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Essen, main station, subway station
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Recordist's notes
At the subway station underneath the main station (invisible from here) Several trains arriving and leaving again in the huge hall with about 8 different tracks - recorded in the evening time. Also sounds of air pressured doors and electronic alarm signals. Projekt - Klangpromenade Essen - topograpgic 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.
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Sources & credits
- “essen, main station, subway station” by Frank Schulte – CC BY-SA 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0