I was just fowarded this article, does anyone know about it??

A new pub has been opened in Amsterdam: the Amsterdam Ice Bar.

The 'glasses' in the bar are made of ice, and the temperature inside is 8 degrees below zero. Visitors get special clothing to withstand the cold.

The Ice Bar also has a warm lounge recover from this ice-cold adventure. The interior (designs are by the well-known Dutch designer Jan des Bouvrie) will be renewed twice a year, because it tends to melt.

The staff will be replace every few hours as well.

Heineken will introduce a new type of beer in the Ice Bar: Heineken Extra Cold, which will be on draught from a so-called 'frosted ice tap'. Apparently, the beer is already a great success, and it will be for sale within a few weeks in various pubs and clubs in Amsterdam and elsewhere.

The Amsterdam Ice Bar is located at Amstel 194-196, opposite the Stopera (City Hall) and near Rembrandtplein. The entrance is E 15.

That sounds wicked!!!

And that is already opened??

I will deffinately have to check that out on my next trip! That sounds awesome!

This sounds like the Red Square Bar in Las Vegas. At Red Square, the special clothing you wear is a large Russian-style fur jacket.

Sounds like the Ice Bar located inside the Park Inn Hotel in Stockholm. ( I am pretty sure that is the right hotel ) . I have been there twice. It is like 25-50 yards from the Central Train Station .. The one in Amsterdam charges 15 Euros to get in ?? The one in Stockholm, if I remember correctly, is free, but you must have a reservation. You just cannot walk in. I think Absolut has something to do with it. They only serve vOdka drinks there. I remember going to the bar, and asking the bartender for a beer. He just stared at me. He said, if we had beer in here, it would freeze !!
Mark Cheech- I think you meant 8 degrees below zero Celsius , not Farenheit...A big difference to us in the USA !!


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looks like a lot of fun!

thank you all very much! Looks like I added yet another place to visit next June. Thanks all

Last year I vsited the Ice Bar in Stockholme. Quite a unique experience. Yes the glasses are cast in ice as is the bar, furniture and walls. No frosted beer there...just fancy fruity vodka drinks. Each punter was issued with a big warm jacket and gloves.