Petronella

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 flambéed in brandy, or reindeer sirloin with lingonberry-pepper sauce.


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