Geitmyrsveien
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Geitmyrsveien (1-75, 20-76[1]) is a street in Oslo situated in the borough of St. Hanshaugen.
The street is c. 1.6 km long. It runs from Ullevålsveien along St. Hanshaugen park (1-33), and north of the park it separates the neighbourhoods of Lovisenberg and Valleløkken (34-54/63A), and later between Lindern and Lovisenberg until it meets Kirkeveien/Griffenfeldts gate (Oslo Ring Road 2) where it ends.
The habitation in Geitmyrsveien along the park consists of townhouses and finer villas. Number 33 is the the farmstead "Nicolailøkken" with a farmhouse in Swiss style built in 1836 with a surviving yard and buidings. Number 44-48 belong to "Frølichbyen". In number 69-71 resides the Odontological Faculty of the University of Oslo, and in number 75 the National Public Health Institute.
From 1879 the street has had its name from Gjetemyren farm in Tåsenveien 2. Today the area with allotment gardens between Griffenfeldts gate (as it crosses Geitmyrsveien), Uelands gate and Kierschows gate is called "Geitmyra".
Bus line 37 (Helsfyr – Nydalen) goes along Geitmyrsveien between Colletts gate and Kirkeveien. From 1899 there was also a tram line (from Sagene to Akersgata, later Sagene ring) in Geitmyrsveien between Colletts gate and Kirkeveien. The tram line was closed in 1961.
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- ^ Oslo kommune – Gatenavn. Oslo municipality. Retrieved on 2008-03-18.
