A Guest Center is planned to open on the ground floor that will be available to the public.
Special emphasis will be on outreach to the public. Within the he CIAO will be a Guest centre dedicated to Science Communication based on activities conducted in and around the Arctic Observatory. Special emphasis will be on the Aurora Borealis, the magnetic fields and upper atmosphere. Iceland is very well located for this kind of research as the aurora belt lies over the country. The Guest centre will be a very welcome addition to education, tourism, service, and recreation in the region.