The chimes of Saint Nicolas

Church bells at Saint Nicolas des Champs in Le Marais, Paris, chime 11 o'clock in December 2023. There are two major roads either side of the church, which are constantly busy with noisy traffic and mean that this once peaceful oasis is almost drowned out by car traffic. Even the chiming of the bells has difficulty cutting through and making itself clear in the soundscape.

Recorded by Cities and Memory. 

IMAGE: Mbzt, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https-//creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons