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Recordist's notes
A larger intersection in Frankfurt with trams coming and going in all four directions. An old model of the Czech Tatra KT4DM tram still in regular service in Frankfurt arrives and departs at the Station "Oderturm" on line 2. The doors can be heard folding sideways and from the inside the alarm bell rings as they close. Recorded on Zoom H5 internal mics.
About the place
Frankfurt (Oder) is a town of about 57,107 people in Brandenburg, Germany. OttoAnna lists 12 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Zoom H5. A modular handheld recorder with interchangeable microphone capsules.
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Sources & credits
- “Tram station Oderturm, 15230 Frankfurt (Oder), Deutschland - Traffic and Old Tatra trams” by Niklas Dahlmann – CC BY 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0