Roskilde festival!

I have just survived another Roskilde festival.

Four wonderful days filled with music, over priced beers and general fun and games.
Some people take the Roskilde experience a step further by pitching there tent 5 days prior to the start of the festival and indulge in a full 9 day marathon that usually ends with their tents getting as annihilated as their livers.

For my part I opted for the "glamping" option. In other words, we stayed at S's parents who conveniently live in the close vicinity of the festival. I realise I might sound boring but I choose hangover cuddles with a cat, breakfast at the family table followed by a warm shower over muddy tents, sweaty breakfasts and long mid-night walks to the overfilled loo or nearest pee trench...
Mind you, our choice of accommodation didn't stop us from greeting the sunrise every morning in true festival style!

Roskilde is one of the biggest music festivals in Europe. This year's line up included the likes of Sigur Ros, Metallica  and Efterklang amongst others (full line up here). My personal favourite was of course Kraftwerk which blew my mind away with a fantastic 3D show.

The other highlight of the festival was not a officially scheduled one.
After the last band played, party goers where reluctantly ushered out from the grounds and proceeded to bang on poles and metal fences in a rhythmic fashion. This quickly turned into something that sounded like a full blown batucada. It was as if we finally got the hear the festival's heart beat. A heart activated by hundreds of people who were not ready to say goodbye... quite yet.


This year, Roskilde also had the added perk of providing a playground for new friendships. We had a chance to spend some time with some acquaintances as well as meet some wonderful new people. Hopefully some of these new acquaintances will burgeon into some true friendships. So far I can safely say that I am taken aback by how friendly and open the Danes are.

More on the subject soon.

i.