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Recordist's notes
Many of the traffic lights in Brussels feature a pre-recorded electronic signalling sound, indicating when it is safe and not safe to cross the road. However this one sounded more mechanical, and when you touch the actual post, you can feel the ticks of the mechanism very physically.
About the place
Ixelles is a town of about 86,671 people in Brussels Capital, Belgium. OttoAnna lists 29 field recordings from here.
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Sources & credits
- “Brussels, Belgium - Mechanical traffic light system” by Felicity Ford – CC BY-SA 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0