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The FLASH user facility started operation in August 2005. Since then 16 groups have performed first experiments at FLASH. Every experiment had roughly 10–14 shifts with 12 hours of beamtime. During this first run the users have obtained first exciting experimental results demonstrating the scientific potential of FLASH. In addition, they have gained a lot of experience on how to perform experiments at a Free-Electron Laser facility. In my talk I will briefly review some of the first experimental results which were obtained at FLASH. Furthermore, I will try to give some impression on how experimenting at FLASH differs from the way many of us are used to perform experiments at third generation synchrotron facilities. A particular challenge for science at Free-Electron Laser facilities is the fact that the FEL process and its characterisation is an important part of the experiments.
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