For the second time this year, the metalheads were brought to Wacken for sleep.
Due to an impending storm, the tent site was cleared at the Wacken Open Air on Thursday (July 31). Around 1:40 a.m., the organizers asked the approximately 85,000 visitors: on the inside by push message to leave their tents and to look for protection in their cars. The reason was a approaching super cell that threatened the north of Schleswig-Holstein with heavy rain and thunderstorms.
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Wacken Open Air 2025: Evacuation due to severe weather warning
“Metalheads, please go to your cars and point to others with the help of the warning indicator for free places,” said the message to the festival guests. The German Weather Service had previously expressed an official warning about life -threatening weather conditions and warned of up to 60 liters of rain per square meter.
Numerous fans followed the instructions and left the mushy camping areas, reported “Stern”. After around 30 minutes, however, the organizers gave the all -clear: the storm cell had weakened so that the festival goers could return to their tents.
Despite the second evacuation message on two consecutive nights, the W: O: A continues as planned. The start on Wednesday was already shaped by rain and mud, which is now almost a tradition for the die -hard festival goers. Many visitors had already prepared for the notorious conditions with rubber boots, rain jackets and ponchos. Wednesday headliner Saltatio Mortis played their two-hour set in the pouring rain and praised the fans for their perseverance.
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Sludge battle and bad forecasts for the festival week
The metal enthusiasts of their iron will have to move over the entire festival week. The weather is also poorly reported for the coming days. Only the line-up offers motivation for the hard-boiled. Already on Wednesday afternoon, the Italian power metal band Wind Rose opened one of the main stages as the first highlight. On Thursday evening, Guns N ‘Roses is expected with a 3.5-hour show.
For over three decades, fans from all over the world have been making a pilgrimage to the small North German village. They apparently like to accept the typical bad weather. According to the NDR, the average amount of precipitation was over ten liters per square meter nine times in the history of the mega event. Four times over 20 liters per square meter. It was particularly heavily raining in 2005, 2011, 2012 and 2019. Whether there will be a new rain record this year?