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{{Short description|Neighborhood in Oslo, Norway}}
[[Image:Sinsen stasjon 1.jpg|thumb|[[Sinsen (station)|Sinsen Station]] on the T-bane]]
'''Sinsen''' is a mixed residential and commercial area in [[Grünerløkka]] borough of [[Oslo]], [[Norway]]. The westernmost part of Sinsen is part of the borough [[Nordre Aker]].

The [[Sinsen Interchange]], located on the border between the boroughs of Nordre Aker, Grünerløkka and [[Bjerke (borough)|Bjerke]], was the first [[roundabout]] in Norway. It has since developed into a multi-lever intersection, with both [[Ring 3 (Oslo)|Ring 3]], [[Norwegian National Road 4|National Road 4]] and the [[Sinsen Line]] of the [[Oslo Tramway]] routes around.<ref name="Norwegian Public Roads Administration">{{cite web |url=http://www.vegvesen.no/region_ost/prosjekter/nyulven_sinsen/sinsenkrysset.stm |title=Sinsenkrysset
|publisher=[[Norwegian Public Roads Administration]] |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2007-12-28 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071111063329/http://www.vegvesen.no/region_ost/prosjekter/nyulven_sinsen/sinsenkrysset.stm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-11-11}}</ref> "North of the Sinsen Interchange" is common expression in the Norwegian district debates, where inhabitants of Oslo are accused of being ignorant of the country north of the interchange. The expression cropped up in [[revue]]s during the 1960s, and is probably due to that Sinsen then was the end point for the main road leading into Oslo from the north.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vegvesen.no/Vegprosjekter/Ring3/Bakgrunn/Historikk |title=Historikk |date=November 19, 2008 |publisher=Statens vegvesen |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2009-03-23 |url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226145705/http://www.vegvesen.no/Vegprosjekter/Ring3/Bakgrunn/Historikk |archivedate=February 26, 2009 }}</ref>

The area is served by the [[Sinsen Line]] of the [[Oslo Tramway]].<ref name=linjekart>{{cite web |url=http://ruter.no/Global/PDF_filer/linjekart/Trikken2007-12webOS.pdf |format=pdf |author=Ruter |author-link=Ruter |title=Linjekart |date=2007 |language=Norwegian |accessdate=21 March 2009 |url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326165847/http://ruter.no/Global/PDF_filer/linjekart/Trikken2007-12webOS.pdf |archivedate=26 March 2009 |df= }}</ref> The [[Oslo T-bane]] serves the neighborhood at [[Sinsen (station)|Sinsen Station]],<ref name=rutetider>{{cite web |url=http://www1.trafikanten.no/trafikkinfo/tabeller/os/080818_T-bane.pdf |title=Rutetider T-banen |author=Ruter |author-link=Ruter |date=18 August 2008 |accessdate=21 March 2009 |language=Norwegian }}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
while the [[Gjøvik Line]] serves the area at [[Grefsen Station]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nsb.no/getfile.php/www.nsb.no/nsb.no/Bilder/Rutetabeller/ny-300-Gj%C3%B8vikbanen-2009.pdf |title=Skøyen-Oslo S-Nittedal-Jaren-Gjøvik |accessdate=25 January 2009 |date=2009 |author=NSB Gjøvikbanen |url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612110733/http://www.nsb.no/getfile.php/www.nsb.no/nsb.no/Bilder/Rutetabeller/ny-300-Gj%C3%B8vikbanen-2009.pdf |archivedate=12 June 2011 |df= }}</ref>

==The name==
The neighbourhood is named after the old farm Sinsen ([[Norse language|Norse]] ''Sinnsin'', from ''*Sinnsvin''). The first element is the [[genitive]] of ''{{lang|non|sinn}}'' meaning "road", and the last element is ''{{lang|non|vin}}'' meaning "meadow". The area was an important crossroads also in old times, where the road from the bottom of [[Oslofjord]] ramified  into the road east to [[Romerike]] and north to [[Maridalen]]/[[Hadeland]].

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