Art Oslo
Museums
Art among the oaks
Opened in 2013 as a gift to the city from the collector Christian Ringnes, Ekebergparken threads a collection of sculpture through woodland that has been a place of gathering since the Stone Age. Works by Salvador Dalí, Louise Bourgeois, Sarah Lucas, James Turrell and many others appear among the trees, to be discovered on foot.
The view that became a scream
The hillside is part of art history in its own right: it was while walking along the Ekeberg ridge at sunset that Edvard Munch felt the 'great scream through nature' that became his most famous painting. A marked viewpoint lets visitors stand where he stood and look back over the fjord.
A park for everyone
Entry is free and the park is open year-round, doubling as a nature reserve, cultural-heritage site and outdoor gallery. Trails link the sculptures to Iron Age rock carvings and wartime remains, and a restaurant in a restored 1929 functionalist building crowns the hill.
What to see
- Sculpture by Dalí, Bourgeois and Turrell
- The Munch viewpoint over the fjord
- Prehistoric rock carvings in the woods
- The 1929 functionalist restaurant building
Here Munch heard the great scream through nature.
