Cultural Oslo keeps its cool

From art appreciation to a spell on the slopes, Arlene Harris made the most of what Oslo has to offer on a jam-packed budget trip.

I HAD heard the Norwegian capital was an expensive place to visit but ever since my childhood I have had a fascination with The Scream by Edvard Munch — something about the ghostly picture captured my imagination and I have always wanted to see it in the ‘flesh’.

It has been over 150 years since the artist was born and the country has stepped up its promotion of the many works of Munch so it seemed a fitting time to soak up some culture, particularly as seriously cut-price flights enabled me to bring the whole family on the short hop from Dublin to Oslo.