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Recordist's notes
This place is an unusual combination of the relatively untouched natural landscape beside the meandering river Oker, crossed by one of Germany's main autobahns and by a single track industrial railtrack. Despite all the noise there wildlife seems pretty varied.
About the place
Braunschweig is a city of about 244,715 people in Lower Saxony, Germany. OttoAnna lists 165 field recordings from here.
Recorded nearby
1) Sunday afternoon. Beautiful weather. Frogs, starlings…
Braunschweig, Germany
Special springtime bird song with autobahn and ball game
Braunschweig, Germany
The River Schunter nature restoration area: a whitethroat…
Braunschweig, Germany
Die Hafenbahn
Braunschweig, Germany
The River Schunter nature restoration area: my first cuckoo…
Braunschweig, Germany
Springtime bird song and dogwalkers on a beautiful day
Braunschweig, Germany
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Walking over a dead village, Opencast atmosphere
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Whistling windgenerator
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Hoscheid, small stream schlänner
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Hoscheid, sound object, choeur de la foret
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Hoscheid, small stream schlänner
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Hoscheid, sound object, lithophon
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Sources & credits
- “Beneath the autobahn, expansion gaps rhythm, Braunschweiger Westtangente, 38112 Braunschweig, Germany - Beneath the autobahn, expansion gaps rhythm” by Peter Cusack – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0