Start with a good drink

Kiruna, Sweden (or more recognisibly, Lapland) is home to the Icehotel, an enormous collection of buildings made entirely out of ice. Everything from the beds to stools to glasses is made from the ice each year, though a new hotel is designed before the current one has even melted. The ice is harvested during winter and stored for construction in the October.

Ice glasses are simply the only way to drink straight vodka: clean, crisp and cold. The range of vodkas was wide enough to tickle any taste buds; loganberry, blackcurrant, lemon and lime. The only down side is that they taste enough like cordial to mean you'll happily sample three or four flavours, but not so good that you are drunk enough to knock you out for the horrific night of no sleep on an ice bed!