border between Sweden and Finland in Northern Sweden. Absolut Vodka is a sponsor so all the drinks are vodka based. The cover charge of 160 SEK (approximately $23) gets you in for 45 minutes and one drink. Additional drinks are 85 SEK (approximately $12). Ouch. However, given the expense, I'd have to say the novelty of it is worth seeing, once. As you can see from the photos, they provide a warm cloak with a hood and gloves. The glasses are also of ice. They replace all the ice (the walls, bar, seats) twice per year. The seats are covered with deer skin (or reindeer?).