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12noon Saturday siren plus bells and rap on a phone
3:59
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Recordist's notes
Every Saturday at noon Linz tests its warning sirens - a sound heard city wide. The 12 o'clock bells ring at the same time. At this place in Bindermichl Park they all sound from the mid distance. Rap playing from a kid's phone is nearer, as is the shuffling of his feet on gravel. There is a strong wind from the south blowing autobahn roar towards this spot.
About the place
Linz is a city of about 204,846 people in Upper Austria, Austria. OttoAnna lists 61 field recordings from here.
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Sources & credits
- “Stadlerstraße 6c, 4020 Linz, Austria - 12noon Saturday siren plus bells and rap on a phone” by Peter Cusack – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0