A Cafe in an Igloo in Gulmarg

A private hotel in Gulmarg has come up with Kashmir's very first Igloo Cafe. The igloo is 22 feet wide and 13 feet high from the inside. It can accommodate 16 individuals at a time. The owner of the hotel, Waseem Shah, said that it took 15 days to create the igloo cafe. It is sure to attract a lot of visitors. "It garnered a lot of attention and we all got excited. Soon after we decided to build one outside our Gulmarg hotel. And we are already in talks of getting it recorded as Asia's biggest igloo." Waseem Shah told The Citizen.

It is already packed to capacity as the clients have a choice of wazwan and Chinese food. It is popular with young Kashmiris deprived of places to visit. The Citizen photograph Basit Zargar sent in photographs of the innovation: