Every summer it happens again. A little village in northern Germany gets run over by hordes of metal heads. And for one reason or another, the villagers seem to love that invasion. Metalheads can be a bit weird, with their black clothes, their funny outfits, their loud music, their make-up even. But stil, the villagers welcome them every year. A crowd that’s more than 20 times the size of the village. Now why is that I ask myself. Is it because of the traffic jams every big festival brings year after year? Can’t imagine that. Is it for the nights ruined by loud music? Don’t think so. Is it because maybe, the villagers have an extra bit of income because of the festival? Maybe, but I still don’t think so. As far as I’m concerned, it’s because Wacken Open Air is simply one of the best places anyone can spend a summer weekend.
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The Village W.O.A has it’s own language. Not only because the festival attracts visitors from all over the world. Also because Wacken is Wacken. The Wackinger Village is a nice place to relax. Never have I seen such a variety in food on a festival. The choice is amazing. I was at W.O.A. for five days in 2014. About every meal I took, I chose something else. I didn’t need to eat the same twice. Not even close. And the food is simply delicious. Not only to festival standards. You would probably chose most of their food when going out in your own town. Relaxing isn’t about food alone. Relaxing is an experience at W.O.A. There aren’t many festivals of this size where they offer you such wide choice in things to see. Knights in shining armor? They got them. Post apocalyptic village? They ride around the field in their own vehicles. They even are dressed up as if the apocalypse happened two weeks ago, and they
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are still recovering from it. The atmosphere in the Wackinger village is just amazing. People come there to really take some time of from the crowded, noisy festival just a short walk away. And even with the festival that close, you feel like in a different world.