2023/08/05
Festival co-founder Thomas Jensen (L) and Gudni Johannesson, president of Iceland, pose at the Wacken Open-Air Festival (WOA). André Klohn/dpa
Iceland's President Gudni Jóhannesson spent the weekend at Wacken Open Air, the legendary heavy metal festival in northern Germany that operates under the motto "louder than hell."
Jóhannesson, who assumed office in 2016, told dpa that a big highlight was seeing the two-hour performance by hair-metal superstars Iron Maiden on Friday evening.
"And of course the four Icelandic metal bands that are here. They make me proud as an Icelander," he said on Saturday.
It is the 55-year-old's first time at the annual festival in Wacken, a village located about an hour north of Hamburg. He said that he loved the sincerity and passion with which the performers play.
The four-day festival featuring more than 200 bands and 60,000 metalheads from across the world is scheduled to end late on Saturday night.
Iceland's President Gudni Jóhannesson spent the weekend at Wacken Open Air, the legendary heavy metal festival in northern Germany that operates under the motto "louder than hell."
Jóhannesson, who assumed office in 2016, told dpa that a big highlight was seeing the two-hour performance by hair-metal superstars Iron Maiden on Friday evening.
"And of course the four Icelandic metal bands that are here. They make me proud as an Icelander," he said on Saturday.
It is the 55-year-old's first time at the annual festival in Wacken, a village located about an hour north of Hamburg. He said that he loved the sincerity and passion with which the performers play.
The four-day festival featuring more than 200 bands and 60,000 metalheads from across the world is scheduled to end late on Saturday night.
People attend the Wacken Open-Air Festival (WOA). Axel Heimken/dpa
People celebrate in front of the stages in the so-called "infield" during the Wacken Open-Air Festival (WOA). Axel Heimken/dpa
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