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Crushing rubble into smaller pieces

An der Garnison, Vogelsang, Burgwall, Zehdenick, Oberhavel, Brandenburg, 16792, Deutschland

A 3-minute field recording by Peter Cusack made in Templin, Germany on 11 June 2025, in the afternoon. Soundscape: wind, birdsong & dawn chorus and forests.

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Crushing rubble into smaller pieces
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Recordist's notes

Over the 10 years that I've been visiting Vogelsang has been slowly demolished and now (June 2025) only a few buildings remain. Demolition creates a mountain of rubble, which is crushed into smaller pieces for transport as is happening here. But forest life continues nevertheless - a seemingly parallel world. Indeed on this lovely warm and sunny day it feels extremely present with a multitude of different greens and a gentle wind rustling the leaves. New growth is everywhere. Willow warblers and a chaffinch sing apparantly unworried by the destruction. In fact i'm pretty relaxed about it too. There are probably specific plans for this area, but for the moment the forest has a brief time of respite.

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

About the place

Templin is a town of about 17,634 people in Brandenburg, Germany. OttoAnna lists 51 field recordings from here.

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