Destination Ikea
Before you commit to an Ikea home why not stay overnight at an Ikea store? Check in to the Ikea bridal suite for a flat-pack honeymoon
Whereas Brits may associate the Swedish furniture giant with screaming kids, traffic jams in the parking lot and an occassional riot when a new warehouse opens, it seems Norwegians see a trip to Ikea as the ultimate tourist attraction. ‘Around 900,000 visitors come to visit Ikea during the summer holidays. It’s more than one of the biggest attractions in Norway, the Holmenskollen ski jump, gets in one year,’ claimed Mr Ullebust. ‘We have five Ikea stores in Norway, all situated next to the four biggest cities, which are all in the south in the country. We found that people from the north of Norway include a visit to Ikea as part of their holidays,’ said the spokesman. ‘The Ikea Hostel will make the destination complete’.”
It doesn’t cost anything to stay, you get a free dinner, bath robes and slippers, and you get to take your sheets home as “souvenirs”! (via)
August 13th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
As if I don’t spend enough time there already… I’ve often thought, wandering between the oh-so-tempting microcosms of possible Ikea environments, that it will be the first place I’ll run to when the bomb drops. Big tin shed, probably safe from radiation if we hang enough curtains, hundreds of mini mock living rooms and kitchenettes to live in and an endless supply of meatballs to keep us (and Dr Strangelove) sustained.