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Graspop Metal Meeting is a hard rock festival in Dessel, Belgium that has taken place each year since 1996. Despite the small size of the festival grounds (upholding a perimeter of only ~4 km) the festival draws a large number of international spectators, with a total of 135,000 visitors in 2008-edition. The event was not originally a heavy metal festival. It was conceived as a local family festival. In 1995, the headliners billed were Joe Cocker and Simple Minds. However, due to the public being oversaturated with family festivals, the number of visitors had reached an all-time low.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graspop_Metal_Meeting
The festival park is located in Kastelsedijk, in Dessel (Belgium) and is situated about 60km away from Antwerp, 110km from Brussels, 35km from Eindhoven, 170km from Amsterdam and 150km from Düsseldorf.
Enter the following address into your GPS system if you’re travelling to GMM by car and you want to avoid getting lost: Kastelsedijk - 2480 Dessel - Belgium.
Mol railway station (at 8km from the festival) is the centre point of the festival weekend. In collaboration with De Lijn, Graspop will be organising a free shuttle service between Mol station and the festival.

Kiss is coming - classic metal!
http://www.graspop.be
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