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[meatyparson]

Thinking of doing a Euro Fest next year.

My shortlist so far is :

Sziget
Beni
Exit

Which would people recommend ?

[Mullin]

Sziget by miles, although it was my first festival abroad, it ranks up in the top 3 places I've been in the world. Budapest is a lovely city, the festival is really friendly and has an amazing atmosphere. Saw no trouble, hot showers of a morning (if you're up early enough), clean loo's (cleaned at least 3 times a day) and the ones by main stage were real toilets and also kept clean. It's cheap, they don't use the Euro (which I suppose is a bonus at the moment), they have free lockers on the site for you to leave valuables in.

Only downside is you can't take in your own alcohol, but for £1.40 / pint you can't complain!


Another thing I liked was that you can come and go from the island as you please, music doesn't start till 3pm (well, besides the 24hr party tent) so depending upon how early you are up / what state your head is in, you maybe able to catch the boat (for cheap) and spend a few hours round the city.

[st00ka]

Sonar.

[Squig]

Hurricane

- cheaper, comparable line ups though
- easy accessible
- not overrun by Britons like the other three mentioned.

[meatyparson]

sonar & Hurricane are too close to Glasto.

Sziget is the one im leaning towards the most, after reading quite a few reviews on here & elsewhere.

thanks for the advice so far

[mcalli2008]

MELT!

Only €99 for 3 days including camping
Had a great lineup last year
Great atmosphere
Amazing surroundings at the festival site
24 Hour music at th sleepless floor ;-)

Germany is a great country, and the drive there through France and Belgium was brilliant!

[guitarbaz]

sziget is not overrun by brits by a long shot.

but don;t go there anyway, go to benicassim, no not sziget, it's crap. horrible place. and the beer's expensive. nope, go to beni.

[Furious-Red]

Rock Am Ring or Rock Im Park in Germnay . Cheap and great relaxed atmosphere

[r0w]

Furious-Red, on Oct 29 2009, 01:13 PM, said:

Rock Am Ring or Rock Im Park in Germnay . Cheap and great relaxed atmosphere

Relaxed?? have u been?? Its bloody carnage! thought i was in a war zone

[*Luckyman*]

head to Sziget!!!

I went last year and I'd say it's better than Glastonbury and all the major festivals here in England. 6 full days of music, the music goes on all night so none of this early curfew bullsh*t at V Festival, not oversold like glasto, cheap beer and cocktails, great food, cool atmosphere and if you pay for V.I.P camping you get to use the swimming pool.

Book it!

[evilhasnever]

r0w, on Oct 29 2009, 02:29 PM, said:

Relaxed?? have u been?? Its bloody carnage! thought i was in a war zone

ha ha so true. I couldnt listen to music for days after - i was soo sick of it! Been twice and this year was the most insane. Getting woken up at 6am with a hungover by some guy with a megaphone - not good! Constant music playing all day and night. But hell it's an experience - the germans party the hardest ever

[guitarbaz]

*Luckyman*, on Oct 29 2009, 03:34 PM, said:

head to Sziget!!!

I went last year and I'd say it's better than Glastonbury and all the major festivals here in England. 6 full days of music, the music goes on all night so none of this early curfew bullsh*t at V Festival, not oversold like glasto, cheap beer and cocktails, great food, cool atmosphere and if you pay for V.I.P camping you get to use the swimming pool.

Book it!

shhhhhh!!

don't tell everyone!!

[Furious-Red]

r0w, on Oct 29 2009, 02:29 PM, said:

Relaxed?? have u been?? Its bloody carnage! thought i was in a war zone

Yea i was at RIP . Ive been used to Oxegen so it was a major change in a good way , i didnt see any trouble and we were near the disco and i enjoyed listening to the music coming out of it Def gonna try and go next year

[TG24]

Lowlands. Its a kickass festival, though the percentage of Brits has increased over the years...

[meatyparson]

Thanks to everyone who has replied with your views.

Sziget it is !!!!!!!

[wee_insomniac]

evilhasnever, on Oct 29 2009, 03:45 PM, said:

ha ha so true. I couldnt listen to music for days after - i was soo sick of it! Been twice and this year was the most insane. Getting woken up at 6am with a hungover by some guy with a megaphone - not good! Constant music playing all day and night. But hell it's an experience - the germans party the hardest ever

Flo was hilarious always stuttering about with a beer bong in hand...

[Squig]

r0w, on Oct 29 2009, 04:29 PM, said:

Relaxed?? have u been?? Its bloody carnage! thought i was in a war zone

Yeah but while it looks like a war zone people actually take care of each other and respect each other. Granted, if you expect to be able to sleep at night it's the wrong festival, but in 4 years I don't think I saw one single fight.

Good choice with Sziget.

[evilhasnever]

wee_insomniac, on Nov 1 2009, 12:32 PM, said:

Flo was hilarious always stuttering about with a beer bong in hand...

Too true, shame i didnt take him up on his bong offers but i definately would have spewed. And mega-phone dude actually turned out to be okay, along with 'Fat Cowboy' however his other very drunkered friend who kept getting his c**k out and pissing everywhere was not pleasant!

Will you be returning next year Dave?

[allantrotter]

guitarbaz, on Oct 29 2009, 10:55 AM, said:

sziget is not overrun by brits by a long shot.

but don;t go there anyway, go to benicassim, no not sziget, it's crap. horrible place. and the beer's expensive. nope, go to beni.

hahahahahahaha!!

go on mate, get them told.

i wouldnt waste me money either

[wee_insomniac]

evilhasnever, on Nov 2 2009, 01:20 PM, said:

Too true, shame i didnt take him up on his bong offers but i definately would have spewed. And mega-phone dude actually turned out to be okay, along with 'Fat Cowboy' however his other very drunkered friend who kept getting his c**k out and pissing everywhere was not pleasant!

Will you be returning next year Dave?

I dunno, I wasn't going to but I may have to with Rammstein playing an all... I would try not to lose my wallet or destroy any more generators...

But it is always fun... Depends on how good the line up is I guess