New Zealand. Puzzling World

Sergey Dolya writes: “Today I want to show the city of illusions Puzzling World. It is located in the small town of Wanaka on the South Island of New Zealand, and as you can guess from the photos, this is an interesting place. Go under the cut to find out the explanations for these wonders and look at many more!”

(Total 30 photos)

1. The complex is divided into two parts: a labyrinth and rooms of illusions

2. In the cafe, various puzzles are laid out on the tables, which are sold in the local souvenir shop. You can try to collect them and immediately stock up on souvenirs

3. The labyrinth is small in area, smaller than the school gym. Moreover, its length is about one and a half kilometers. Visitors walk an average of three to five kilometers to get out of it. The labyrinth must not just go through, but “capture” all its four towers (there are 4 multi-colored squares on the diagram)

4. Towers always seem to be nearby, but finding the entrance to them is not so easy. The entrance to some of them starts from the opposite corner

5. Sometimes you need to climb small bridges. It would seem that from above you can see the right road, but this is an illusion - it does not become clearer

6. View from one of the towers. It seems that now you will look from above and calculate the route, but this impression is deceptive. Really calculate all the turns, as in the rebus magazine it will not work

7. If you are tired of running around the maze like a laboratory mouse, you can use the emergency exit and go to a cafe. Everyone in our company gave up, but Max and I wandered to victory. Moreover, after we "took" all the towers, we still did not use the "emergency exit", but ran the whole maze back

8. At the exit from the labyrinth there is a famous Buddhist sculpture with three monkeys. You can sit next to it and take a break - running around the labyrinth is exhausting

9. The second part of Puzzling World - various illusions. For example, a tilted house

10. Everything inside this house is at an angle of 15 degrees. This gives the impression that the center of gravity is shifted to the side. Pay attention to the ad on the left on the wall - it's still in the "normal world", and not in the tilted one

After a while, the brain refuses to cope and keep this condition.

11. If you look at the swing, it is clear that the tiles are arranged in a downward direction. If you look relative to the house, it seems that the water "scrambles" up from tile to tile.

12. Dima is sitting in a chair, which, if you remove the latch, rises up under the influence of gravity

13. Billiard balls are stable only on the table.

14. The discrepancy between the visible and the real sooner or later turns into the fall of some visitors.

15. Another cool thing. It seems that the wall opposite is perpendicular, but in fact it is located obliquely. The effect is achieved due to the specific coloring and slope of the floor, which mimics squares. "Window" is also not square

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18. Strange object. Looks like modern art

19. If you look closely, the red beam is in front of the blue

20. At a certain point, the ends converge and form a cube. Max seems to be inside, although he is behind this composition

21. Crane in the air

22. Rubin's vase - a classic of optical illusions - if you look at black, you see faces, if you look at white, then a vase

23. A visitor who has a lot of time is invited to count the number of cubes

24. Tiles in the bathroom were laid by Ramshat. The horizontal lines appear to converge, but in fact they are all parallel to each other.

25. How many legs does an elephant have?

26. How many animals?

27. Installation "Roman toilet". Many tourists sat on the pots and took pictures. Good thing they didn't drop their pants.

28. At the entrance to the town, visitors are greeted by an inclined tower

29. Naturally, our guys could not resist and took pictures against the background

30. Although they did not manage to surpass the master, whose work hangs in one of the attractions