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not be surprised if you're awakened by girls dressed in white light candles, and whatever you do, do not give a hello victory after the King of Sweden hands Nobel Prize

This week new members of the elite club of the science trip to Stockholm. Saturday - the anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel - the King of Sweden will present the Nobel Prize

Nobel Prize ceremonies are an important part of popular culture in Sweden and the Academy Awards in the United States is the largest entertainment and much bling-bling. Scholarships for scientists accustomed to the corridors of the University of dust from the red carpet, the next few days will offer a rare glimpse into the lives of celebrities.

For this year's winners - "that's what you expect when you arrive in Stockholm, as well as some tips on how to survive what is officially known as the Nobel Week - not to mention the Nobel arising there. / Aa>

1. Dream

Get enough sleep in advance, because you will not get much during the week Nobel or desired. After arriving in Stockholm awarded, they face a relentless schedule of interviews, press conferences, receptions with champagne, lectures, a concert by the award, college visits -. And all this before the big day

not be intimidated by the sound of that. You'll be in good hands, so ...

2. ... Go with the flow

The Nobel Foundation has been planning these events for decades. Every detail has been thought, all situations into account. It is made not only with your own limousine (a Volvo, of course) and the driver to take you to all its destinations, it also added the services of staff, a young diplomat from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, in order to ensure that you stick to the schedule and take care of every little detail.

Try not to get too used to that, though, or you'll fall to the ground with a blow to his home. There are well known, and apocryphal, perhaps, the history of the Nobel physics had become so used to his treatment Nobel when he returned to his home in Stockholm, sitting in the back of his car during a while waiting for someone to drive you home.

3. Enjoy being a celebrity

photographers and autograph hunters line outside the Gran Hotel ready to take a look at the winners, as they are moved in and out of their limousines. The 2009 Nobel recalls Elizabeth Blackburn jostling autograph hunters and even fighting outside the hotel for business said. Partners of the 2009 Nobel Medicine Carol Greider said his son was more concerned that he was signing autographs for more, if that would affect the price on eBay.

Even awards are considered to be anonymous in their own institutions are recognized in the streets, through television and the constant media coverage of scientists and their achievements. In his autobiography, Kary Mullis remembers recognized in a boat leaving the coast of Sweden. A man bowed and said aloud, "Dr. Mullis, the Swedish people you love." The other passengers started clapping and Mullis began to cry.

4. Stick with the protocol

Before the ceremony of the Nobel Prize, a great white tie affair that takes place in the Stockholm Concert Hall, all winners must attend a rehearsal practice how to receive your prize before the King . Not all winners are capable of adhering to the protocol. For example, when a bow to the public in 2001, Nobel Prize in Medicine and now head of the Royal Society, Sir Paul Nurse, raised his arms as if he had scored a winner of the World Cup in order. The story of Nobel circles for several years, images of the celebrations has been shown to inform the future Nobel how not to behave on stage. The celebration of the sport seems to have been a nurse changed awards clip on the site of the Nobel Prize.

After the ceremony of the Nobel Prize banquet is directly at the town hall, which is undoubtedly the social event of the year in Sweden. Invitations for the 1300 seats are like gold dust. Swedish families gather around their televisions at home to follow the proceedings live.
winners and their families are interviewed as they enter the building. TV-style women's fashion experts rate as the newspapers the next day. Nutrition experts rate the food served, which was created by 45 cooks, waiters delivered by 260, and watered with 400 bottles of champagne and 400 bottles of red wine.

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