Words by: Roel and Ingrid Pictures by: Ingrid What should have been the 20th anniversary of the Dong Open Air Festival in 2020, finally took place in 2022. We, and many with us, have...
July 11-13, 2019 Dong Hill Neukirchen-Vluyn, Germany Report and pictures by: Ingrid and Rosa Back on the almighty hill that is called Dong! Arriving at a sold out Dong Open Air, with this year’s...
Metal Exposure’s yearly pilgrimage was due – heavily packed for a long journey up the sacred Dong mountain, we made our way to the unique location that is the Halde Norddeutschland. Together with other...
Weird times call for rock & roll – this was the motto for the Dong Open Air festival of 2017. We don’t need to tell you what those weird times are about, as much...
Every time I’m driving on the German Autobahn a57 near Neukirchen, I longingly gaze at the Halde Norddeutschland with its skeleton house landmark where the Dong Open Air festival takes place every year. Oh,...
In a few weeks, metal-exposure will be heading towards the Dong Open Air Festival once more. Since 2007, our crewmembers have been visiting this festival, and we haven’t missed a single year after that....
Who remembers Dong 2012? It was the muddiest year the festival has ever known. The rain poured almost non stop and our beloved Dong Mountain turned into one big swamp. This year was quite...
There is one festival that we from Metal-Exposure look forward to especially every year. It is a small festival on a unique location, with one stage, two bars, and just a few thousand visitors....
Besides the usual Dong Open Air summer festival, Dong also organised a Winterparty this year. The venue was crowded and full with people. With a headliner like Suidakra, and big attraction The Grailknights this...