Old elevator, Cairo

Dec 12, 2022, 12:46 PM

Do you have a claustrophobic fear of antique elevators?

Well, Cairo’s antique elevators can be more than one hundred years old and date from the era when European architects moulded Cairo’s streets. They are glorious and glitchy and can either be loved or feared - feel like stepping back in time?

Recorded by Rafael Diogo as part of the Cities and Memory Cairo city sound guide.