took a drink at the icebar when night had fallen. it was still early so nobody was there yet. one tiny cup/glass/icecube with hole filled with coloured juice cost 5€.
the 2009 Absolut bar
these iceglasses are made of frozen ice from the river hollowed out in the middle. i am wondering how they serve warm drinks. the river water is clean enough to drink, so its safe. but you need to drink up soon or else the liquid inside will freeze, then you will get red and blue popsicles.
for the fun of it, we sucked and sucked and sucked at the ice to wear it out
this is as far as we got without making our lips frozen.
the crystal hall at night. with different lighting conditions, the ice blocks look different because of the different light refraction at different times of the day.
the chandeliers are made of ice, in case you were wondering. the lights are all 5w, so not enough heat generated to melt the ice. of couse you cant use your 500w floods. there will probably be nothing left by morning.
the chandeliers, from bottom up.
commercial break from the holiday posts again.,
last week, as i was walking around town minding my own business, i stumbled upon this place, which was hosting a creative art gallery and the theme was raisins.
raisins escaping from their box
raisins swarming a chair
old grapes turn into raisins and are admitted to old folks homes where they are taken care of by plump grapes.
white or black raisins? no discrimination!
sweet art
grapes donating blood (wine) that gets pumped into the liqueur store which gets drunk by rasins.
raisins on the beach
raisins escaping from a loaf
escaping from a bun
the nice place this exhibit was held.
walked about Kiruna and visited the church. built by the nearby mining operators, god knows what sins they committed, and designed to look like a Sami building.
impressive, especially with the low light reflection
staring directly above
model of the chruch with tiny doors that can open, on top of a tiny grand piano. i heard of mini grand, but puny grand?
song book in three translations
statues outside.
made of wood blocks like fish scales.
the back of the church, clearly the guy on snow duty is eating snake.
behind the church was a little park with a graveyard and there was this one huge one, prob someone famous.
after that, went to the city hall. voted most beautiful public building in 1964.
the clock tower at night is quite beautiful
tried to cross country ski from the hostel to the lakeside, but failed not so miserably.
one side of the lake. the road is actually a pier.
at the frozen lakeside. lots of fun on the ice. it was frozen SOLID
spinning around
part of the ice has quite deep cracks, at least a foot deep, and can see some water under it.
panoramic. it was calm, quiet, and cold
trying to look pro. note the use of the word 'trying'
before heading to the depths of themines in kiruna, we took lunch upstairs of the tourist office.
surprisingly, one of the staff is asian, looks thai or vietnamese.
and it shows in their soup. which is tom yam like. still, it was lovely to have it in the arctic circle.
the salad bar comes paid for with the main meal
lingonberry jam with mashed potatoes and reindeer
pita bread with reindeer. tastes like beef, with less smell.
nearby was some door made by a famous Sami aboriginal person. supposed to have some meaning, but i couldnt understand the words. it looks nice nonetheless.
