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Trams, bikes and pedestrians

Potsdam, Brandenburg, Deutschland

A field recording by Niklas Dahlmann made in Potsdam, Germany on 20 July 2020, in the afternoon. Soundscape: streets & traffic and trams, metros & buses.

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Trams, bikes and pedestrians
CC BY 3.0by Niklas DahlmannInternet Archive
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Recordist's notes

In Potsdam downtown we hear multiple trams (at first Siemens Combinos and later Czech Tatras), as well as scooters, bikes and pedestrians. It is a quiet day in summer and a few constructions are going on. At the end two buses pass by. Stereo recording with Zoom H4n.

Written by Niklas Dahlmann on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Potsdam is a city of about 184,754 people in Brandenburg, Germany. OttoAnna lists 56 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Zoom H4n. One of the most widely used field recorders of the 2010s, with X/Y mics and two XLR inputs.

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