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Honey, are you going to put our boat in the garage?

No joke. This boat is laying alongside a little pier on the coast of Saaremaa (Estonia, Europe) near the Baltic … More

Baltic Sea, cars, estonia, Europe, island, noise, pier, port, road, Saaremaa, sea, silent, sound, sunk, water

The Dutch biker’s union creates pictures that impact

I was just browsing linkedin, when I saw an image that Marco Te Brömmelstroet, Associate Professor in Urban Planning at the … More

Amsterdam, autocar, biker union, bus, cars, inner city, Marco Te Brömmelstroet, noise, pedestrian, people, ruimtegebruik, silence diary, silent, smell, sound, street, university, urban management, urban planning

Sound of birds simulates green park feeling in inner-city car park

I took me a while, yesterday, before I noticed where the birds were. On the top floor of an inner-city … More

Antwerp, Belgium, birds, car park, cars, Europe, Flanders, green, inner city, loudspeaker, park, relax, silence diary, singing, sound

Morning in the mist

Not a gorilla to spot 🙂 But looking to my backyard fields in the mist was relaxing, this morning. As … More

background noise, backyard, Belgium, cars, Europe, fields, Flanders, garden, house, mist, morning, N42, neighbors, silence, silence diary, silent, sound, trucks, view, Zottegem

Residential seminar in a cottage in the midst of the fields

Yesterday I arrived in Limburg (The Netherlands) in a cottage in the midst of the open fields. The cottage was … More

A67, bed, bed room, car, cars, cottage, earplug, Europe, holiday, Limburg, meeting, meeting venue, night, noise, rest, Sevenum, silence, silence diary, sleep, sleeping room, sound, the netherlands, trucks, Venlo

Small streets of Brussels not beneficial for sound levels

I was trying to find that old train picture for the other blog post, just a minute ago. That’s when … More

Belgium, Brussels, bus, cars, engines, fuel, Galleries Saint Hubert, gasses, inner city, noise, pedestrian, road, silence, sound, street, traffic, truck, walking

Craeybeckx-tunnel exhaust outlets produce a lot of background noise

The picture shows one of the exhaust outlets of the Craeybeckx-tunnel that connects the E19 between Brussels and Antwerp to … More

Antwerp, Belgium, Brussels, cars, Craeybeckx-tunnel, E19, Europe, exhaust, exhaust outlet, Flanders, green lung, highway, house, neighbors, noise, outlet, park, R1, silence, silence diary, silent, sound, trucks, Wilrijk

My dad already tried to put sound on the political agenda in Antwerp in the late seventies

This evening, I have to pick up my daughters after I left my client’s office in the vicinity of Brussels. … More

Antwerp, Arthur Lagast, Brussels, cars, Craeybeckx-tunnel, E19, Edegem, highway, Jules Moretuslei, main road, Mortsel, petition, R11, ring, silence, silence diary, silent, sound, Spoorweglaan, trucks, Wilrijk

What a wonderful Sunday morning

Waw. This morning is exceptional. At the end of September, I am eating breakfast on my terrace, enjoying the sun, … More

airplane, birds, cars, chicken, Flanders, house, insects, neighbor, neighbors, noise, silence, silent, sound, sunday

Flemish green party to support silence

Last week, I sent out a small survey to the presidents of the political parties that are competing for a … More

area, Belgium, Brakel, cars, cell phone, concert, construction site, Europe, festival, Flanders, green, green party, groen, health, Heidi Schuddinck, Horebeke, music, noise abatement zone, open-air, silence, silent, sound, trees, volume, walk, wood, Zottegem

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