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✈️How to get to Summer Breeze
Planning your trip to Summer Breeze? Here's how to get there by plane, train or car, and plan your route to the festival site.
- Nearest airport: Nuremberg Airport (NUE), about 69 km from the venue.
- Allow about 97 min by car from the airport to the site.
- By train, head for Nuremberg 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 Summer Breeze
Accommodation near the Summer Breeze 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 Nuremberg, 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 Nuremberg.
Each accommodation's distance to the site is shown on the map above. Rough estimates; allow extra time during festival peak hours.
🌤️Summer Breeze 2026 weather
Weather in Summer Breeze Open Air in August 2026?
Typical weather
Chance of rain: about 17% of days
| 2025 | Overcast | 30° / 18° | no rainy days |
| 2024 | Light drizzle | 28° / 18° | no rainy days |
| 2023 | Overcast | 24° / 12° | 2 rainy days |
Based on the last 3 years over the same period.
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🗺️Things to do near Summer Breeze
Many shows happen in the evening, so use your days to explore the area around Summer Breeze. Guided tours, museums, outdoor experiences and local activities can be booked in a few clicks before you go.
Nearby, Nuremberg and its surroundings offer museums, walks and local gems to discover between sets.
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📋About
Summer Breeze 2026: extreme metal festival in Germany
Founded in 1997, Summer Breeze has become one of Europe's largest gatherings for extreme metal. Held near Dinkelsbühl in Bavaria, the festival occupies the Summer Breeze Open Air site and draws tens of thousands of fans each year for four days of performances.
The 2026 edition brings together 50 artists featuring death metal legends Lamb of God, thrash metal with Testament, and Swedish melodic death metal with In Flames. Arch Enemy and Amorphis round out the headliners.
The programme also ventures into black metal, deathcore, grindcore, groove metal, folk metal and hardcore punk. Atmospheric black metal, brutal death metal, crossover thrash and djent share four days of extreme music.
From August 12 to 15, 2026, the site becomes the European temple of radical metal. Explore the full lineup and book your tickets.
