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Recordist's notes
The Schlossplatz fountain is a little unpredictable in timing. The water plays for about 7 or 8 minutes, then stops. After another 10 minutes it perhaps starts again. When it stops the water continues to move creating lapping and glugging sound until calming into a total flat surface that perfectly reflects images of the surrounding buildings. When the water is so flat and reflective crows and pigeons regularly try to land on it. Not a good idea, but they always realise this just in time.
About the place
Braunschweig is a city of about 244,715 people in Lower Saxony, Germany. OttoAnna lists 165 field recordings from here.
Recorded nearby
Shopping Mall atmosphere, overlooking the chess playing area
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Closing time
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Tosca
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Mysterious Melody
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Summer boats on the Oker recorded underwater
Braunschweig, Germany
Stadtgeläut before Christmas
Braunschweig, Germany
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Sources & credits
- “The Schlossplatz fountain ends and water laps afterwards, Schloßpl. 1, 38100 Braunschweig, Germany - The Schlossplatz fountain ends and water laps afterwards” by Peter Cusack – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0