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Walking on the square

Pl. Viktorias 14, Athina 104 34, Greece

A 5-minute field recording by udo noll made in Athens, Greece on 7 April 2016, in the evening. Soundscape: crowds & voices, parks & gardens and soundwalks.

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Walking on the square
5:00CC BY 3.0by udo nollInternet Archive
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Recordist's notes

walking over Victoria square. The place is quite populated, mainly by refugees, who used to have their tents here recently. Passing a corner where food is distributed to people, and kids are sitting around drawing pictures on paper. (Sony PCM D50, OKM2)

Written by udo noll on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Athens is a city of about 664,046 people in Attica, Greece. OttoAnna lists 60 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Binaural microphones. Microphones worn in the ears (or in a dummy head) that capture sound as a listener hears it – best experienced on headphones.

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