Nobel Prize Banquet
Nobel Prize Banquet takes place Dec 10, 2026 in Stockholm, Sweden. The dress code is Strict white tie (full evening dress) or national dress for the banquet; formal evening wear for ceremony guests. Typical cost ranges from 15 to 250 EUR per person.
The ultimate white-tie evening, held every December 10 in Stockholm City Hall's Blue Hall after the prize ceremony, seating royalty, laureates and around 1,300 guests. The banquet itself is invitation-only, yet the public can tour the hall year-round and eat the genuine Nobel menu in the cellar restaurant below. It remains the gold standard of prestige heritage events.
- When
- Dec 10, 2026
- Where
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Dress code
- Strict white tie (full evening dress) or national dress for the banquet; formal evening wear for ceremony guests
- Cost
- Typical cost ranges from 15 to 250 EUR per person.
- Weather
- 0 to -3C, cold and dark December Stockholm with a real chance of snow
- When to book
- Students: enter the Stockholm student-union Nobel lottery in autumn; everyone else: book the Stadshuskallaren Nobel menu and City Hall tours well ahead of December
- Getting there
- ARN (Stockholm Arlanda), 40 min to Stockholm City Hall
- Where to stay
- Grand Hotel Stockholm (where laureates traditionally stay), Hotel Diplomat Stockholm, Miss Clara by Nobis
- Official site
- https://www.nobelprize.org/ceremonies/the-nobel-prize-award-ceremonies-and-banquets/
How to attend
The banquet is invitation-only and ceremony tickets are not sold to the public. Realistic routes in: enrolled Stockholm students can enter the annual student-union lottery for a small allocation of banquet seats; anyone can tour the Blue Hall on a City Hall guided tour (around 130 SEK) and book the genuine Nobel three-course menu at Stadshuskallaren. Watch the ceremony live on SVT on Dec 10.
The banquet is by invitation from the Nobel Foundation and no seat is sold to the public; the only realistic routes in are the Stockholm student-union lottery for a small allocation, or a City Hall tour of the Blue Hall.
Insider tip
Book any year's Nobel menu at Stadshuskallaren under City Hall - the kitchen can serve the exact banquet dinner from any Nobel year on request.
Get inside Nobel Prize Banquet
Booking matters here: students: enter the Stockholm student-union Nobel lottery in autumn; everyone else: book the Stadshuskallaren Nobel menu and City Hall tours well ahead of December. Members track that window, what it really costs, and 573 more events across the season.
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