On Octobre 3rd the time had finally come. For six of us, the journey began at 2:45 a.m. with a bus from Kiel to Hamburg Airport. There we met another team member and Ava, who is working for ZARM and was in Kiruna last year with CHAOS. At 6:20 a.m. we took our first flight to Copenhagen, then took the next flight at 8:55 a.m. to Stockholm. There we were supposed to meet Jasper, who was starting from Berlin, but unfortunately his flight got cancelled due to suspicious drones above the airport in Munich he was supposed to fly to. At 11:45 a.m. we took our last flight for the day to KIRUNA!!! All in all the flights were super pleasant and some of us got some sleep we were missing.
Finally arrived in Kiruna a bus took us to the Space Centre in Esrange, where we got our badges and hotel room keys. After a quick check-in we met again to get a quick tour from Nicolas, who’s already been here last year with CHAOS. And lucky us, we spotted reindeers!
During our private tour we found instruments in a common room and Moritz and Milan played a private concert on the piano and guitar. Good way to spend time until dinner. For dinner we had delicious burgers and french fries. Because it was arrival day nothing else happened, we went to bed and recharged for our first proper day at Esrange.
Up to this point we were still missing Jasper. Luckily he caught a flight to Stockholm and took a night train to Kiruna!!