Festival activities
ACTIVITY SCHEDULE CITY
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Countdown at Stockholm City Hall: Nobel Week Lights
See the light installation at Stockholm City Hall illuminate for the very first time, during the opening of this year’s festival!
Lumination of Sweden and PXLFLD, Space. © Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Clément Morin
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Guided tours: Nobel Week Lights
Discover magical light art at Nobel Week Lights with a guided tour!
© Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Benoît Derrier
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Concert with Charanga Guld
Let the Brass Shine! – concert by Charanga Guld
Photo: Kulturskolan
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Photo workshop: street photography
Fully booked! Welcome to a creative workshop in the form of a photo walk between several artworks at the Nobel Week Lights festival.
Photo: GLIDEPHOTOS
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Dance with Kulturskolan’s Resurscenter
Welcome to an experience where light art meets dance, theatre, and music from Kulturskolan’s Resurscenter.
Ottomata, TETRA. Photo: Andre Pattenden
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Photo workshop: portraits
Fully booked! Welcome to a creative workshop in the form of a photo walk between several artworks at the Nobel Week Lights festival.
Photo: GLIDEPHOTOS
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Master class: interactive light art
Fully booked! Come meet experts describing the range of interactive artworks and hear from artists from this years’ Nobel Week Lights.
Photo: MADS
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COLORVISION
Welcome to an audiovisual concert in The Finnish Church!
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Space Talks with Quiz: exoplanets
Linn Boldt Christmas, planetary science researcher, talks about worlds beyond our own. In Swedish.
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Light run: city center
Fully booked! Join a run through the city to experience illuminating pieces of art connected to the Nobel Prize whilst connecting with others.
Photo: Benoît Derrier
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Through the void
A powerful dance about survival, adrenaline, and sheer determination. The choreography portrays people struggling through the winter darkness towards light and life.
Photo: Benoît Derrier
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Space Talks with Quiz: dinousaurs and the threat from outer space
Martin Qvarnström, a palaeontologist at Uppsala University, explains how life emerged, adapted, and was ultimately wiped out by a rock from outer space.
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Space Talks with Quiz: living in weightlessness
This event is cancelled. Astronaut Marcus Wandt shares what it’s like to eat, sleep, work, exercise and serve as a test subject aboard the International Space Station.
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Remake Sthlm Fashion Show
Remake Sthlm invites you to experience a unique fashion show in collaboration with Nobel Week Lights, a celebration of transformation and conscious creativity.
Photo: Stadsmissionen
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Space Talks with Quiz: Black Holes
Ulf Danielsson, Professor of Theoretical Physics, explores the universe’s most extreme objects and what they teach us about space, time, and the world around us.
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Poetry workout
Welcome to “Poetry workout” – a unique blend of words and movement that brings people together.
The Door, Helsingborg Stad. Photo: Bertil Hagberg
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Eatnama váibmu during Nobel Week Lights
Listen to excerpts from the musical performance “Eatnama váibmu” as opera singers Minna Tägil and Lina Kindblad bring opera into Nobel Week Lights.
Foto: Kungliga Operan/Sören Vilks
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Artist talk – Nobel Week Lights
Hear artists from the festival Nobel Week Lights in a conversation about their work, during an evening celebrating art, light and bright ideas.
Nobel Prize Museum
Ottomata, TETRA. Photo: MADS
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Ring!
Drawing inspiration from Victoria Verseau’s artwork “Limina”, theatre director and educator Alica Tserkovnaja has teamed up with students from Kulturskolan to create a physical theatre performance.
Photo: Kulturskolan
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Illuminated kayak tour
Join a glowing Lucia procession out on the waters of Riddarfjärden – or watch it from the shore.
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Lucia choir
Welcome to celebrate Lucia by the Royal Palace!
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Photo workshop: special effects
Fully booked! Welcome to a creative workshop in the form of a photo walk between several artworks at the Nobel Week Lights festival.
Photo: GLIDEPHOTOS
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Lucia Interstellar
Welcome to an alternative Lucia procession through the streets of Stockholm, where science fiction meets live performance in the glow of warming light art.
ACTIVITY SCHEDULE TENSTA
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Opening in Tensta: Nobel Week Lights
Celebrate the opening of the light festival in Tensta! Meet artists, join activities, and enjoy live performances.
© Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Benoît Derrier
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Guided tours: Nobel Week Lights
Discover magical light art at Nobel Week Lights with a guided tour!
© Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Benoît Derrier
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Taste of Tensta
Welcome to Taste of Tensta, a food market offering flavors from around the world, right in the heart of Tensta.
Photo: kuarmungadd
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Stories of light
“Join Stories of light”, a magical walk through Tensta where light, storytelling, and real-life achievements come together.
Photo: Simon Skafar
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Skate Nation Järva
Come try skateboarding in Tensta Centrum together with Skate Nation Järva!
Photo: visualspace
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Circus of light
Welcome to Circus of Light – a joyful performance where movement, balance, and imagination come together!
Photo: Aleksandar Nakic
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Lantern workshop
Create your own light in the winter darkness!
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Children’s light orienteering
Step into the dark for a glowing adventure!
Photo: July Alcantara
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Workshop and tour with Saadia Hussain
Join a workshop in, and tour of “The Light We Reflect”, where you co-create the artwork together with artist Saadia Hussain.
Artist Saadia Hussain duing a workshop with Språkbruket before the festival. © Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Nanaka Adachi
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Poetry workout
Welcome to “Poetry workout” – a unique blend of words and movement that brings people together.
The Door, Helsingborg Stad. Photo: Bertil Hagberg
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Choir of light
Welcome to enjoy an illuminated choir experience in Tensta!
© Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Benoît Derrier
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Dolls with dreams
A creative workshop where art and history meet, and where every doll carries its own vision of a better world.
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Finissage: Workshop with Saadia Hussain
Join a workshop and tour with artist Saadia Hussain during the final day of Nobel Week Lights!
Workshop with Språkbruket and Saadia Hussain before the festival. © Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Nanaka Adachi
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Flamenco performance
Experience “Del Fuego”; a powerful and poetic performance where flamenco meets classical music.
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Light run: Tensta Rinkeby
Join us for a unique running experience in the winter darkness! During Light Run: Tensta Rinkeby, we’ll run together from Rinkeby Square to Tensta.
Photo: millann

Nobel Week Lights
Art lighting up Stockholm
Read about Nobel Week Lights, a free light festival taking place in Stockholm during the darkest time of the year.
NOBEL WEEK LIGHTS
6–14 December
Free admission
The festival is free to visit, and open to everyone
Opening hours
The artworks are open daily, between 16:00-22:00