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What does the City Sound like?

Go on a voyage of discovery with Urban Sound Lab and explore the sounds of southern Amsterdam.

What does the City Sound like?

Go on a voyage of discovery with Urban Sound Lab and explore the sounds of southern Amsterdam.

Sound of the South

Residents of southern Amsterdam have been collecting the sounds from their neighbourhood since 2021. Using Urban Sound Lab’s interactive map you can listen to which sounds they experience as typical of their area. You can also add sounds to this archive.

Join! What is your sound of the south?

What do you think is the most characteristic, annoying, reassuring or beautiful sound is in southern Amsterdam? Share it using Urban Sound Lab.

Discover the city with your ears – Audio walks

Every tile hides a story, histories hide behind every facade. Soundtrackcity’s audio tours bring them to life. A team of artists, filmmakers, musicians and playwrights stimulate the imagination with audio walks through Amsterdam, Hoorn, Leiden, The Hague, Vlieland, Rotterdam and Brussels that can be downloaded for free.

Calendar

Audiowalk and follow-up conversation ‘Steenklank’

De Dageraad, Burgemeester Tellegenstraat 128, Amsterdam
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On 25 October 2.30pm, Soundtrackcity will organise the audio walk ‘Steenklank’ in collaboration with OBA CC Amstel. The walk is directed by Anne Rooschüz.
CC Amstel, Cullinanplein 1, Amsterdam
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Sign up for the audiowalk and follow-up conversation ‘Sounds and stories from the Diamantbuurt’ 0n 11 October at CC Amstel, Amsterdam.

Updates

How can residents’ experiences help build better-sounding cities? (Article in Dutch)
‘Play Play Play, all day every day’. The guide is for everyone who can (and wants to) play and listen.