Aanaar

Top choice in Inari


A panoramic glassed-in dining room overlooks the Juutuanjoki's Jäniskoski rapids at Inari's best restaurant, situated in the Tradition Hotel Kultahovi. Seasonal local produce is used in dishes such as morel and angelica-root soup, smoked reindeer heart with pine-needle vinaigrette, grilled Inarijärvi lake trout with white wine and dill sauce and a cauliflower puree, or Arctic king crab with nettle butter.

Don't miss amazing desserts like birch-leaf sorbet with lingonberry sauce, or a Finnish cheese platter with Aura Gold blue, Kolattu goat's cheese and Waldemar cheddar.

Sámi music plays in the background. The restaurant is also home to Finland's most northerly jazz and folk club, with frequent live performances.


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