It is that time of year again when we stop complaining about the cold, miserable weather, and start moaning that we are too hot.
In the spirit of the sun finally putting his hat on, and the ice cream vans coming out of hibernation, we have taken a look at some of the best - and worst - ice cream vans of all time.
'Hot with the Chance of Late Storm', otherwise known as 'Melted Ice Cream Van' (above), may not be able to quench your desire for a Mr Whippy but it won the Australian 'Glue Society' the '2006 Sculpture On The Sea Fair' award, and we think it's cool, for want of a better word.
Ice cream vans were also the source of inspiration for some Banksy art, his burned-out effort was on display at the Banksy exhibition at the Bristol City Museum in 2009. When asked about the event, Banksy was quoted as saying: 'This is the first show I've ever done where taxpayers' money is being used to hang my pictures up rather than scrape them off.'
This next one is either an undercover riot van, or it is just the world's most dangerous campsite, where people react extremely aggressively towards their ice cream vendor when he has run out of Mini Milks.
From one extreme to the other, this ice cream van has been given a makeover, and subsequently refuses to serve anything except for tubs of Häagen-Dazs and Cristal. Probably.
And from the sublime to the ridiculous. This ice cream van does not serve violent rioters, nor does it cater for aristocracy, this one serves dogs. K99 - Genius.
No round up of the world's most notable ice cream vans would be complete without this work of art. So here it is, stay away, kids.
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