85,000 Metalheads from over 80 nations come together every year at the Wacken Open Air. But the feeling of being part of a worldwide Metal community can already begin for you on arrival if you ride to the festival as a group with one of our official travel partners. You will spend the night on site at the legendary World Metal Camp! Nowhere else you will feel more intensely that Wacken is about more than music – also solidarity and living out a passion together – than in this area.
Highlights
- Everything included: Travel, festival ticket, overnight stay - the complete packages from our travel partners are really practical, as you don't have to book anything separately. You already have a ticket? Then you can of course take advantage of this offer and also enjoy the organization of travel and accommodation.
- Relaxed arrival: Via a separate route, you arrive directly at the bus stop on the festival site - and have short distances to the World Metal Camp: off you go!
- International flair: You will spend the night at the World Metal Camp with Metalheads from various countries. Your booking via the travel partner automatically guarantees you a campsite there. Would you like a little more comfort? Then check out the offers from our travel partners. Overnight stays in special camping areas Moshtel, Evil Residence or TE.N.T are also possible.
- Personal service: All good with rebooking, canceling, unanswered questions. Contact your travel partner directly and they will take care of everything.
- Sustainable group travel: If you come to the festival together with others, you preserve the environment because fewer individual transfers are necessary.
Metalheads come to the Wacken Open Air from all over the world. They all have the same goal: the World Metal Camp. Right next to the festival site, you'll have your own area just for you to party with groups from Europe, Asia and overseas and make new Metal friends across national borders. All this in a unique place of cultural exchange that you simply must experience.
We work together with reliable travel partners worldwide who will bring you safely to Wacken Open Air. To find the right provider, simply click on your home country on the map or select a letter from the list. We are happy to give you some initial information here, but please book directly with our travel partners.
Festival Travel
This travel partner has a lot of experience in organizing festival trips from all over the world. They also offer travel packages where you can stay overnight in the special camping areas of the W:O:A.
ONTOURS
Metalheads from France and Belgium on the road! ONTOURS will take you by bus from 28.07.-03.08.25 from these departure points to the festival site: Paris, Amiens, Arras, Lille and Brussels. See you in Wacken, rain or shine!
Wackenbus
For more than 15 years, the Wackenbus has been traveling across Germany, Austria and Switzerland with a first-class atmosphere on board, bringing metalheads safely to the festival. With over 50 departure points, there's bound to be one near you.
RTP vzw
If you want to travel to Wacken from Belgium and the Netherlands in the cheapest way possible, opt for a festival journey by bus with RTP vzw. But our travel partner also has a lot more to offer you Metalheads.
ONTOURS
Metalheads from France and Belgium on the road! ONTOURS will take you by bus from 28.07.-03.08.25 from these departure points to the festival site: Paris, Amiens, Arras, Lille and Brussels. See you in Wacken, rain or shine!
Breakdown Tours
Our first travel partner from Italy – and a really good one for France: They offer hotel and camping packages with five nights' accommodation, a tour guide who is there for you around the clock and the option of taking out international health insurance.
HICLIVE
Fair deal: the more of you book the HICLIVE bus, the cheaper it is for everyone. Of course, the bus will always set off, no matter how full it is. So, get as many of you together as possible! Then you'll all save money.
MAHO ON EARTH
Based in Germany, but open to metalheads from all over the world. That is MAHO on earth GmbH. There are two packages in combination with the Wacken Open Air: Hamburg plus spa hotel or Cuxhaven plus mudflat hike.
Metal-Train
Even the journey is a party: The Metal Train has been on the road for the Wacken Open Air since 2002. It sets off from Munich to Itzehoe and continues by shuttle bus to the festival site. With disco car, bar, seats in the seating or couchette compartment and free CD. Louder and legendary!
Mondial events & travel GmbH
With this travel partner, you can take a bus from Berlin or Hamburg to Wacken. They offer also a combination of a festival ticket and accommodation in a youth hostel nearby with daily bus shuttle to the festival.
Wackenbus
For more than 15 years, the Wackenbus has been traveling across Germany, Austria and Switzerland with a first-class atmosphere on board, bringing metalheads safely to the festival. With over 50 departure points, there's bound to be one near you.
Eurometal Tours
Would you like to combine your Wacken trip with a city trip to Europe? Then you've come to the right place. Eurometal Tours offers various packages with trips to Berlin, Prague, Frankfurt, Cologne, Amsterdam and Brussels.
I Was There Tours
How about a Travel Combi Ticket that includes everything? Namely the trip to Hamburg, the bus trip to Wacken and a hotel or camping package with five nights' accommodation. Now that's a relaxed booking!
LIFE'S METAL TOURS
If you are traveling from the USA and Latin America, you have a large selection of packages that you can easily combine with an additional stay in Hamburg. The city is only about 1.5 hours away from Wacken.
Makila Crowley
Fancy Amsterdam? Then combine your Wacken experience with an additional stay in the Dutch power metropolis. You can find suitable packages including continuous travel support here.
Metalhead Tours
The name speaks for itself: this long-standing travel partner will give you exactly the trip to Wacken Open Air that you want. There are various packages with or without hotel and different transfer offers available.
ROCKMETALTOURS
One of our renowned travel partners for metalheads from Latin America. The Travel Combi Ticket includes the trip to Hamburg, the bus trip to Wacken and the overnight stays at the World Metal Camp.
Top Events Travel
Do you have questions about your visa and would you like round-the-clock travel assistance and travel health insurance? Let's go with Top Events Travel, where you can also pay in installments.
Tour Concerts & Travels
Here you will not only experience the Wacken Open Air, but also the nearby city Hamburg from a water perspective, as two overnight stays and a ferry tour are included. Travel health insurance abroad? No problem either.
WE WANNA ROCK TOURS
Camp on the festival grounds or stay in a hotel: You have the choice with this travel partner! You can also hire camping equipment, and they will be there for you all around the clock.
Addictive World Tours
Whether it's your first time at Wacken Open Air or you've been there before, you're always in good hands with Addictive World Tours! They offer hotel stays before and after the festival as well as rental models for camping equipment.
ROCKMETALTOURS
One of our renowned travel partners for metalheads from Latin America. The Travel Combi Ticket includes the trip to Hamburg, the bus trip to Wacken and the overnight stays at the World Metal Camp.
Festival Travel
This travel partner has a lot of experience in organizing festival trips from all over the world. They also offer travel packages where you can stay overnight in the special camping areas of the W:O:A.
RTP vzw
If you want to travel to Wacken from Belgium and the Netherlands in the cheapest way possible, opt for a festival journey by bus with RTP vzw. But our travel partner also has a lot more to offer you Metalheads.
Festivalbussen|Norden AB
A classic among our travel partners: Festivalbussen has been part of the big Wacken family since 2003. The experienced provider organizes day and night bus trips and provides camping equipment on loan on request.
TT-Line AB
Metalheads can travel from Sweden to the Wacken Open Air by ferry with TT-Line. This new travel partner of ours makes it possible. Departure points: Kristianstad Station, Lund Södra Circle K and Malmö Hyllie Arena.
Breakdown Tours
Our first travel partner from Italy – and a really good one for Switzerland: They offer hotel and camping packages with five nights' accommodation, a tour guide who is there for you around the clock and the option of taking out international health insurance.
Festivaltravel
The perfect start: this provider includes luggage transportation and offers free beer and mineral water on the trip to Wacken. A vegetarian or vegan sandwich is on top!
GAST AG
Here you will be looked after before, during and after the festival. There are snacks on the outward journey, breakfast on the return journey and luggage transportation is included. Fancy a trip to Büsum? Possible too!
Wackenbus
For more than 15 years, the Wackenbus has been traveling across Germany, Austria and Switzerland with a first-class atmosphere on board, bringing metalheads safely to the festival. With over 50 departure points, there's bound to be one near you.
A Amplitur
With A Amplitur, you can choose between packages that include shuttle services and hotel accommodation or offer additional specials. Payment in installments is accepted and breakfast at the World Metal Camp is included.
Addictive World Tours
Whether it's your first time at Wacken Open Air or you've been there before, you're always in good hands with Addictive World Tours! They offer hotel stays before and after the festival as well as rental models for camping equipment.
LIFE'S METAL TOURS
If you are traveling from the USA and Latin America, you have a large selection of packages here that you can easily combine with an additional stay in Hamburg. The city is only about 1.5 hours away from Wacken.
Festival Travel
This travel partner has a lot of experience in organizing festival trips from all over the world. They also offer travel packages where you can stay overnight in the special camping areas of the W:O:A.
MAHO ON EARTH
Based in Germany, but open to metalheads from all over the world. That is MAHO on earth GmbH. There are two packages in combination with the Wacken Open Air: Hamburg plus spa hotel or Cuxhaven plus mudflat hike.
We work with almost 40 travel partners who bring Metalheads to Wacken safely from almost anywhere in the world. Many of them offer travel packages that include travel, festival tickets and accommodation. You are sure to find the right provider for your home region on this page.
In most cases, travel, the festival ticket and accommodation. However, you can often also book additional services, ranging from special catering options and travel health insurance abroad to a subsequent city trip in Europe. Please find out more directly on the provider's website.
Most providers offer the option of renting equipment. However, some packages also include hotel accommodation.
You will usually arrive in Hamburg. From there, our travel partners will organize a private bus transfer that will take you directly to the festival site.
The regulations can vary from country to country. It is best to discuss this directly with your travel partner who is a specialist for your home region. They will certainly know all about it.
