WORDS: JESS COLE, OLIVER SMITH. PHOTOGRAPHS: BERTHIER EMMANUEL/HEMIS.FR/SUPERSTOCK, ANDREAS WÄLITALO
HAVE DINNER BENEATH THE NORTHERN LIGHTS
Lapland is a place where the world conducts its business on two skis – from cross-country skiing and skidoos to Father Christmas and his sleigh. A notable first in these parts, however, is the Aurora Hideaway – a tiny private restaurant that looks like a garden shed mounted on two skis, meaning it can be conveniently towed to beautiful, remote locations in the wilderness of northern Sweden. Diners take a chauffeur-driven snowmobile journey through the forests and frozen lakes near Luleå to arrive at this wilderness eatery. They’ll then taste Lapland-sourced dishes, like foraged mushroom soup, reindeer steak and blueberry, all prepared over a roaring campfire. All being well, the food arrives with a side order of aurora borealis lighting up the skies above your table.
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