GENERAL INFO
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LOCATION
Wacken lies about 50km north of Hamburg. You can find a more detailed map of Wacken and the position of the festival area here.
FESTIVAL AREA
In the center you can see the Old Village – a historical village, surrounded by a mystical spruce wood. The old village is full of peddlers, craftsman and pints.
At the Old Chapel there were smaller concerts and art shows in regular intervals. Amongst them are fire shows, magician shows, knights battles as well as shows of minstrels.
The market itself offered a big selection of historical merchants and craftsmen touting for the coins of their customers. We tasted several culinary delicacies, the taverns and innkeepers offered a big selection of drinks, and we enjoyed some activities and animation there!
Ice Palace: Ice pillars and other frosty illusions create the ambient for this special place. This main stage has an own location inside a big closed (heated to 20-25 degrees) tent. Around the tent there was a cosy area with woodchips, heaters and some food- and merch-stands.
The Theatre of Grace bordered directly to the markets of the Old Village. The stage is inside a (heated) big hall where you could also find the merchandise stands from the festival, the Wacken Foundation and Full Metal Army. The bands played in rotation with the Ice Palace bands, but sadly – in contrary to the amazing sound in the Ice Palace – the sound was a off and way too loud in the Theatre.
At the border of the Old Village and on the road towards the Ice Palace you could find the Mystic Woods, with bars, seats and possibilities to warm up integrated into the trees. This corner is mostly wind- and weather protected in case of any not so optimal weather conditions. In the Wood Bar and the Forester’s House you could get a wide range of warm and cold drinks: several different beers, warm wines like mead, „Hot Deer“, Dragon Ember (with or without booze) and also non alcoholic drinks like hot apple-cherry punch. The warm drinks were served in awesome classical clay mugs!
In regular intervals the woods were visited (or haunted) by magic creatures, musicians, gleeman and jugglers.
FOOD & DRINKS
At Wacken Winter Nights you can find a great culinary diversity, including vegetarian and vegan food. Special attention is payed to organic produce. You can taste several culinary delicacies – all of them handmade in a traditional way.
Further the mead is calling out of every corner! Taverns and innkeepers offered a big selection of hot and cold drinks, like beer, (mulled) mead, (mulled) wine and lots of non-alcoholic beverages.
A breakfast buffet was possible on Saturday and Sunday from 09.00 am – 12.00 pm at the Landgasthof “Zur Post” (Zum Wackinger) and there was also the possibility to buy food and other necessities at the supermarkets and bakeries in the village or the breakfast point at the campsite.
ACCOMMODATIONS
!! Camping with low temperature and snow !!
Camping directly at or inside of your vehicle is allowed at WWN. It was really cold at night, so we would recommend staying in a camper or something, because we could only imagine how cold it would have been to sleep in a small tent.
Camperpark
For all festival visitors who arrived with campers, caravans and winter tents or similar vehicles there was also space on the campsite. We rented a camping spot with an own power supply, so we could charge our devices and use a fan heater (which was amazing to have with us!!). For a fee they offered a supply of fresh water and a disposal of the waste water tanks too.
Wooden Cabins
Visitors of Wacken Winter Nights who do not want to renounce on a bit of comfort and a warm sleeping and living room could book a wood log hut with power supply and heating, but they sold out really fast, as there were not a lot of these huts available.
Hotels
A list of hotels nearby Wacken Winter Nights.
SHUTTLE
There were two shuttle bus lines during the Wacken Winter Nights to Itzehoe train station and other villages in the neighbourhood.
There was an other shuttle bus line between the campsite, Wacken Main Street & Wackinger, Wacken Church, the supermarkets and the festival area. It was €5 for a bracelet for the whole weekend to take this shuttle when needed.
WACKEN WINTER BAG
Every owner of a 3-Day Ticket could get their Winter Bag at the entrance, including a WWN III – Magnet, Sticker, Patch, Ball Pen and Post Card. The small bag could conveniently be used to take onto the festival grounds, since bigger bags were prohibited.
SURVEY
If you were at Wacken Winter Nights 2019: don’t forget to fill out the survey, so the organizers can make the festival even better next year!
Pictures & videos by Wacken Winter Nights.
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