Ice Bar

About a week ago a few of us went to the Arctic Ice Bar in Helsinki. It was a bit of a surprise really, as I was at home still recovering from the night before, which was perhaps the most intense I've had here, but I still could not turn down such an interesting experience.

It was so cold the air turned blue

It's located inside the UniQ club, one of the trendiest (and most expensive) clubs in the city. We went just before 10pm which meant we could enter from the restuarant, instead of the club which has an age limit of 24. Strangely, the restaurant is mediterranean themed, so it's very weird entering the ice bar from there. Only in Finland could this happen!

I was too cold to hold the camera steady!

The ice bar itself is quite small, you can only fit about 10 people inside at once. It's obviously very cold, with the walls and tables made completely of ice. It costs 10 euros to get in and for that price you get a 'free' drink. You are also given a nice winter cloak to wear inside so you don't freeze.

Me sitting on an ice chair drinking from the ice table

We were inside for about half an hour, which was all we could bear (especially with our drinks finished) so we headed out to defrost and managed to slip through into UniQ, but left after taking a look at the steep drink prices.

Gangster-style

A few more things have happened recently and there's some great events coming up so there'll be lots to post about. I haven't updated much recently because this past week was my exam week so I was studying, or at least I was supposed to be studying!