The Very Large Telescope (VLT) Observatory on Cerro Paranal (2635
m) in Northern Chile is approaching completion. After the four 8-m
Unit Telescopes (UT) individually saw first light in the last years,
two of them were combined for the first time on October 30, 2001 to
form a stellar interferometer, the VLT Interferometer. The remaining
two UTs will be integrated into the interferometric array later this
year, so that any two UTs can be used for interferometry. In this
article, we will describe the subsystems of the VLTI and the planning
for the following years.