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map: 0tjcDjavolja Varos, Serbia
Visit on a windy day to hear the eerie sounds and see the strange hoodoos, which have led this place to named Devil’s Town.
map: 1tjcSound Mirrors
Acoustic mirrors were an attempt to detect enemy aircraft flying towards England in the early twentieth century.
map: 1tjcSound Mirrors
Acoustic mirrors were an attempt to detect enemy aircraft flying towards England in the early twentieth century.
map: 1tjcSound Mirrors
Acoustic mirrors were an attempt to detect enemy aircraft flying towards England in the early twentieth century.
map: 1tjcSound Mirrors
Acoustic mirrors were an attempt to detect enemy aircraft flying towards England in the early twentieth century.
map: 1tjcSound Mirrors
Acoustic mirrors were an attempt to detect enemy aircraft flying towards England in the early twentieth century.
map: 1tjcSound Mirrors
Acoustic mirrors were an attempt to detect enemy aircraft flying towards England in the early twentieth century.
map: 1tjcSound Mirrors
Acoustic mirrors were an attempt to detect enemy aircraft flying towards England in the early twentieth century.
map: 1tjcBig Ben
London’s famous soundmark
map: 1tjcWhispering Gallery, Grand Central Station
A whispering gallery found in a surprising place, Grand Central Terminal in New York, one of the largest railway stations in the World,
map: 1tjcFog Horns
Fog horns played a vital role in protecting shipping. Although fewer are sounding nowadays, the silent machinery form strange sculptural features on coastlines.
map: 1tjcFog Horns
Fog horns played a vital role in protecting shipping. Although fewer are sounding nowadays, the silent machinery form strange sculptural features on coastlines.
map: 1tjcFog Horns
Fog horns played a vital role in protecting shipping. Although fewer are sounding nowadays, the silent machinery form strange sculptural features on coastlines.
map: 1tjcFog Horns
Fog horns played a vital role in protecting shipping. Although fewer are sounding nowadays, the silent machinery form strange sculptural features on coastlines.
map: 1tjcChurch Bells: Ringing The Changes
Church bells ringing the changes is a quintesential English sound and there are many opportunities to hear the peals.
map: 1tjcSteam railway engines, UK
Re-live the atmospheric sounds of old railways and trains by visiting one of the numerous renovated lines around the UK.
map: 1tjcSteam railway engines, UK
Re-live the atmospheric sounds of old railways and trains by visiting one of the numerous renovated lines around the UK.
map: 1tjcAnimated Clock, Goslar, Germany
Watch and listen to the animated town clock at this UNESCO World Heritage site
map: 1tjcGolkonda, India
Get a guide to demonstrate the clapping telephone which was used to signal over long distances in this ancient city.
map: 1tjcEar of Dionysius, Sicily, Italy
Legend has it that the acoustic focus in this cavern was exploited to enable the whispers of prisioners held here to be overheard. However today, only the reverberance of this vast space can be enjoyed.
map: 1tjcSinging roads
Drive over a cattle grid and you get a distinctive ringing sound. But why not take that further and have lots of ridges in the road which play whole tunes, even if the melodies are pretty tuneless!
map: 1tjcSinging roads
Drive over a cattle grid and you get a distinctive ringing sound. But why not take that further and have lots of ridges in the road which play whole tunes, even if the melodies are pretty tuneless!
map: 1tjcSinging roads
Drive over a cattle grid and you get a distinctive ringing sound. But why not take that further and have lots of ridges in the road which play whole tunes, even if the melodies are pretty tuneless!
map: 1tjcSinging roads
Drive over a cattle grid and you get a distinctive ringing sound. But why not take that further and have lots of ridges in the road which play whole tunes, even if the melodies are pretty tuneless!
map: 1tjcSinging roads
Drive over a cattle grid and you get a distinctive ringing sound. But why not take that further and have lots of ridges in the road which play whole tunes, even if the melodies are pretty tuneless!
map: 1tjcSinging roads
Drive over a cattle grid and you get a distinctive ringing sound. But why not take that further and have lots of ridges in the road which play whole tunes, even if the melodies are pretty tuneless!
map: 1tjcBell Caves, Israel
What makes the echoing sound of these caves unusual, is the way the different chambers are connected together. They are named the Bell Caves because of the shape, which also seems an appropriate name for a place with such interesting acoustics.
map: 1tjcChateaux Echo, Chinon, France
Follow the road sign to the echo and perform a strange local rhyme which exploits the distinctive echo
map: 2tjcWhispering Gallery, St Paul`s Cathedral
St Paul’s Cathedral includes a circular whispering gallery as well as impressive reverberation
map: 2tjcGreenwich Foot Tunnel
Startling distortions of footsteps and voices in this incredibly reverberant and atmospheric foot tunnel.
map: 2tjcQuarry Bank Mill, Styal, Cheshire
The noise of just one cotton machine running in this museum is pretty bad, it must have been horrendous at the height of the industrial revolution when everything and everyone was working flat out.
map: 2tjcFog Horns
Fog horns played a vital role in protecting shipping. Although fewer are sounding nowadays, the silent machinery form strange sculptural features on coastlines.
map: 2tjcChurch Bells: Ringing The Changes
Church bells ringing the changes is a quintesential English sound and there are many opportunities to hear the peals.
map: 2tjcSea Bird Cliffs, UK
Hear the cries of vast sea bird colonies when the breeding and chick season is in full swing in spring and summer.
map: 2tjcSea Bird Cliffs, UK
Hear the cries of vast sea bird colonies when the breeding and chick season is in full swing in spring and summer.
map: 2tjcSea Bird Cliffs, UK
Hear the cries of vast sea bird colonies when the breeding and chick season is in full swing in spring and summer.
map: 2tjcSea Bird Cliffs, UK
Hear the cries of vast sea bird colonies when the breeding and chick season is in full swing in spring and summer.
map: 2tjcSea Bird Cliffs, UK
Hear the cries of vast sea bird colonies when the breeding and chick season is in full swing in spring and summer.
map: 2tjcSea Bird Cliffs, UK
Hear the cries of vast sea bird colonies when the breeding and chick season is in full swing in spring and summer.
map: 2tjcSea Bird Cliffs, UK
Hear the cries of vast sea bird colonies when the breeding and chick season is in full swing in spring and summer.
map: 2tjcSea Bird Cliffs, UK
Hear the cries of vast sea bird colonies when the breeding and chick season is in full swing in spring and summer.
map: 2tjcSea Bird Cliffs, UK
Hear the cries of vast sea bird colonies when the breeding and chick season is in full swing in spring and summer.
map: 2tjcSteam railway engines, UK
Re-live the atmospheric sounds of old railways and trains by visiting one of the numerous renovated lines around the UK.
map: 2tjcSteam railway engines, UK
Re-live the atmospheric sounds of old railways and trains by visiting one of the numerous renovated lines around the UK.
map: 2tjcJökulsárlón glacier lagoon, Iceland
Experience amazing quiet punctuated by creaking icebergs – provided there aren’t too many tourists or birds about!
map: 2tjcSqueakings Sands
A beautiful beach, the wind in the hair, the waves lapping on the shore, the soothing sound of squeaking underfoot – yes you did read it right, some beaches squeak!
map: 2tjcSqueakings Sands
A beautiful beach, the wind in the hair, the waves lapping on the shore, the soothing sound of squeaking underfoot – yes you did read it right, some beaches squeak!
map: 2tjcSqueakings Sands
A beautiful beach, the wind in the hair, the waves lapping on the shore, the soothing sound of squeaking underfoot – yes you did read it right, some beaches squeak!
map: 2tjcNorias of Hama, Syria
Water wheels are not uncommon, but the groaning and creaking from these ancient norias is truely remarkable and unexpected.
map: 2tjcSinging Ringing Tree, UK
The Singing, Ringing Tree sits high on the Pennine Moors in the UK, using wind to generate discordant and haunting sounds.
map: 2tjcWay of Silence, Italy
This tiny beautiful island has a ‘Way of Silence’ – a way-marked soundwalk which heightens you hearing.
map: 2tjcColoured Canyon, Egypt
A place to hear nothing. Although you might be surprised to find out when you get there, that your body isn’t as quiet as you think.
map: 2tjcStonehenge Replica, Maryhill, USA
A chance to go back in time and get an impression of what our ancestors heard within Stonehenge.
map: 3tjcGreat Court British Museum
An amazing cacophony of indistinct speech and other blurred sounds in the largest covered public square in Europe
map: 3tjcSound Mirrors
Acoustic mirrors were an attempt to detect enemy aircraft flying towards England in the early twentieth century.
map: 3tjcSea Bird Cliffs, UK
Hear the cries of vast sea bird colonies when the breeding and chick season is in full swing in spring and summer.
map: 3tjcEl Castillo, Chichen Itza, Mexico
Echoes off buildings are common, but not ones that distort sound like this ancient pyramid. It creates the chirp of a bird; maybe even the sacred quetzal bird
map: 3tjcVienna Musikverein, Austria
Possibly the best concert hall in the World for classical music: the acoustic of the place embellishes the music from the orchestra, to make the famous golden sound.
map: 3tjcBaptistry, Pisa, Italy
The rich reverberant sound in the Baptistry of Pisa lasts an astonishingly long time, to the delight of all tourists, not just sound-ones.
map: 3tjcGol Gumbaz Mausoleum, Bijapur, India
Many guide books note the crazy acoustics in this mausoleum: it is both a whispering gallery and also an echo chamber where sounds can be heard repeating 7-10 times.
map: 3tjcBooming Sand Dunes
Singing sand dunes, or maybe that should be droning sand dunes, are surprisingly loud. This fascinating phenomenon has created heated debates among scientists: what makes the dunes boom, and why do some dunes sing while others remain silent?
map: 3tjcBooming Sand Dunes
Singing sand dunes, or maybe that should be droning sand dunes, are surprisingly loud. This fascinating phenomenon has created heated debates among scientists: what makes the dunes boom, and why do some dunes sing while others remain silent?
map: 3tjcBooming Sand Dunes
Singing sand dunes, or maybe that should be droning sand dunes, are surprisingly loud. This fascinating phenomenon has created heated debates among scientists: what makes the dunes boom, and why do some dunes sing while others remain silent?
map: 3tjcBooming Sand Dunes
Singing sand dunes, or maybe that should be droning sand dunes, are surprisingly loud. This fascinating phenomenon has created heated debates among scientists: what makes the dunes boom, and why do some dunes sing while others remain silent?
map: 3tjcBooming Sand Dunes
Singing sand dunes, or maybe that should be droning sand dunes, are surprisingly loud. This fascinating phenomenon has created heated debates among scientists: what makes the dunes boom, and why do some dunes sing while others remain silent?
map: 3tjcBooming Sand Dunes
Singing sand dunes, or maybe that should be droning sand dunes, are surprisingly loud. This fascinating phenomenon has created heated debates among scientists: what makes the dunes boom, and why do some dunes sing while others remain silent?
map: 3tjcBooming Sand Dunes
Singing sand dunes, or maybe that should be droning sand dunes, are surprisingly loud. This fascinating phenomenon has created heated debates among scientists: what makes the dunes boom, and why do some dunes sing while others remain silent?
map: 3tjcBooming Sand Dunes
Singing sand dunes, or maybe that should be droning sand dunes, are surprisingly loud. This fascinating phenomenon has created heated debates among scientists: what makes the dunes boom, and why do some dunes sing while others remain silent?
map: 3tjcBooming Sand Dunes
Singing sand dunes, or maybe that should be droning sand dunes, are surprisingly loud. This fascinating phenomenon has created heated debates among scientists: what makes the dunes boom, and why do some dunes sing while others remain silent?
map: 3tjcBooming Sand Dunes
Singing sand dunes, or maybe that should be droning sand dunes, are surprisingly loud. This fascinating phenomenon has created heated debates among scientists: what makes the dunes boom, and why do some dunes sing while others remain silent?
map: 3tjcBooming Sand Dunes
Singing sand dunes, or maybe that should be droning sand dunes, are surprisingly loud. This fascinating phenomenon has created heated debates among scientists: what makes the dunes boom, and why do some dunes sing while others remain silent?
map: 3tjcBooming Sand Dunes
Singing sand dunes, or maybe that should be droning sand dunes, are surprisingly loud. This fascinating phenomenon has created heated debates among scientists: what makes the dunes boom, and why do some dunes sing while others remain silent?
map: 3tjcBooming Sand Dunes
Singing sand dunes, or maybe that should be droning sand dunes, are surprisingly loud. This fascinating phenomenon has created heated debates among scientists: what makes the dunes boom, and why do some dunes sing while others remain silent?
map: 3tjcTikal pyramids, Guatemala
Echoes off this pyramid create an unexpected chirping sound. But did the ancient Mayan’s deliberately design this acoustic effect into the building?
map: 3tjcSea organ, Zadar, Croatia
The organ buried in Zadar’s promenade makes a haunting but harmonious sound. Air is driven through the organ pipes by the motion of the sea.
map: 3tjcGreat Stalacpipe Organ, USA
Ringing stalactites create strange ethereal sounds – an ideal musical instrument for new-age rock music?!
map: 3tjcWhistled language, Canary Islands
How do you communicate over large distances when your mobile phone runs out of charge or there is no network coverage – use a whistling language!

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