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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

Presentation

Listening Session OPEN EAR

De Roze Tanker in Amsterdam Noord
Go on a journey through space and time via sound during this listening session in the OPEN EAR series.
Slagroom @ Binckhorstlaan 151 2516 BA Den Haag
In recent months, students from Sonology have been recording ambient sounds in the Binckhorst. These sounds form the basis for this special concert

Updates

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.
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.