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TRAVELLER
DISCOVERIES
FOR METAL HEADS
LJUBLJANA
THE SCENE
A true headbanger’s
holiday, Metalcamp (
metalcamp.
com; ¤109
) is also one of
Europe’s most beautiful festivals.
On a peninsula between two
rivers, it has two beaches, as well
as a week of entertainment from
a cacophony of metal titans.
THE LINE-UP
Korn, Machine
Head, Hatebreed, Paradise Lost,
At The Gates, Amon Amarth and
Napalm Death will all rock up and
rock out here from 5-11 August.
THE SELL
This year, for the
first time, there’ll be a five-star
camping option for families in
Julijske Alpe National Park, with a
kindergarten, bar and catering.
GET THERE
Tolmin is a
100-minute drive from Ljubljana.
FOR ELECTRIC LOVERS
AMSTERDAM
THE SCENE
Officially the oldest
dance festival in the Netherlands,
Haarlemmermeer’s Mysteryland
(
mysteryland.com; ¤67
) remains
faithful to a heady dose of
drum’n’bass, house and hip hop,
with a just dash of the surreal.
THE LINE-UP
This year’s 25
August event will see Avicii,
Fedde Le Grand, Simian Mobile
Disco, Seth Troxler, Goldie and
Ms Dynamite take to the decks.
THE SELL
Dance, art and live
theatre are all in the mix here
– even the festival artwork is
interactive and innovative.
GET THERE
By shuttle bus from
Hoofddorp train station, which is
just 5 minutes from Amsterdam
airport by public transport.
FOR DADDIES COOL
PARIS
THE SCENE
Famous as the setting
for the break-up of Oasis, Rock en
Seine (
¤109; rockenseine.com
) in
Saint-Cloud, west Paris, has grown
since its 10-act, 2003 debut. Today
the festival attracts over 100,000
people for a three-day celebration
of good ol’ rock and roll.
THE SCENE
Turn up on 24-26
August to catch Placebo, Green
Day, The Black Keys, Noel
Gallagher’s High Flying Birds,
Foster the People and Sigur Ros.
THE SELL
Mini Rock en Seine – a
festival within a festival for those
aged 6-10 – offers guitar, graphic
design and dance lessons.
GET THERE
Saint-Cloud Metro
station is half an hour from
central Paris by public transport.
THE BIGQUESTION
Help! Am I too late to
book festival tickets?
Haven’t managed to sort out your festival adventure for 2012 yet?
Chris Swindells
,
editor of
virtualfestivals.co.uk
, says it’s not too late
to plan a trip to one of these iconic events
On a peninsula between two rivers, Metalcamp has two beaches
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF GOING TO PRESS