CultureGermanyHow Wacken became a metal mecca12:04This browser does not support the video element.CultureGermany07/29/2023July 29, 2023Every summer, the Wacken Open Air festival drowns out the sounds of church bells with guitar riffs and enthusiastic metalheads in a small town in Schleswig-Holstein. It began 33 years ago, with fewer than 1,000 fans.Copy linkAdvertisement