National Gallery of Norway
You have seen The Scream reproduced on every postcard — here it hangs beside Munch's Madonna, two rooms from an El Greco and a Monet.
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Norway's national collection under one harborfront roof: Edvard Munch anchors the Norwegian galleries while the European rooms range from Artemisia Gentileschi and Lucas Cranach the Elder to Renoir, Cézanne, and Picasso. The building, designed by Kleihues + Schuwerk after winning a 2010 competition, opened in June 2022 as part of Oslo's Fjordbyen waterfront development and gathers all sections except architecture.
What to look for
- Munch's The Scream and one version of his Madonna, held in the same collection
- Old master canvases by Artemisia Gentileschi and El Greco
- Monet's Rainy Day, Etretat alongside works by Cézanne and Picasso
On Oslo's harborfront as part of the Fjordbyen development; the current building opened 11 June 2022 and replaced the 1882 original designed by Heinrich Ernst and Adolf Schirmer.
National Gallery of Norway is one of 27 sights worth the detour in Oslo, all bundled offline in Voyage GO — download the Oslo pack and it sits on your map with no signal, filling your travel passport the moment you walk past.
More to see in Oslo
- Oslo Opera HouseThe roof is a public plaza — walk straight up the white marble slope and look out over the Oslofjord.
- Munch Museum (MUNCH)Nearly 28,000 works by one artist — Munch left everything to Oslo, and Oslo built a whole museum around it.
- Akershus FortressSeven centuries of sieges, and it never fell once.
- Unity ArenaNorway's largest indoor venue — 25,000 people under one fixed roof, from handball finals to headline concerts.
- Royal PalaceParliament cut its funding mid-build — twice — and it still became Norway's royal seat.
- Oslo CathedralTwo royal weddings, two centuries of state ceremony — Oslo's main church has been at Stortorvet since 1697 and hasn't stopped working since.