Travel: Wave Gotik Treffen

Well it's official. Next year I'm going to the world's biggest Goth festival; Wave Gotik Treffen in Leipzig. I last went in 2008 and had a blast despite the 15 hour drive, this time I'll be going with a few friends and instead of driving we are going to fly from Bristol to Berlin with Easyjet, have a stop overnight in Berlin before getting the train onto Leipzig the following day. Plane tickets have been bought, Hotels are booked, now just need to sort out the train and festival tickets.

WGT itself is an experience for the UK goth used to small events like Whitby. Firstly the Agra (the main venue) holds more people then attend the entire WGW (and it is one of about 10 venues), secondly the whole thing is very well organised (as you would expect from the Germans) as the city council support the event (even down to giving festival goers free use of the city's public transport system for the duration).

Of course, the line up usually pretty good, with 160 bands spread over multiple venues there is usually something for every taste on the dark spectrum. With VNV Nation having a new album out I'm hoping they are playing next year!

I'm also looking forward to the chance to see a little bit of Berlin, though I'll only be making a flying visit I'll try and make the most of it. Mind you I could try and make a second trip later in the year....