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Looking back on the Inspirationday Luwte- en Geluidsplanning

Noise is part of city life, but so is tranquillity. The challenge is to strike a balance between the two. With its innovation project Luwte- en Geluidsplanning (Calmth and Sound Planning), the city of Antwerp is investigating how noise can become an active part of urban design.

Listen with Herrie

For Herrie, a loudspeaker is more like a soft-spoken person, and life revolves around sound.

Soundtrackcity at 24 uur Zuid, looking back

On October 11, 2025, 24 uur Zuid took place. Soundtrackcity created a number of beautiful audio walks in Amsterdam-Zuid, one of which, Geluiden en Verhalen uit de Diamantbuurt, was programmed twice for this day.

Listening, learning and researching: Soundtrackcity collaborates with universities and colleges

Students from a wide range of disciplines, from social geography to interaction design, researched how listening can contribute to a deeper understanding of our urban environment.

Listening as a basis for urban development

In mid-September, Renate took part in an evening event at Het Nieuwe Instituut focusing on how listening, in all its forms, can contribute to the way we design and manage cities.

Collecting sounds and stories along the Waddensea shores

In early September, Michiel Huijsman, Hans Fidom and Jasmine Karimova gave a three-day listening workshop on the Wadden Sea coast. What could be heard?

Listen with Ineke

Ineke has lived in her oasis of tranquillity for so long that she no longer even notices the children playing outside.

Audio stream from Frankendael Community Garden Association

Soundtrackcity participated in REVEIL again this year with an audio live stream from radio.earth on 3 and 4 May. REVEIL is a relay of audio streams at sunrise during the first weekend of May, allowing you to take a 24-hour listening tour around the world. This year it was broadcast from an allotment garden, and last year from Berlin.

Michiel at Red Light Jazz Radio talking about Urban Sound Design

On Wednesday 30 April, Michiel from Soundtrackcity was a guest on Red Light Jazz Radio to discuss Urban Sound Design, with a particular focus on cars in the city.

Listen with Emma and Tessel

Emma and Tessel are roommates, and although Emma has lived in the neighbourhood for some time, Tessel also quickly felt completely at home.

Musical performance of ‘Discover home with your ears’

On 20 February, the workshop series ‘Discover at home with your ears’ came to a musical conclusion in the Amstelhuis. A report.

Ina Boiten about Soundtrackcity

The name of Soundtrackcity represents three essential elements of the artistic audio walk: sound, walking and the city, respectively, the artist’s intervention, the walker’s activity and the environment to be experienced.

Listen with Manuel

Manuel lives with his wife Els, daughter Leyla (9) and son Nikolaj (6) now for eleven years in the Van Ostadestraat

Conversations of wild chickens in the Binckhorst

Remember World Listening Day last year when Michiel streamed the conversations of the wild chickens in the Binckhorst for 24 hours? When you missed it you can now listen back

Discover home with your ears

Soundtrackcity launched its new workshop series ‘Discover home with your ears’ led by Alison Isadora, composer, and Renate Zentschnig, artistic director Urban Sound Lab, in January.

Doors to a shared dimension

In Deuren naar een gedeelde dimensie, a municipal publication on eight years of art in Stadsdeel Zuid, Urban Sound Lab was chronicled as one of 23 exemplary projects.

Oasis Berlin Alexanderplatz

The picture presents an intriguing image, a somewhat cluttered but not unattractive arrangement of lots of different parts. But what is actually in the picture, what can this constellation tell us? Where are we?

Listen with Michel

For this seventh episode of Listen with, we speak to Michel Versteeg who can distinguish the different streetcars passing through the neighborhood by their sound.

Listening walk SoundUP at Binckmarkt XL

We organised a listening walk through the Binckhorst for visitors to the Binckmarkt XL at the Caballero Factory in The Hague.

Soundtrackcity visits Red Light Jazz Radio

Oct. 30, 2024 Soundtrackcity was visiting Red Light Jazz Radio.

Listen with Juul

Juul has noticed that certain sounds belong to certain days. She also likes a bit of commotion in the city.

For WHOM is Alexanderplatz sounding?

A two-week artistic investigation in Berlin’s public space and its auditory affordances.

Listen with René

René especially appreciates human sounds and enjoys the interaction.

Listen with Christina

Christina spends a lot of time in Sarphatipark, paying particular attention to the rhythm of the sounds around her.

Listen with Angelika

Angelika came from a house full of music and experiences life as a symphony. Even in the Amstel House where she now lives, she sometimes lets that symphony of life be heard.

TRACKS, new app, new walk, new partner

TRACKS makes sound art accessible to a wide audience.

TRACKS, new app, new walk, new partner

TRACKS makes sound art accessible to a wide audience.
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Working with Communities in Wilrijk, Antwerpen

A listening workshop with residents. The results will feed into the new design of the place.

Live audio stream Westkreuz Berlin

Listen with Noa

Noa loves the lively sounds in the Pijp where merchants tout their wares with a nice Amsterdam accent.

SoundUP – Sounding Urban Places

As of January 2024, Soundtrackcity will be working within the Dutch-Swedish research project SoundUP.

Column Listen with… in De Pijpkrant

What sounds do residents of de Pijp hear and what sounds do they find appropriate in their living environment?

Listen with Huub

I listen to the way a voice vibrates, how loud someone talks and where the pauses fall.

Article about Urban Sound Lab in magazine GELUID

How can residents’ experiences help build better-sounding cities? (Article in Dutch)

Soundtrackcity helps cities to integrate sound into planning and design in a positive way

Read the longread in Noema where Michiel tells what it’s all about!

Sonic Aggregator at Urban Sound Symposium (USS) Barcelona

A lively exchange on pressing issues in overlapping fields of urban sound planning and design.

TRACKS

Soundtrackcity, our app for audiowalking has changed into TRACKS.

New release

‘Play Play Play, all day every day’. The guide is for everyone who can (and wants to) play and listen.

First Pakhuis Wilhelmina Biennal

Sounding South, call for sound artists

Open call Sounding South (now closed)

Report on sound perception – NRC article

Report on sound perception – Read the NRC article

What do you guys actually do?

We get this question a lot recently. Or in Dutch “Zeg, wat doen jullie nou eigenlijk?” Read the longread in Noema Magazine.

Urban sound design of urban public landscapes

A presentation/workshop for geography students at Utrecht University about urban sound design of urban public landscapes.

Official Presentation Listening Guide Buitenveldert & Zuid

Walk through very different sound atmospheres and experience how diverse the Zuid district sounds.

Sonic Aggregator: Soundtrackcity in Berlin

Soundtrackcity took the initiative to investigate how the sound of the city can be included in this urban redevelopement.

Discussion about listening in the time of Corona

“Did the virus re-calibrate our ears? Or did we just have more time to listen?” Listening in the time of Corona, an online discussion.

Homing inside out – a listening guide for home quarantine

Do-it-yourself home expedition filled with listening-exercises.

Corona Audio Archives

International, especially made for Covid-19 times. Favorite corona audio archives.

Open Call: How do you experience a quieter city?

Share your sound impression with Soundtrackcity.

All Soundtrackcity walks now free

Stay inside and walk through the city at the same time.

Report symposium Sonic West

21 November 2019 we organised a short symposium: Collective urbanism through a multiplicity of listening.

Seminar: Let’s Talk Listening

The seminar Let’s Talk Listening was about the performance of listening in democratic processes.

Seminar speaker | Dr. ir. Annelies Jacobs, Maastricht University

Presentation at Geluid als Stadmaker (Sound as City Maker).

Seminar speaker | Trond Maag, Urbanist

Sound quality for the everyday city. Presentation at Geluid als Stadmaker (Sound as City Maker).

Seminar speaker | Irene van Kamp, RIVM

Presentation at Geluid als Stadmaker (Sound as City Maker)

Event Crowdsourcing Mr. Visserplein

A one-day event organised by Soundtrackcity to present and discuss the results of the project Crowdsourcing Mr. Visserplein.

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