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The Kon-Tiki Museum. In two years' time after the Second World War the Norwegian scientist Thor Heyerdahl decided to do a very strange for those times thing – he set out on his expedition. Later it was called one of the most challenging adventures of the 20th century: together with the 5 helpmates he swam over Peru, crossed the Pacific Ocean and got to Polynesia. Everybody considered it to be impossible, but he managed to do it and on the 7th of August 1947, after 101 days he saw the atoll of Raroia in the centre of the South Sea. And we shouldn't forget that all this time he swam by a wooden raft, called 'Kon Tiki'. In the Kon-Tiki Museum you can look not only at the original of the raft, but the instruments and water crafts of the other expeditions of Thor Heyerdahl. But the greatest things there are the statues from Easter Island and the world biggest fish – the 10-meter whale shark.

The Vigeland Sculpture Park. The Vigeland Sculpture Park is one of the most popular sights of Oslo that attracts more than a million of visitors a year. In the unique garden you'll see more than 200 of human-sized sculptures (some of them are even larger). They were created by Gustav Vigeland (1869–1943), who used to live in Oslo for a while. The figures describe the world of human feelings: sorrow, joy, love… The greatest impression you'll get from the 17-meter stone Monolith, which was made from 121 bodies. It's the biggest granitic sculpture in the world. But Vigeland is not only the author of the sculptures, he also projected the park itself. The park is an idyllic place with duck ponds and shady alleys.
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