Sliding at Shrovetide
Shrovetide is celebrated February 13. In a church-like sense, The Shrovetide is seven weeks before the Easter holiday to be celebrated. The…
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Setting Fire to the Masonry Heater
Near Tampere railway station stands in 1920 built residential brick building called Lompanlinna. Lompanlinna was originally built for railwaymen but today it…
Demonstration Against the Active Model
The active model for unemployment benefits was put into effect on 1 January 2018 in Finland. unemployed person will be required to…
Presidential Election Stands at Central Square
Finland has a presidential election every six years, in which a President of Finland is elected in two rounds on the basis…
Frenckell Factory at 12 am
A Clock tower placed In the Tampere central square that is part of the formal Frenckell Paper Factory. It was the first…
Brokindsleden – The sounds of traffic
The sound of traffic in the 21st Century. In not so many years this sound might be gone for good. When The…
Water closet
Water closet from the 1940s, located in the textile fabric Göteborgs Remfabrik. Original porcelain, seat and flush device. Recorded by Magdalena Åkerström.…
Transmission system
Transmission system at Göteborgs Remfabrik. The Transmission system at Göteborgs Remfabrik runs looms and winding machines. It is original from when the…
Singer sewing machine
Singer sewing machine Singer sewing machine at Götebortgs Remfabrik. Age is unknown, but the sewing machine might be from the factory's beginning…
Loom for straps
Loom for straps at Göteborgs Remfabrik. Manufacture: Robert Hall & Sons, 1939. Göteborgs remfabrik originally produced straps for transmission systems. Recorded by…
IBM Electrical Typewriter
This is an electrical typewriter from 1988 manufactured by IBM. You use the keyboard to type in what you want the typewrite…
Christmas Shopping sounds
Recorded early in the afternoon in the shopping mall "Gränden" in Linköping Sweden. Subtle sounds but still busy surroundings. A Christmas soundscape.…
Knäppingsborg Christmas shopping soundscape.
This is the sound of a quite popular market area in central Norrköping, and there is a bustling crowd ready to go…
Shopping mall in Krakow in Christmas time
Soundscape of Christmas shopping recorded in one of Krakow’s shopping malls. The sound was recorded in the lobby of Galeria Krakowska –…
Krakow Cloth Hall in Christmas time
Soundscape of the Cloth Hall (Sukiennice) during the Christmas market in Krakow. Cloth Hall, located in the heart of the Krakow central…
Christmas market in Krakow
Soundscape of Christmas market in Krakow. The Christmas market in Krakow takes place every year on the city’s central square, Rynek Glowny,…