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Wacken Fire Department.
Wacken, Wacken fire brigade.
Wacken, Wacken fire brigade.
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Finally brass music and polonaises in the open air again, finally Wacken again: After two years of the Corona forced break, the local fire brigade band traditionally opened the metal festival.
On Thursday it also started on the two main stages.
For a week there will now be "singing, screaming and growls" in the village north of Hamburg, as the organizer describes it.
With 75,000 spectators, the festival is completely sold out.
Robert, festival goer
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This good atmosphere, you can already hear it on stage.
Everyone is romping, everyone is having fun.
We also had the good weather at Wacken in 2018, the last time we were here, and it's just this complete atmosphere: put your feet up with friends at the campsite for a week and then really freak out here
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More than 150 bands are there, the Wacken Open Air is the largest heavy metal festival in the world.
Concerts by Slipknot, Powerwolf, Hämatom and, for the first time, the Cologne carnival band Höhner are planned until Sunday.
Johannes, festival goer
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I was here for the first and last time 15 years ago, so it's interesting to be back.
I'm curious to see how it compares to back then.
And it's the last chance I have to see Judas Priest live again
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Ralf, festival visitor
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Finally back among normal people.
And the weather, that fits too, from that point of view, just awesome.«
Madeleine, festival goer
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This is the son and this is the daughter.
– They are both here for the first time
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By the way, you can get there with the »Metal Train«: with hundreds of metal fans on board and lots of insulating mats.
While waiting for the bus there is musical accompaniment from a solo artist: