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Guests using ice glasses drink vodka at the ice bar in the Jukkasjaervi Ice hotel, made entirely of snow and ice. The bar serves no beer: The low-alcohol beverage would freeze in the 23-degree room.
((AP Photo/Pressens Bild Fredrik Funck))
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