5-639: Wacken may refer to: Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein , a municipality in Germany Wacken Open Air , heavy metal festival held in Wacken Wacken, former name of Wakken , a village in Belgium Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Wacken . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
10-743: Is a municipality near the town of Itzehoe in Schleswig-Holstein , Germany. Wacken was first mentioned in 1148, but there were probably some settlements before, which is proven by the trove of Germanic artefacts. Today, Wacken is famous for annually staging one of the world's biggest open air heavy metal festival, " Wacken Open Air ", which has hosted popular metal acts such as Iron Maiden , Scorpions , Saxon , Alice Cooper , Deep Purple , Mötley Crüe , Slayer , Rammstein , Motörhead , Slipknot and Judas Priest , as well as local and perennial regulars, including Subway to Sally and Wacken's Firefighters' band. Every citizen gets free entry to
15-556: The festival. The primary economic driver of the village is farming, followed by the Wacken Open Air (W:O:A) festival. In 2007, the village made about 7,000 € per capita in profit from catering, merchandising and other support services at Wacken Open Air. The festival is held in July and August, a period which often has stormy weather in that area. Wacken is infamous for its unpredictable and rapid changing weather conditions during
20-480: The festival. Sun blocker as well as rubber boots are appropriated. Temperatures from +8 to +40 °C might be expected. During a longer rain period the festival venue gets really muddy and the green of the meadows vanishes in festival infields. Two weeks before each and a week during festival the entire village turns into huge construction or restrained area. Many venues get caged and streets are restricted. In recent years about up to 25,000 tourists went every day to
25-470: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wacken&oldid=860285086 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein Wacken
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