Listen
Tip: press play to see the sound's live frequency spectrum in blue over the waveform.
Recordist's notes
The tree is not large but it's the center of this triangular space. Leaves - recovered from the drought only to dry in the autumn - flutter in the breeze as trains and planes pass by. The Wet Triangle (Das Nasse Dreieck) was formerly part of the Berlin Wall death strip. Today it is a slightly hidden, rewilding green space, a favourite for dog walkers and local kids. Sirens and the city are audible in the distance.
About the place
Gesundbrunnen is a town of about 93,862 people in State of Berlin, Germany. OttoAnna lists 120 field recordings from here.
Recorded nearby
The nightingale's perspective
Pankow, Germany
Sparse sparrow, a heavy train, distant musical machine
Pankow, Germany
Magpies very close and intricate twitterings
Pankow, Germany
Under the railbridge, still quiet between thundering trains
Gesundbrunnen, Germany
Tunnel for pedestrians between Wedding and Prenzlauer Berg, below…
Gesundbrunnen, Germany
Rainy, miserable night in St. Elisabeth II cemetery
Gesundbrunnen, Germany
More by Peter Cusack
Singing Fountain, Prague Castle
Prague, Czechia
Sound inside the rail plus a displaying hoverfly
Černý Most, Czechia
Symphony of Groans, Spreepark abandonned fun fair
Rummelsburg, Germany
Water pumps
Jüchen, Germany
Walking over a dead village, Opencast atmosphere
Jüchen, Germany
Whistling windgenerator
Grevenbroich, Germany
More wind recordings
Sources & credits
- “Leaves flutter on the central poplar tree, trains and dogs, The Wet Triangle, Brehmestraße 24, 13187 Berlin, Germany - Leaves fluttering on the central poplar tree, trains and dogs” by Peter Cusack – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0