Wacken: facts

At a glance

• Country: Germany
• Region: Schleswig-Holstein
• Administrative status: seat of a fourth-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA4)
• Population: approximately 1,844
• Coordinates: 54.0208° N, 9.3760° E
• Time zone: Europe/Berlin (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Berlin: 316 km (196 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Heide-Büsum Airport (HEI): 34 km (21 mi), straight line
• Sea-Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz / Nordholz Naval Airbase (FCN): 55 km (34 mi), straight line
• Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM): 59 km (37 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Bokelrehm: 2.0 km (1.3 mi)
• Gribbohm: 2.0 km (1.3 mi)
• Vaale: 2.4 km (1.5 mi)
• Nienbuttel: 2.7 km (1.7 mi)
• Holstenniendorf: 2.9 km (1.8 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Kiel, 60 km (37 mi)