One of the surprises that you are going to get in your trip to North Cape is to discover that in the port of the town of Honningsvag there ice bar Run by a couple of Spanish entrepreneurs.
Honningsvag It is the last important town you find before reaching the northernmost point of Europe, and in summer more than a hundred cruise ships arrive at its port with thousands of tourists eager to visit the North Cape.
When you arrive in Honningsvag, either in your vehicle or by coach, or on a cruise ship, right on the main dock of the port you will find a building that houses a charming souvenir shop and ice bar.
José from Palencia and Isabel from Madrid have been running these establishments for ten seasons now. Expert in excursions through the frozen lands of Scandinavia, the main characteristic of the ice bar of José is that every year they renew the ice.
Thus, between March and April, for several weeks they invest in the extraction of ice located on a lake next to a road, which they cut at 25 degrees below zero, and transfer it to Honningsvag to set up the Ice Bar. In total there are between 50 and 60 tons of ice that are distributed throughout the 144 square meters of the bar.
To see this curious ice bar in the North CapeFirst, they provide you with an anorak so that you can keep warm, since inside the temperature is 5 degrees below zero.
There you can have a couple of glasses of non-alcoholic drink, and the truth is that you can barely stay a little more than half an hour before you start to notice the effects of the cold.
Anyway, when you go to the North Cape, don't forget to say hello to Javier and Isabel.
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