The Munch Museum

A vast collection of work by Norway's most famous artist
Word to the wise: Get there early and head straight for 'The Scream' to appreciate it in solitude before the crowds gather.

The expressionist painter Munch, who worked in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, is Norway's most celebrated artist. The Munch Museum in Tøyen – a bohemian district favoured by students and immigrant communities – houses well over half his entire output, including versions of 'The Sick Child', 'Madonna' and 'Puberty'.
But the star attraction is undoubtedly the Museum's version of 'The Scream'. The painting's tortured figure – one of the most reproduced and parodied in Western art - stands against a backdrop of the Oslo Fjord. Stolen by armed robbers in 2004, the painting was returned two years later and underwent extensive restoration before finally being put back on display in 2008.