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Take the bus or the ferry to Bygdøynes, and start at The Kon-Tiki Museum. Did you know that the crew of the raft Ra was a team of seven men from seven countries from different continents? Thor Heyerdahl always said that the ocean did not separate people, but instead brought them together.
If you have time, you can drop by the Fram Museum and learn more about the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Fridtjof Nansen. Here you will get to know the explorer – what kind of person was he? Holocaust Center
From Bygdøynes you can take bus no. 30 to Bygdøhus, or walk for 15 minutes to the Holocaust Center. Here you can learn about the fate of the Jewish population in Norway during the Second World War. Make sure to also visit the temporary exhibition “In/Visible: Everyday racism in Norway”.
At the end of the day, you can sit down and enjoy a bite underneath a parasol in the garden of Kafé Villa Grande.
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