Questions about camping

[gnoff]

Thanks for the information !
Thinking of camping by myself. Good idea or not ? Do people respect other people's stuff? Wouldn't want to come back to my tent and find some drunk passed out !!

my first tiem at WOA I got back to my tent and it was broken

that's the only time anything bad did happen to my stuff for 5 years straight at WOA

 

[LXE]

Camping is the only way to go!

The drunks pass out everywhere.....and the first time I was there, I busted some fuck trying to steal my entire tent (which would have sucked completely, because I was there alone, and it was before the lockers so everything except what was in my pockets was inside). That was the only problem I ever had though. People generally seem pretty respectful of other's stuff.
Use the lockers for everything important!

 

[Quark]

Camping is the only way to go!

The drunks pass out everywhere.....and the first time I was there, I busted some fuck trying to steal my entire tent (which would have sucked completely, because I was there alone, and it was before the lockers so everything except what was in my pockets was inside). That was the only problem I ever had though. People generally seem pretty respectful of other's stuff.
Use the lockers for everything important!

I had someone entering my tent and sleep in it. Only for 5 minutes, I chaised him out!

 

[mental_mercury]

I had someone entering my tent and sleep in it. Only for 5 minutes, I chaised him out!

Hahaha! I wish i could have seen that

 

[Metallerjim]

Hahaha! I wish i could have seen that

Quark is one of the craziest dogs of the world

 

[Kate McGee]

Thanks for the information !
Thinking of camping by myself. Good idea or not ? Do people respect other people's stuff? Wouldn't want to come back to my tent and find some drunk passed out !!

Good idea or not?
Well, everything else would be a bad idea. You wouldn't find a hotel close to Wacken any more anyway. And you'd miss most of the day because of having to get to the hotel and back to the festival. And 90% of the fun is happening on the campgrounds. Use the lockers for real important stuff like passports, tickets etc., but do camp.

 

[Thelastpulse]

Use the lockers for everything important!

Could you elaborate on the lockers? Like, are they big enough for luggage? Cause that's one of the questions I keep forgetting to ask. I've always wondered what people do with their gigantic bags/suitcases when they arrive at wacken. I know I wouldn't feel so comfortable leaving my 2-3 weeks of stuff in my flimsy tent

 

[LXE]

They have 2 sized lockers. I don't think the big ones are big enough for a big-ass suitecase, but you can fit quite a bit in them.
I always got by with a small one, and it held my decent clothes, camaras, souvineers and spare shoes just fine.
I did see some suitecases in the corner, I don't know if they were the staff's, or if they do guard them at the locker place, too.

Personally, I'd strongly advise against bringing either a gigantic bag OR a suitecase, in the first place (if you don;t have a car, at least). There's going to be a good amount of walking involved and the shuttles are really tough if you have a lot to lug.