Sel Famous Package Opened After 100 Years
After just about one hundred years, the Johan Nygård package was opened. Nygård sealed the package, on 26 of August 1912, with clear instructions not to open it before 2012 (exactly 100 years).
The package is, 40 cm by 28 and 9 cm thick. Weight of ~ 3 kg.
Opening of Sel package
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