Kilpisjärvi has its own school and a hotel, and the northernmost research station of the University of Helsinki is situated there, as well as the KAIRA research facility. The best-known tourist attractions in Kilpisjärvi are the Saana fell and the three-country border point, a monument at the border point of Finland, Sweden and Norway, located at approximately , roughly 2.5 km northwest from the end of Lake Kilpisjärvi.