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Recordist's notes
The huge spaces inside these vast, fortress-like, former DDR apartment blocks is very impressive. There are large gardens, tall trees, extensive play areas and schools. But on this occasion, they are empty of kids and people, except one dog walker. It is quiet and one can hear the distance. A few starlings mutter to each other. The cawing of loud crows echoes and reverberates from the buildings and a distant siren from the city outside slowly seems to be getting closer. In fact, a fire brigade vehicle eventually enters this area, but with its siren silenced.
About the place
Fennpfuhl is a town of about 33,751 people in State of Berlin, Germany. OttoAnna lists 12 field recordings from here.
Recorded nearby
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The city, the country & me: dong xuan center, hall 3
Fennpfuhl, Germany
The city, the country & me: dong xuan center, hall 3
Fennpfuhl, Germany
The city, the country & me: dong xuan center, hall 1
Fennpfuhl, Germany
Frenetic mallard ducks competing for bread crumbs on the banks of…
Fennpfuhl, Germany
A woman sings in the overpass as kids, travellers and shoppers walk by
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Sources & credits
- “Quietness inside the fortress-like apartment blocks, crows, an approaching siren, Berlin, Germany - Quietness inside the fortress-like apartment blocks, crows, an approaching siren” by Peter Cusack – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0