Inari
A panoramic glassed-in dining room overlooks the Juutuanjoki's Jäniskoski rapids at Inari's best restaurant, situated in the Tradition Hotel Kultahovi…
Must-see restaurants in Northern Lapland
Saariselkä
Attached to the Kaunispään Huippu arts-and-crafts shop, this panoramic restaurant on top of Kaunispää fell has views across to Russia. Smoked-reindeer…
Saariselkä
By the entrance to gold-panning museum Kultamuseo at Tankavaara, this atmospheric cafe-restaurant actually predates the museum and serves typical Lapland…
Northern Lapland
A great coffee-and-petrol stop between eastern and western Lapland, 105km from Inari on the road to Kittilä, this curious cafe sits in the hamlet of Pokka…
Ivalo
The cavernous, gleaming dark-wood dining room at the Hotelli Kultahippu opens to a 120-seat sun terrace overlooking the river in summer. Finnish…
Saariselkä
Off the main road 2.5km south of Saariselkä, this cute wooden hut with a roaring open fire has good-value Sunday brunch buffets. It's well worth booking…
Inari
A small but well-chosen menu at this restaurant inside the Wilderness Hotel Inari includes one of the best salmon soups in Finland, as well as steaks…
Saariselkä
A wood-and-stone-decorated dining room sets the stage for artfully presented Lappish food such as roast snow grouse with thyme-nettle jus, arctic char…
Saariselkä
With a cosy wooden interior and welcoming service, Pirkon Pirtti serves generous portions of fish (the Lapland fish platter lets you sample several…
Northern Lapland
Cosy and homelike, this is the best eating spot in town, with a good-value lunch buffet, soups, quiches and cakes, along with hearty mains incorporating…
