THE COLDEST PLACE IN THE CARIBBEAN : A TOUCH OF MAGIC NORWEGIAN ICE ON ST.THOMAS

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Magic Ice in Dronningens Gade, Charlotte Amalie, St.Thomas, US Virgin Islands. Photos: www.caribjournal.com, www.magicice.vi, www.magicice.no

KILDER / SOURCESwww.caribjournal.com, www.magicice.vi, www.magicice.no, www.an.no

By www.caribbean.com

Looking for a different way to cool off in the Caribbean? If you’re in St. Thomas, consider taking a stroll through Magic Ice.

It’s located on the United States Virgin Islands capital of Charlotte Amalie’s waterfront, and is the world’s largest permanent ice gallery, housed in an 8,000-foot space chilled to a frigid 23 degrees Fahrenheit.

Brainchild of the Norwegian owner of an ice-carving school in Lithuania, Kirsten Holmen, the exhibit features around 20 sculptures, which are changed four times a year by a visiting team of Lithuanian carvers.

You’ll don a hooded cape, gloves and leg warmers (we also recommend wearing closed-toe shoes) before entering the artfully lit cold room, where sculptures depict everything from marine life to mythical creatures, and there’s an ice slide for playful visitors in search of an unusual photo opp.

It only takes about 20 minutes to see all the pieces but the included swig of Cruzan rum at the bar – also made entirely of ice – may tempt you to linger longer.

And if one shot isn’t enough, there are plenty of other varieties of the St. Croix-made flavored rum you can pay to sample as you sit astride a fur-covered ice throne – a cool proposition indeed.

Magic Ice is open seven days a week. Admission is $22, and includes a shot of Cruzan rum and a souvenir glass.

By www.hovedsteder.blogg.no

Owner and general manager Kirsten Holmen, running the Magic Ice gallery consept for 15 years, opened Magic Ice in Charlotte Amalie in January 2012, and also running Magic North in Svolvaer (opened in 2004), “capital” of the spectacular Lofoten Archipelago in Northern Norway, and, in April 2014 she opened Magic Ice in downtown Oslo, capital city of Norway – and with a focus on the art of Edvard Munch. 

One of her main mentors and door-openers have been Gerhard Heiberg, prominent Norwegian businessman and sports administrator, and member of the International Olympic Committee. He was the guest of honour at the opening of Magic North in Svolvaer, while Oslo mayor Fabian Stang cut the ribbon at the Ice Magic opening ceremony in the capital last year.

The number of visitors at the Oslo Magic Ice is expected to reach between 40,000 and 50,000 in 2014, while several hundred thousands have visited the Magic North in Svolvaer, according to the Avisa Nordland newspaper in Norway.

Magic Ice has a long-standing business relationship with the cruise industry, and large numbers of the visitors at the three venues are cruise passangers.

Last year Kirsten Holmen told www.an.no that she was in dialogue with one of the worlds biggest cruise line companies regarding opening a fourth Magic Ice on a private island, but would not go into details.

Les mer på / see more at www.magicice.vi – www.magicice.no

Les mer om Charlotte Amalie – den dansk-norske dronningbyen i Karibia, på www.hovedsteder.blogg.no/1385945306_charlotte_amalie__den.html

KILDER / SOURCES: www.caribjournal.comwww.magicice.viwww.magicice.no – Avisa Nordland / www.an.no 

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