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Wacken Open Air: A Festival‘s History

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August 4, 2018

Each year in August, a town in northern Germany becomes the world capital of heavy metal. It started off in 1990 with 800 visitors. In 2018, 75,000 visitors are expected. How a bright idea became a success story.

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