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Ice Bar is a bar made entirely of ice, located in the lobby of the Nordic C Hotel, Vasaplan Street, Stockholm, Sweden. It's just a few hundred meters from the central train station and Stockholm City Hall. With a maximum capacity of 60 guests, Ice Bar is small but incredibly fun.
The temperature inside the bar is consistently maintained at -5°C year-round. All the interior furnishings, from the walls to the tables, chairs, decorations, and glasses, are made from 40 tons of pure, transparent ice from the Torne glacier in northern Sweden.
This bar is open year-round. However, it's still advisable to make a reservation as it's always very busy with both local and international visitors. Visitors can stay for up to 45 minutes, but most people only stay for about 30 minutes because it's too cold.
Upon arrival, staff will provide you with a cloak, a hood, and gloves to keep you warm. Inside, there are small tables but no chairs, as the cafe doesn't want customers sitting on cold benches.
The ticket price (including warm clothing and drinks) is 160 to 180 SEK (approximately 370,000 - 420,000 VND) for adults and 50 SEK (approximately 120,000 VND) for children with non-alcoholic drinks.
Ice Bar doesn't offer a wide selection of whisky, but focuses on creative drinks and cocktails based on liqueurs (Absolut). However, the abundance of ingredients, such as fresh flowers, fruits, and herbs, will provide you with a light yet memorable cocktail experience.
The first ice bar was built in the fall of 1989 at the Ice Hotel in northern Sweden. Each year, the Ice Hotel melts, and a new, larger, and more modern hotel is rebuilt in the fall. A few years ago, the developers of the Ice Hotel came up with the idea of opening a bar made of permafrost, open year-round, in Stockholm.
In June 2002, the world's first permanent ice bar was built at the Nordic C Hotel in Stockholm, coinciding with Stockholm's 750th anniversary. In its first year, over 70,000 visitors came to the Ice Bar, and that number continues to grow each year.
Initially, the ice blocks were hand-cut from the Torne glacier. Later, Ice Hotels and Ice Bars became so popular that a factory and production line were built to manufacture frozen ice. Over 1 million ice blocks are used at Ice Hotels and Ice Bars each year. Today, many cities around the world, and even on cruise ships, have ice bar models.
