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Autobahn traffic totally dominates but all you see are trees

Linz, Oberösterreich, Österreich

A 3-minute field recording by Peter Cusack made in Linz, Austria on 8 September 2020, in the evening. Soundscape: streets & traffic, caves, tunnels & underground and parks & gardens.

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Autobahn traffic totally dominates but all you see are trees
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Recordist's notes

The park at Bindermichl is built over the A7 autobahn tunnel. At the ends of the park the autobahn noise is present in full force. The mismatch between what you hear and what you see is pretty extreme. While making this recording I was amongst very tall mature trees. They have to listen to this never ending roar 24/7 year after year. I wonder what effect that has on them.

Written by Peter Cusack on radio aporee ::: maps.

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Linz is a city of about 204,846 people in Upper Austria, Austria. OttoAnna lists 61 field recordings from here.

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