Ravioli time at “Camp of Lost Souls”
Despite the bad weather and mud, all residents and locals would help the festival guests, everyone would start talking to each other right away, reports Hofmann. There are enough showers with hot water. And: “Because of the arrival stop, it’s not as crowded as in previous years. More space, everything is more relaxed.” Hofmann and his friends from Thuringia and Munich have been coming to the Wacken Festival every year since 2018. “Until now I only knew it dusty and dry.”
His squad has given itself the name “Camp of lost souls” and stays in four tents with a pavilion in the middle. Underneath, “we sit and chat and eat whatever you can heat up in water: ravioli or ready-made pasta.” In addition to chatting and beer – of course, they “brought plenty of supplies” – Wacken is all about metal music. “The main reason for me to be here is the performance of Iron Maiden. You don’t see them every day. Heavy metal from the old school,” says Danny Hofmann looking forward to Friday evening.
With the swallow meandered past the giant traffic jam
The observations of the Erzgebirger match the information provided by the organizers. Accordingly, only half of the campsites are occupied. Because of the sodden ground, a visitor stop was set and around 35,000 fans had to turn back. According to the Itzehoe police, there are around 50,000 fans on the site. Also Frans van der Kamp from Ottendorf-Okrilla.
On Tuesday, the 24-year-old drove past the kilometer-long queue of cars on the B5 in his red Schwalbe, built in 1985, and managed to get onto the muddy terrain with his wristband. There he met eight friends from Saxon Switzerland. “Yes, it’s a bit wetter than 2022. But the organizers can’t help it. They’re doing their best,” says the metal fan. Visitors would have to help themselves with rubber or work boots. “If all else fails, you continue barefoot,” says Frans van der Kamp.
Jo, I made it to the site with my Simson Schwalbe and we’re having a mud fight.
Frans van der Kamp Instagram post to MDR SACHSEN
The mood? “Very solid”
Why is the young man doing this to himself? “Sometimes I ask myself that too, I have no idea,” he says, laughing. Then he tells MDR SACHSEN about his long journey on the Schwalbe. He had met friends on the Baltic Sea. “And since I’m already in the north, why not go straight to Wacken?” After three daily stages, Frans van der Kamp was there. Despite the rain, “the atmosphere in the festival village is very solid. Everyone makes the best of it.” His only worry about the weather is whether the tents and pavilions will hold out until Sunday.
If necessary, the Moritzburg Festival will move to the church
The chamber music festival at Moritzburg Castle near Dresden also wants to withstand the weather. Should rain or bad weather intervene, the organizers point out that the concerts “will be moved to the Moritzburg Church and start 15 minutes later”. The Moritzburg Festival for Chamber Music starts on Friday and runs until August 20th. The skills of soloists from the international music scene from all over the world are celebrated.
2023-08-04 00:16:20
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