Conditori Nordpolen, Historical bakery in Vara Municipality, Sweden.

Conditori Nordpolen is a konditori, a Swedish café-patisserie, in Vara in Västergötland. Inside hangs an old wall painting of the North Pole with an igloo, Inuit figures and a zeppelin. The premises have been run by konditor Stig Larsson, who received the Gastronomic Academy's diploma in January 2009.

The bakery was founded in 1903 by sisters Alma and Alvida Jansson, laying the groundwork for a place that would endure across generations. This founding marked the beginning of a lasting connection between the family and the baking craft in the region.

The name is tied to two stories: a legend that Salomon August Andrée landed his balloon on the Varaslätten on 14 July 1894, and the likelier borrowing from Bryggeriet Nordpolen on Torggatan, whose owner was a sibling of the confectioner. Inside hangs an old wall painting of the North Pole with an igloo, Inuit figures and a zeppelin.

Conditori Nordpolen is a konditori, a Swedish café-bakery, on Torggatan in central Vara, Västergötland. It is a small-town stop reached on foot; the building is a konditori rather than a bread bakery, so expect coffee and pastries. The interior wall painting of the North Pole is inside the café, so step in to see it.

The name likely comes not from S. A. Andrée's balloon landing on the Vara plain on 14 July 1894, but from Bryggeri Nordpolen on Torggatan, whose owner was a sibling of the confectioner; the brewery chose the name to stress that it sold chilled drinks. Inside hangs an old wall painting of the North Pole with an igloo, Inuit figures and a zeppelin.