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A floor fountain nearby a main street. Water sound nearly overwhwelmed by the passing traffic and passengers walking by. Nearby a group of alcohol drinking people. // the fountain seems to be new, as the topographic picture still shows a taxi stand here// Projekt - Stadtklang//: Hörorte - 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.
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Sources & credits
- “essen, willy brandt platz, fountain” by Frank Schulte – CC BY-SA 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0