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Recordist's notes
This lovely green courtyard, with shady trees is typical of Nazi era (late 1930s) housing in this area. The surrounding buildings protect the interior from outside sounds, especially the autobahn roar, creating a quiet and peaceful atmosphere where children play and long lines are provided for hanging out washing. Unusually this one has been left more or less intact with no space yet taken for parking cars. Bells and voices reverberate gently when they occur. Crow calls may echo two or three times.
About the place
Linz is a city of about 204,846 people in Upper Austria, Austria. OttoAnna lists 61 field recordings from here.
Recorded nearby
12noon Saturday siren plus bells and rap on a phone
Linz, Austria
Autobahn traffic totally dominates but all you see are trees
Linz, Austria
Scooters on resounding wooden curving slopes
Linz, Austria
Trickling fountain for small kids
Linz, Austria
Autobahn traffic dominates the soundscape but the park is beautiful
Linz, Austria
Frog choruse
Ansfelden, Austria
More by Peter Cusack
Singing Fountain, Prague Castle
Prague, Czechia
Sound inside the rail plus a displaying hoverfly
Černý Most, Czechia
Symphony of Groans, Spreepark abandonned fun fair
Rummelsburg, Germany
Water pumps
Jüchen, Germany
Walking over a dead village, Opencast atmosphere
Jüchen, Germany
Whistling windgenerator
Grevenbroich, Germany
More birdsong & dawn chorus recordings
Sources & credits
- “Stadlerstraße 9, 4020 Linz, Austria - 6.00pm bells sounding this lovely green courtyard” by Peter Cusack – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0