Formal reception

After the official opening, we had a reception at the local Kilpisjärvi School. There was cake and coffee (and more cake!) and a number of speeches and presentations to the gathered crowd. In fact we had so many guests that the only place that could accommodate everyone was the sports all.

Rector of Oulu University, Lauri Lajunen, begins the proceedings.

At the event, we also showed the première of the KAIRA construction film. A 10-min, 3D film describing the facility, the construction and showing some of the spectacular sights of the region. We will be giving a full report on this in another post.