The Nobel
festivities
The Nobel-festivities is the world's most spectacular award ceremony.
The Nobel-prize ceremonies are glittering, royal occasions that lighten up the dark
Scandinavia since the 10th December 1901 and focus international attention on the Swedish
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The prize-giving ceremonies take place in Stockholm Concert Hall and in Oslo's City Hall.
In Stockholm, Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustav hands a diploma and a gold-medal to each laureate.
After the prize giving, 1300 guests including 250 students from Swedish Universities, retire to the City Hall for an exquisite banquet in the Blue Hall.
The Stockholm Festivities, arranged by the Nobel Foundation, are primarily an academic celebration focusing on science and literature. All the ladies are wearing long dresses and the men are wearing dress-suits.
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When all the guests have found their table the dinner begins. First comes the first course and to that champagne is served. More than two hundred waiters are serving the guests because everyone has to have their food at the same time. After the first course the main course comes. Between the main course and the dessert there is some entertainment. |
| As a final on the dinner when the entertainment is over the waiters are coming down the stairs with the dessert. At the Nobel festivities ice-cream is always served. That's a tradition. After the dinner the dance begins. In the Golden Hall (Gyllene hallen) an orchestra plays until one o clock in the night.
The king and Queen are not dancing. They are talking to the Nobel-prize winners in another room.
When all the guests have returned home they have a memory that they will bring with them for the rest of their lives. Everything goes back to normal and the scientists and authors can continue their important work for the evolution.
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