This bar is still open (and it’s busy)
Norwegian television broadcast it live, with footage straight from the coziest and most natural bar in the country: the Piip Show. Missing the convivial atmosphere of the pub? Tune in and sit back, because the Piip Show can rightly be called slow TV. Oh, and one detail: all the guests at this pub are birds, with the occasional squirrel.
The Piip Show is the brainchild of photographer Magne Klan, who came up with the concept back in 2003. It only became a real hit when Norwegian television station NRK started broadcasting it. What is it about? A birdhouse is fully furnished as a bar, and the camera films all the guests fluttering in. Great tits, sparrows, finches and the occasional little squirrel—they all climb onto the bar stools and sometimes even onto the bar to turn it into a party.
Experience spring
It’s somewhat reminiscent of Beleef de Lente, where the Dutch Bird Protection Society places cameras near bird nests. Norwegian television noticed that the adventures of the strange birds were a huge success. Some broadcasts were watched by 1.2 million people, a quarter of all Norwegians. The broadcaster sees it as a trend—slow television—and built on it with a live broadcast of someone knitting a sweater—more than 8 hours of live TV—and an 18-hour relaxed report about fishing for salmon. Unwinding at its best; fans of Rail Away can indulge themselves.
