The Nano BarAbout six metres square - slightly more you include the tiny bar. Arched cellar-like ceiling, dim lighting, and - of all the bars in all the world - ashtrays. Yes, you can smoke here, and people were. I was transported back 30 years, and had the same amount taken off my life expectancy.The sign at the bar told me I would be served by the best bar staff in town. For those wondering what this looks like, it is two shortish women (wearing sparkly hats - there was a carnival on) - who made sure nobody was left with an empty glass, including themselves.You could fit sixteen people in cozily, maybe 20 if they were used to taking saunas together, while a couple of tables and leaning-ledges outside the front door coped with any overflow.Tables are the stand-up type, small - around 50cms square with bar stools - and benches along two of the walls. The place is dark, smoky and welcoming. People were all talking German - I think I was the only foreigner. As mentioned, the town's best ar staff aren't beyond drinking their own products too - not something you see every day. Maybe they though the smoke would hide them. It didn't.It's a popular wee place. A tiger walked in, accompanied by his trainer who is wearing patchwork quilt overalls. But then there was a carnival on the night that I was there.There's a piece of original art on the wall, an abstract in orange, red, black and maybe greens, I couldn't tell in the light, but I guess it's designed to be appreciated regardless of how many glasses of Veltliner you've had. It already looks out of focus.There is so little space that normal bar decor hardly stands a chance. There is a nod to collectables with a minor display of coffee grinders and pits on a shelf, and a methuselah of red wine on an opposite wall, but any more decor would be at the exclusion of a customer or two, and we can't have that.The tiger's trainer took off his overalls to a round of applause from the 14 of us in the small but perfectly-formed audience. Luckily he was dressed underneath.I would have taken a photo of the interior but didn't have a wide-angle lens on me.Sorry, I also haven't mentioned the drinks. They were incredibly good value.If you can stand the smoke - this is a Nano Bar with a galaxy-sized heart.
