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Village ambience

33, Woluwestraat, Zaventem, Halle-Vilvoorde, Vlaams-Brabant, Vlaanderen, 1930, België / Belgique / Belgien

A field recording by Flavien Gillié made in Zaventem, Belgium on 14 September 2025, in the morning. Soundscape: streets & traffic and crowds & voices.

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Village ambience
Public Domain Markby Flavien GilliéInternet Archive
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Recordist's notes

Cars on cobble street, planes, bikes, people, drones from the higway and other big roads, motorcycle near the end. Voitures sur rue pavée, avions, vélos, passant•e•s, drone des voitures sur les voies rapides à côté, moto vers la fin. Tech Note : Line Audio CM4 ORTF - Zoom F3

Written by Flavien Gillié on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Zaventem is a town of about 28,188 people in Flanders, Belgium. OttoAnna lists 14 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Zoom F3. A tiny two-input 32-bit float recorder – no gain setting needed.

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