Several middle school students today visited the Winter Sports Center in Östersund. To learn more about how research goes, and what it really is to be a researcher:

- It is exciting to be here, says Freja Ekeljung, a student from the Vallaskolan school.

An annual event

Researcher Friday is part of European Researchers' Night with activities in over 340 cities in Europe and is coordinated nationally by Science & Public. New for this year is the event stretches over a whole Science Week to reach more target groups

- Hope this can provide inspiration, says Helen Hanstock Researcher National Winter Sports Center.

During the week, several school visits are arranged at the University's various research centers. Photo: SVT

Several different activities

During the week, school visits are arranged to various research centers and one can also borrow a researcher for his class at the upper secondary school.

It all ends on Friday with a Science Afterwork at Storsjöteatern where a bunch of researchers talk about the very latest in various subjects.