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Speaking of Amsterdam Airport and noise pollution, through the whole airport there are speakers that repeat the phrase "Mind your step" every 10 seconds of so.

Speaking of Amsterdam Airport and noise pollution, through the whole airport there are speakers that repeat the phrase "Mind your step" every 10 seconds of so. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uTySV1Gkh4&t=28s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uTySV1Gkh4&t=28s I've had to spend quite a bit of time at the airport unfortunately (say 6 hours each time) and it felt almost like Chinese water torture. I could hear it for the next day after leaving the airport. I find it very hostile.

stevesimmons 8y ago
If you regularly travel through Schiphol, you quickly work out where and where not to sit. Don't sit for an hour at a gate closest to end of a moving footpath. You will indeed go mad from the "Mind your step" and other announcements. If you leave from the D pier, for instance, enjoy a coffee at the restaurant halfway down until 30 mins before your flight departs. Then walk to your gate, getting there just in time to stand near the front of the queue for your boarding group. (I had three years of travelling Schiphol to London each week, and now do it roughly monthly...)
- adamnemecek 8y ago
  Haha, thanks for the heads up. I've been there less than 10 times total and I tried to figure it out previously but I never wanted to go too far from my gate. I'll keep this in mind for next time.
jacquesm 8y ago
These are typically at the exits of the moving walkways to warn people that they are about to hit terra firma, and face first if they are not paying attention which is pretty easy given the length of some of them.
- adamnemecek 8y ago
  You are correct but it's hard to escape that sound. Maybe I was always at the wrong terminal.
- maxxxxx 8y ago
  Hearing "Mind your step" all the time won't help with this. I was at Amsterdam airport and hearing this hundreds of times drove me crazy while at the same time wondering what it means. They should put up signs at the end of each walkway so you get a warning in context. Hearing "Mind your step" while sitting at the gate doesn't help.
  - adamnemecek 8y ago
    Haha yeah even 20 minutes is too much.

stevesimmons 8y ago

If you regularly travel through Schiphol, you quickly work out where and where not to sit. Don't sit for an hour at a gate closest to end of a moving footpath. You will indeed go mad from the "Mind your step" and other announcements. If you leave from the D pier, for instance, enjoy a coffee at the restaurant halfway down until 30 mins before your flight departs. Then walk to your gate, getting there just in time to stand near the front of the queue for your boarding group. (I had three years of travelling Schiphol to London each week, and now do it roughly monthly...)

adamnemecek 8y ago
Haha, thanks for the heads up. I've been there less than 10 times total and I tried to figure it out previously but I never wanted to go too far from my gate. I'll keep this in mind for next time.

jacquesm 8y ago

These are typically at the exits of the moving walkways to warn people that they are about to hit terra firma, and face first if they are not paying attention which is pretty easy given the length of some of them.

adamnemecek 8y ago
You are correct but it's hard to escape that sound. Maybe I was always at the wrong terminal.
maxxxxx 8y ago
Hearing "Mind your step" all the time won't help with this. I was at Amsterdam airport and hearing this hundreds of times drove me crazy while at the same time wondering what it means. They should put up signs at the end of each walkway so you get a warning in context. Hearing "Mind your step" while sitting at the gate doesn't help.
- adamnemecek 8y ago
  Haha yeah even 20 minutes is too much.