For a truly memorable meal, head to the 1st floor of the Sky Ounasvaara hotel, where wraparound floor-to-ceiling glass windows looking onto the forest outside create the impression of dining in a tree house. Specialities include Lappish potato dumplings with local mushrooms, reindeer tartare with spruce-smoked mayo, arctic char with sour-milk sauce, and sea-buckthorn meringue with reindeer yoghurt.
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