Swiss painter, sculptor, set designer and film director H.R. Giger is the man behind the creation of the terrifying Alien from Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi, horror film of the same name.  This iconic character has stood the test of time and still haunts the minds of fans around the world.

He created album covers for bands including: Danzig, Deborah Harry, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, The Dead Kennedys and Steve Stevens.  He even designed a microphone stand for the lead singer of Korn, Jonathan Davis.

If you are old like us, then you will also remember that he did a bunch of art for the science/ science fiction publication, Omni Magazine.  (DAMN we miss that magazine.  It was always so cool and had some amazing articles…sorry, back to Giger.)

His art books, Necronomicon and Necronomicon II give fans a look at his imagination with out of this world, surreal and even haunting images.  But how would those visions look in real life, in the world around us?

What if we told you that he designed multiple bars and they look exactly like you think they would, creepy and 100% Giger.  Take a look at this bar, hidden in a medieval Swiss village and let us know what you think.

All images © Andy Davies/Museum HR Giger

All images © Andy Davies/Museum HR Giger

Created by Swiss artist H. R. Giger in 2003, HR Giger Bar is a work of art, an original and completely unique experience. The ceiling, walls, floors, fittings, tables and chairs are all modeled by the artist in the style of his acclaimed ‘Alien’ biomechanical environment and character designs. Giger Bar is the ultimate in immersive art. The experience is incredible, inviting and inspiring.

All images © Andy Davies/Museum HR Giger

All images © Andy Davies/Museum HR Giger

All images © Andy Davies/Museum HR Giger

The interior of the otherworldly environment that is the H.R. Giger Museum  Bar is a cavernous, skeletal structure covered by double arches of vertebrae  that crisscross the vaulted ceiling of an ancient castle. The sensation of being in this extraordinary setting recalls the tale of Jonah and the whale, lending the feel of being literally in the belly of a fossilized, prehistoric beast, or that  you have been transported into the remains of a mutated future civilization.

It should be easy to find the place. It’s the one with the Xenomorph climbing down the side of the building

Perhaps we should have mentioned that this one is in Chateau St Germain, Gruyères, Switzerland before we got your hopes up of visiting it?  There is also a Giger bar in Chur, Switzerland, again, not much help unless you are up for a wee bit of travel.

Sadly, Giger passed away in 2014 at the age of 74 but his imagination lives on within all the art he left behind.