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In the evening a group of men playing boule on the foot path. The sound of the players comments, the clicking metall balls, a jogger passing by and some pigeon calls. Projekt - Klangpromenade Essen - topographic field recordings and social ambiences
About the place
Essen is a city of about 593,085 people in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. OttoAnna lists 215 field recordings from here.
Recorded nearby
Essen, stadtgarten, lake fountain
Essen, Germany
Essen, city park, pigeons and fountain
Essen, Germany
Essen, huyssenallee, bakery
Essen, Germany
Essen, philharmonie, subway station
Essen, Germany
Essen, philharmonie, alfred krupp concert hall, orchestra rehearsal
Essen, Germany
Essen, philharmonie, alfred krupp concert hall, orchestra rehearsal
Essen, Germany
More by Frank Schulte
Essen, hohe domkirche, fountain
Essen, Germany
Essen, hohe domkirche, inside church
Essen, Germany
Essen, hohe domkirche, organ tune
Essen, Germany
Essen, hohe domkirche, inside church
Essen, Germany
Essen. kasteienstraße, garbage truck
Essen, Germany
Essen, kettwigerstraße, market place
Essen, Germany
More birdsong & dawn chorus recordings
Sources & credits
- “essen, city park, boule player” by Frank Schulte – CC BY-SA 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0