The man I would have like to seen as the Democratic presidential candidate received a warm welcome in Oslo Friday morning as he arrived for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremonies that will take place on Monday.
Prize winners are normally brought from Oslo Airport in a limousine motorcade, a drive of almost an hour to downtown Oslo.
Al and Tipper Gore took the train!
Peace Prize winner shuns limousine and takes the train
Environmental champion Al Gore has sparked criticism for his near-constant air travel, much of it on private jets. He opted for more environmentally friendly modes of transport when he traveled to Oslo Friday to accept this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.
Al and Tipper Gore arrived in Oslo on Friday. On Monday he’ll receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his environmental activism.
First Gore flew on a normally scheduled commercial flight from New York, along with his family, and landed at Oslo’s main airport at Gardermoen Friday morning.
Gardermoen is located about an hour’s drive north of downtown Oslo, and dignitaries generally ride into town in private cars or limousines.
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The high-speed train was built to serve Oslo’s new airport when it opened in 1998. It remains Norway’s only high-speed line, and makes the trip to Gardermoen in about a half-hour.
After arriving at the National Theater station in the heart of Oslo, Gore intended to walk to the Grand Hotel, where all winners of the Nobel Peace Prize traditionally stay.
Photo: Scanpix
Al Gore shares the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC is represented by it’s Chairman, Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, who will arrive Saturday night – directly from the climate talks in Bali. Dr. Pachauri will return to Bali after Monday’s ceremonies for the conclusions of the climate framework discussions, where he will be joined by Al Gore.
The Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony takes place every 10 December, the date on which Alfred Nobel died in 1896.
The laureate, who is decided upon by the Norwegian Nobel Committee earlier in the year, gives a press conference at the Norwegian Nobel Institute on 9 December at 1 pm.[…]
There is a traditional torchlight parade in the evening of 10 December in honour of the laureate, who greets the parade from the balcony at Grand Hotel at 7 pm.
This year, however, you do not need to physically be in Oslo to participate. This year, there will be a virtual parade.
Thousands have joined Aftenposten.no’s online campaign to let readers show their support of environmental issues and this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winners.
Join the virtual, non-polluting torchlight procession in honor of Nobel Peace Prize winners Al Gore and the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change by clicking on this link.
“Here we give our readers the chance to take part and demonstrate their support for the peace prize winners. We have already noted public interest in this,” said Aftenposten Multimedia’s editor, Ole Erik Almlid.
Thousands of readers from Norway and abroad have registered their support and lit a virtual torch.
(Just follow the link to sign up for the virtual parade – there is no cost and it is very simple.)