We couldn't leave Oslo without seeing Edvard Munch's famous painting, the Scream. Based on what we've read about viewing the world famous painting, we had to leave the hotel early to get to the gallery early. We got there around 9:30 am but a long line had already formed on the street where the gallery was. Then more and more visitors were arriving by the minute. The gallery personnel had begun to filter the number of people going inside but entry was smooth. Even though we had the Oslo Card, just like in all the museums we visited in Bygdoy Peninsula, we still had to get an admission ticket despite possessing the Oslo Card. We didn't exactly have to pay extra. Protocol in many Oslo museums required all Oslo Card holders to present their cards and then they are issued further admission tickets whch are surrendered at the gate. Since guests were not allowed to carry any kind of bag or backpack into the museum, we had to place ours in a locker. We even left our camera in there thinking that photography was prohibited in all floors and in every gallery.

Marc and I first entered the gallery with equally famous foreign and Norwegian painters on the first floor. Wondering why one visitor was taking pictures of the paintings on exhibit, I asked one gallery guard if we could do the same. She said photography was allowed on the floor where we were but not in the floor where Edvard Munch's paintings were located. Since I wanted to remember what paintings there were at the National Gallery, off I went to the locker room and got my camera to take pictures. These were some of the masterpieces we saw except Mr. Munch's works, of course.