The Bar (Swedish: Baren) is a reality competition television franchise that originated in Sweden and then Norway in 2000.
The premise of the show is that for around two months, a number of contestants work in a bar while attempting to avoid periodic public-vote evictions from a communal house and hence win a cash prize.
[3] The aim of The Bar is for contestants to remain for as long as possible, with the power to decide who stays or goes in the hands of the viewers.
The program claims to illustrate what happens when strangers live together and attempt to run a city center bar.
The bar in the show was open to the public, meaning that the viewers could visit and talk to the contestants.