Nobel Week Tour 2023

Travelers arrived in Stockholm and participated in an orientation meeting and dinner at the Generator Hostel

Students were led on a guided tour of Stockholm City Hall, which houses the Stockholm City Council and ceremonial halls where the Nobel Banquet takes place every year on December 10, and a guided tour of the Concert Hall, where the Nobel Prize Ceremony takes place.

In the afternoon, attendees took a tram to the Vasa Museum, where they had a guided tour of the museum, which holds the unique wreckage of the mighty Vasa warship from the 17^th century, one of Scandinavia's most visited attractions. They then enjoyed a Swedish pancake lunch at the museum!

Students took the subway to Stockholm University for afternoon lectures on contemporary Sweden, Alfred Nobel, the Nobel Prize, Sweden's collaboration project with Ukraine, and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry process process.

Everyone enjoyed lunch in the university's student canteen, then visited the Stockholm University bookstore, Accelerator Art Space, and the Centre for Palaeogenetics.

Travelers visited the U.S. Embassy residence in Stockholm for a reception with presentations, refreshments, and Q&A.

Bus excursion to Uppsala, where participants found the oldest university of Scandinavia (1477), a lively university town with active student life, and the grand Cathedral, built 750 years ago, home to the archbishop of Sweden.
We ate lunch at a student nation and took a guided walk through the city.

Dinner & workshop at the hostel: Students made their own Swedish souvenir, a dala horse!

Participants chose the museums of their interest that they would like to visit with optional visits to Karolinska Institutet (Medicine) and Royal Institute of Technology (Engineering)

Students visited and took a guided tour of the Nobel Prize Museum in the old town of Gamla Stan. They then had free time to explore the old town's Christmas market and souvenir shops and grab dinner with their peers.

Travelers attended open lectures at Stockholm University by the 2023 Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry, and economic sciences

Morning train ride to Gothenburg to attend the Nobel Week Dialogue with Nobel laureates and experts talking on “The Future of Migration”.  It was a full-day event, return by train in the evening.

We visited the Christmas market at the outdoor museum, Skansen, and then attended the Lucia gala, a cultural Christmas concert event. 

In the evening, we had a very special Nobel dinner and our own Nobel Ceremony at the Faculty Club of Stockholm University! 

Students traveled back home or chose to extend their trip on their own!