The relationship between the apparently unrelated physical quantities -- kinematic viscosity of liquid He-4, $ u$, and quantum of circulation, $kappa=2pi hbar/m_4$, where $hbar$ is the Planck constant and $m_4$ denotes the mass of the $^4$He atom -- is examined in the vicinity of the superfluid transition occurring due to Bose-Einstein condensation. A model is developed, leading to the surprisingly simple relation $ u approx kappa/6$. We critically examine the available experimental data for $^4$He relevant to this simple relation and predict the kinematic viscosity for the stretched liquid $^4$He along the $lambda$-line at negative pressures.
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