By car, caravan, motorcycle etc
All vehicles (except motorcycles) need an Access Pass to access the Campground or an additional booked camping area. The Access Pass is available in the Wacken Ticketcenter. As soon as the booking of an additional camping product is done and paid, an Access Pass is automatically created for this area and inserted in the account. The Access Pass for the regular and in the festival ticket included Campground must be booked separately. Following informations are required: day of arrival, type of vehicle, amount of passengers and route. There are three routes to choose. All routes lead directly to the Campground. We recommend groups, who want to camp together on the Campground to choose the same route.
A few days before the arrival period the routes get revealed. Please stay on the selected route to not impair the planned traffic management and have the Access Pass ready on hand. We recommend to put a print out behind the windshield.
After access to the respective camping area please follow the instructions of our traffic stewards who will guide you to your campsite or parking space.
Motor vehicles reach Wacken via the highways 7 and 23. The festival is signposted over a large area in Northern Germany. Please turn off your navigation devices as soon as you see the first of our signs!
Our signage will direct you to our team, which will guide you to your campsite. It is not possible to choose a campsite yourself! Groups should travel together and communicate the size of the groups to our staff - verbally and additionally by signs behind the windshields.
If the need should arrive, there might be queues put into action in order to ensure the most important traffic axes are traversable for the police, fire brigade and rescue services. We appreciate your support.
Regulation for vehicles from 7,5 tons
Please note that vehicles and trailers over 3.5 tons represent a considerable additional effort for us, especially in poor ground conditions.
Vehicles weighing 7.5 tons or more must register with us in advance. Camping area T will be kept as free as possible for these vehicles.
Details on registration will follow.
Camper-Park, Moshtel & Co.
Our signage points visitors who have booked a plot or accommodation in one of our special camping areas or guests of the Wheels of Steel area to their destination - just follow the dedicated signs instead of the regular Campground signs. .
Day parking and Kiss & Ride
Those of you who use a vehicle to travel to and from Wacken each day can use our designated day parking areas. These are not meant to park for the whole festival. For day parking is no need of an Access Pass.
Visitors can be dropped of and picked up in the designated Kiss & Ride zone in Gribbohm. You can stop here for a few minutes, e.g. in order to unload camping equipment. However, this is not a parking area - we reserve the possibility to tow abandoned vehicles from here.
This is the only zone viable to drop persons of and pick them up.
With our official travel partners
You don't want to plan too much? No problem! Our official travel partners will take you to your destination safely and affordably! And of course a joint journey to the festival is more sustainable than an individual one with a private vehicle.
With some of our travel partners we have worked for over ten years and they offer added value at the festival, too: the World Metal Camp. In this area we work with them to provide you with the equipment for a glorious party.
You can find our official travel partners here.
With public transport
The most important junctures for your journey with public transports are Hamburg and Itzehoe. There are various shuttle services taking you from both cities straight to the entrance of Wacken Open Air.
Our bus terminal is located at the campgrounds reserved for visitors arriving without a vehicle. There's no need for extensive foot marches into the village and to the stages.
The official Itzehoe shuttle
Our official bus shuttle form Itzehoe to Wacken and back isn't only a viable option for campers, but also for communters. The bus is active round the clock from Itzehoe train station to the entrance of W:O:A and back and is bookable with a flatrate available for the whole time.
Tickets for the W:O:A 2024 shuttle can be purchased soon!
Shuttles from Hamburg and Berlin
Metalheads travelling via Hamburg and Berlin can use the coaches provided by our partner Mondial as a shuttle.
Exception: private coaches
You want to charter a coach for you to be dropped off at W:O:A? No problem! Just get in contact with businfo@wacken.com in order to receive the necessary documents.