The recently expanded Liminganlahti Nature Center will see its first visitors on Saturday, April 28th, when the center celebrates the Liminganlahti Bird Photo Festival. The center is located on Liminganlahti Bay, on the outskirts of Oulu.
“The building is ready and we’ve been preparing for the photo exhibition since February”, says the center’s caretaker Ulla Matturi, regarding the expansions at the center. Amongst the additions to the center are a new 600-square meter hall for hosting exhibitions, an 80-seat auditorium and a conference room. The Nature Center is profiling itself as a birding center unlike any other in the country.
The facility will be open year-round, and Matturi believes that the center will attract visitors during the winter months as well. The goal for the first year is to attract 50000 visitors.
A new structure is also rising up near the shoreline: Architect Jussi Tervaoja’s newly designed bird-watching tower, which has been christened with the Finnish name Ruokokahlaaja, “reed wader”.