German music festival turns into mud pit after being hit by heavy rain

The Independent

The weather takes the shine off the largest metal music festival in the world, as the  Wacken Open Air festival was forced to limit admissions because heavy rain turned the ground to mud.

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00:00 The mud has taken the shine off the largest metal music festival in the world.

00:05 The Walken Open Air Festival in Germany has been forced to reduce the number of people attending the event

00:10 after heavy rain turned the ground sludge.

00:13 Around 50,000 people made it into the festival before organizers stopped admissions.

00:19 A drop from the 85,000 people who had bought tickets and were expected to attend.

00:24 The atmosphere is a bit humid, but in general I would say it's relatively good.

00:29 You do your best.

00:31 When we were setting up, we got the message that no cars are allowed to arrive.

00:35 And we thought, oh my God, how lucky are we that we have made it to the place.

00:40 Traffic jams around the festival were largely cleared out by Wednesday morning

00:49 after many fans turned back or sought alternative camping sites.

00:54 Those who remained tried their best to enjoy the 150 metal bands scheduled to play throughout the festival.

01:01 Despite the 40 liters per square meter of water that fell in a span of just 24 hours.

01:10 Thanks.

01:11 (air whooshing)

01:13 (whooshing)

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