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Bacchus
FINNISH
Tue-Fri, 4-10pm Sat)
In a rustic brickwork interior warmed by animal skins, seasonally changing dishes might
include fried whitefiish with champagne sauce, roast reindeer with juniper sauce and
mushroom croquettes, or polenta with truffles and spiced vegetables. As you'd expect
from a place named for the Greek god of boozing, the wine cellar is exceptional.
Strampen
FINNISH
mains €18.50-29; 11am-10pm Mon-Fri, noon-10pm Sat & Sun)
Right on the water, this perennial favourite in a 19th-century pavilion serves top-end meals
inside and affordable burgers et al on its terrace. In summer staff keep the outdoor bar
pumping until late.
Seglis
FINNISH
11am-2pm Mon-Fri May, 11am-2pm Mon, 11am-10pm Tue-Fri Jun-Aug)
On the island of Vaskiluoto near Wasalandia you can dine on Finnish classics (smoked
herring, hare, reindeer) on this wooden pavilion's waterside terrace overlooking the city.
Gustav Wasa
MODERN FINNISH
7-course tasting menu €69, with wine pairings €50; gastropub 5-10pm Mon-Fri, 3-10pm Sat, fine
dining 6-10pm Mon-Fri, 4-10pm Sat)
A former coal cellar is home to one of Finland's best restaurants, newly split into a casual
gastropub with by-the-glass wines and on-tap Finnish beers, and an intimate candlelit fine-
dining space serving sublime seven-course tasting menus. Cooking courses are available;
you can also order food for its adjacent sauna (sauna €250, plus per person €6; sauna buf-
fets €25 to €36).
