Everyone knows not to drink the mini bottles from the hotel fridge, but if you have a fetish for the stuff then maybe you should check out the World’s Only Mini Bottle Museum in Oslo, Norway. Just as long as you promise not to steal any, even though there are enough of them to go around. There are a total of 53,000 bottles, about 40,000 are strictly monitored in a vault, including some 13,000 cognac bottles and 5,000 bottles of malt whiskey. Who has time to drink all that liquor? Actually I know a few people who do. But let’s talk about the bottles you can actually see…they are displayed in various installations over three levels. There is a circus exhibit and some kind of bordello situation going on (see above). The museum “curator” is Christian Rignes, a fourth generation brewer and eccentric millionaire. When Rignes was seven years old he received a collector’s bottle from his father and a hobby was born. His wife Denise hated the collection in their home, plus some of it accidentally broke (um…does Denise have an alibi?), so he opened a gallery to house the collection in May 2003. Luckily, for all the alcoholics out there “The Mini Bar” serves your choice of beverage, but from much a larger bottle. Just don’t drink too much, especially any potential male visitors out there. A slide takes you down to the “Horror Room” and I don’t know about you but the urinal is kind of scary-looking. Oh, what’s my favourite bottle? Probably the MLK Jr. Yep.
Mini Bottle Museum in Oslo, Norway
