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✈️How to get to Pitfest
Planning your trip to Pitfest? Here's how to get there by plane, train or car, and plan your route to the festival site.
- Nearest airport: Groningen Airport Eelde (GRQ), about 45 km from the venue.
- Allow about 63 min by car from the airport to the site.
- By train, head for Groningen or the nearest major station, then finish by bus, shuttle or taxi to the site.
- By car, plan for on-site parking and expect heavy traffic around the venue on festival days.
🛏️Where to stay near Rugbyclub Emmen (Pitfest)
Accommodation near the Pitfest site fills up fast. Compare hotels, apartments and rentals nearby and book early to stay as close to the stage as possible.
Also consider staying around Groningen, the nearest large city, if the closest options to the site are sold out.
Estimated travel time to the site
| Distance | 🚗 Car / taxi | 🚴 Bike | 🚶 On foot |
|---|---|---|---|
| ~1 km | ~3 min | ~4 min | ~12 min |
| ~3 km | ~7 min | ~12 min | ~36 min |
| ~5 km | ~11 min | ~20 min | ~1 h |
| ~10 km | ~22 min | ~40 min | ~2 h |
Public transport: depends on the network around Groningen.
Each accommodation's distance to the site is shown on the map above. Rough estimates; allow extra time during festival peak hours.
🌤️Pitfest 2026 weather
Weather in Rugbyclub Emmen in June 2026?
Typical weather
Chance of rain: about 56% of days
| 2025 | Light rain | 18° / 12° | 3 rainy days |
| 2024 | Light rain | 17° / 8° | 2 rainy days |
| 2023 | Overcast | 18° / 9° | no rainy days |
Based on the last 3 years over the same period.
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🗺️Things to do near Pitfest
Many shows happen in the evening, so use your days to explore the area around Pitfest. Guided tours, museums, outdoor experiences and local activities can be booked in a few clicks before you go.
Nearby, Groningen and its surroundings offer museums, walks and local gems to discover between sets.
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📋About
Pitfest 2026: Death Metal and Hardcore Punk Festival in Emmen
Pitfest takes over Rugbyclub Emmen from June 4-6, 2026, to celebrate the extreme sounds of death metal and hardcore punk. With 23 artists, this underground festival cultivates a radical identity, favoring formations pushing the limits of sonic intensity. The event attracts an audience of enthusiasts experiencing three days of riffed onslaughts and uncompromising blast beats in Emmen's raw atmosphere.
Headliners bring together Dark Funeral for Swedish black metal, Gorilla Biscuits for legendary New York hardcore punk, and Midnight for black'n'roll. The lineup also includes SIX FEET UNDER, Autopsy, and VOIVOD for progressive thrash.
The musical palette explores goregrind, doom metal, technical thrash, melodic black metal, and death-doom, with touches of post-hardcore and metalcore. This stylistic radicalism embraces the entire extreme metal and hardcore punk spectrum. The festival champions underground authenticity, far from commercial formats, creating an intense and community-driven atmosphere.
June 4-6, 2026, in Emmen. Pitfest offers an uncompromising metal and punk experience for fans of brutal sounds and maximum energy.
