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18 W:O:A 2008
W:O:A landlordThorsten Arp
Where Wacken-Fans have their wheat beer
Behold his majesty,the King
of Beers! Torsten Arp and
his crew of 50 provide 4.100
seats for the Wacken Open Air.
The 28-year-old Wacken resident
wears Bavarian leather
trousers and has acigarette behind
his ear.Heis“Wiesenwirt“
(Bavarian for: landlord) of the
festival’s beer garden although
he is not really aMetal fan. The
rest of the year he works as innkeeper
of Wacken’s countryinn
Not muchofadifference to Bavaria: 10 beers forbreakfast at the beer garden. Fotos Marcus Dewanger
and guest house “Zur Post“,
owned by his father, the Steinburg
county delegate for the
Christian Democratic Union,
Hans-Jörn Arp.
“We’ve been running the
beer garden for seven years
now, everything’s just fine and
it’s alot of fun“, says the state
certified hotel manager. There
is always something happening
here, fans are dancing on
the tables waving their beer
mugs while Mambo Kurt or the
Wacken Firefighters’ traditional
big band areplaying. “People
who can’t find their own
tent anymore stay here a bit
longer. They just swap banks
everyhalf hour“, Arp tells us.To
him this work among all the
Heavy Metal fans is awelcome
change: “I enjoy every minute
of this festival.“ Sometimes
even his wife and son drop by.
Every year Arp welcomes
certain regular guests in his
beer garden, which is opened
non-stop in all weathers. “The
first people come here asearly
as 9o’clock in the morning to
have some 10 wheat beers for
breakfast.“
Already now Arp is looking
forward to the next Wacken
Open Air:“I’dreally like to keep
up this beer garden as long as
possible.“
JOHANNA ROHWER