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Recordist's notes
This was recorded by taping a zoom recorder to my leg while ridding a bike next to the Merwehaven, an industrial port in the far west of Rotterdam, neighbouring the town Schiedam. Due to the embodied nature of the recording, and the weather of the Netherlands, you can prominently hear the wind in the beginning as well. The bike itself was in a somewhat poor condition, and provided a lot of cackly repetitive noise.
About the place
Rotterdam is a city of about 868,135 people in South Holland, The Netherlands. OttoAnna lists 106 field recordings from here.
Recorded nearby
A20/ E25 [51.92393° N, 4.40872° O]
Schiedam, The Netherlands
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Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Sources & credits
- “Marconistraat 43, 3029 AH Rotterdam, Netherlands - Ridding a talkative bike” by senkamilutinovic – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0