362 days a year Wacken is a small town with 2000 souls in the middle of Schleswig Holstein.
But for three days in august it raises up to 72000. Wacken is located 10 km north of Itzehoe and 50 km north/west of HAMBURG. You will reach it as described below: To get an overview, visit
www.uk.map24.com. There you´ll find a map!
It´s important for all festival visitors that you obey the instructions of the stewards and security. If you arrive in a car containing 4 or 5 persons, you won´t wait so long at the entry. Think about the costs!
Travel with your own car (from Hamburg):
Hamburg A7 towards Kiel; A23 towards Heide; get off at Schenefeld then follow the signs.
Travel with your own car (from Kiel)
The A215 towards Neumünster. Then follow the B430 towards Wacken (follow the signs).
Car Sharing Service to the W:O:A 2007:
Here you find some links to car-sharing sites, until our own service is open again:
www.mitfahrzentrale.de - www.mitfahrgelegenheit.de
Rent a car:
You can rent a car at the Airport-Lübeck and also at the Airport-Hamburg. It´s the easiest way to travel to Wacken. From Lübeck you can travel directly to Wacken without the way over Hamburg. Here are the links to the most important Rent a car companies which have their stations also in Schleswig Holstein:
Hertz - e-Sixt - Europcar - Avis - Budget
Travelling by bus/train:
To Itzehoe by train. Here you get the Info of the deutsche Bundesbahn
Maybe it´s cheaper here:
www.fahrkartenpartner.de or here
Kartenfuchs.
Transfer from the airport Lübeck - airport Hamburg:
For passengers from Ryanair (but also for all other passengers) there will drive an airport bus from Hamburg to the airport Lübeck Blankensee and back. The bus will wait for flights which come too late to the airport so you don´t have to wait a long time. It will drive 1:15 h and cost 8,00 EUR (for one way). You can´t reservate!
Departure from Hamburg (Central bus station called ZOB) and from Lübeck will be in front of the terminals!
You can also travel with the "TRAVELiner" (the company is called Autokraft): Lübeck - Bad Oldesloe - Hamburg Airport (driving 9 times each day in both directions). Departures in fromt of the terminall 1 and 3/4 - for more informations please call: +49 (451) 8 88 10 77
From airport Hamburg to Wacken:
The AIRPORT EXPRESS (Line 110) will bing you from U-/S-Bahnhof Ohlsdorf to all important bus/train stations. The AIRPORT EXPRESS of the company Jasper will travel between Hamburgs railraod station and the airport Hamburg. From the railroad station you are able to travel with local trains called "S-Bahn S21" and "S31" to the "Holstenstraße" to Remedy Records for a fee of 1,50 EUR. The Remedy Records team will bring you for a fee of 20,- EUR (for a two-way ticket) from Hamburg "Holstenstraße" to the festivalarea to Wacken and back. Please check out the follwing times and call Remedy for a registration so they know you will travel with them.
Times, reservation and prices for all shuttle bus schedules you can find
here From the railroad station Hamburg to the railroadstation Itzehoe:
Every hour the trains drive from the railroad station Hamburg to the railroad station Itzehoe. Watch out: Times. From here you´re able to drive with the shuttle service to the festival area in Wacken.
Shuttle-bus to the railroad station Itzehoe:
Also this year you´re able to drive with a Shuttle bus from the railroad station Itzehoe to Wacken. Here are the times (also as .pdf - for downloading and printing!). You need the Acrobat Reader which you get
here for free.
Journey 
