"the holy Wacken land" Wacken by mindcrime

Wacken Travel Guide: 16 reviews and 45 photos

Wacken is a just a small village in the middle of Schleswig-Holstein area in Germany, one hour away from Hamburg. The 2000 inhabitants have a peaceful daily life, feed their cows and horses for 361 days a year but at the beginning of August every year for 4 days 70.000 crazy metalheads come here to have fun and listen to some of the greatest heavy metal bands. It’s a paradise for the fans of this music because you have the opportunity to listen some of the 80 bands that play here every year but it’s not only the music but also the feeling of meeting people from all over the world (from Chile to Japan) that share their passion for music (from hard rock to black metal and everything between).

Wacken Open Air festival is by far the biggest metal festival in the world but when it was first held (in 1990) it was just a small one with some local unkown bands. I attented the festival for the first time in 2002 when it was already a huge event with 4 stages. I returned back in 2006 but it was 2009 (20th anniversary of the festival) when we had to buy our ticket 9 months in advance because the festival went sold out before Christmas!!! This year they included some smaller stages outside the stage site for some smaller bands.

TROUBLE live in Wacken 2009

So, don’t wait for your favorite band to confirm that they play in Wacken, you will definitely find some bands to listen to among the more than 80 bands that play in Wacken every year. The ticket costs (2009) 120 euro and includes the entrance to the camping area.

Pros and Cons

Pros:louder than hell
Cons:louder than hell :)

Last visit to Wacken: Aug 2009
Intro Updated Feb 24, 2011
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extreme sports Things to Do (3)

You can just hear the music and sing along like the majority of the people here but some metalheads participate in some... more travel advice

the village Things to Do (3)

Wacken village is just an ordinary village with nothing really important to see. So, I guess no others than the... more travel advice

the main stages (true and black) - Wacken

the music and the bands! Things to Do (3)

That’s why you are here anyway! Long live Rock N Roll! There is live music from early in the morning till 03.00am!! The... more travel advice

don’t drink too much Warnings and Dangers (1)

Getting drunk at 10.00am aint good! I saw many people lying on the mud or the getting help by nurses. There are people... more travel advice

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oriettaIT Jun 30, 2012 at 12:18 PM

how did I missed this page? Fun read! but now I want to know how many of those extreme sports you have tried!!!
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Aitana Aug 21, 2010 at 4:10 PM

A good page, even for non heavy metal fans.
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angiebabe Sep 2, 2009 at 4:41 AM

All u need to know for the Wacky Wacken festival here-so dont need to go myself now thanx!(haha Im not a heavy metal fan-&u made me laugh about Rockslide festival!sounds dangerous!but was going to go1yr to the Roskilde music festival-maybe I still will..)
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nickandchris Aug 30, 2009 at 7:54 AM

Oh, those festivals, I remember sleeping in the mud and not being able to find our tent amongst the thousands there!! Looks a great festival.
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ozalp Aug 28, 2009 at 12:22 AM

What a contradiction! Still laughing some of your comments. And I enjoyed your writing so much, so I may even consider joining you next year. :)