EISTNAFLUG I HEAVY METAL ROCK FESTIVAL

Neskaupstadur is a medium-sized town by Icelandic standards. With its 1,420 inhabitants, it has the largest population in the East Fjords. The town has been growing and prospering since the early 1900s and is almost completely self-sufficient thanks to the fishing industry. Sitting in the middle of nowhere, away from other villages and communities, the town is equipped with all the necessary facilities and stores: a bakery, a local dairy, supermarkets, banks, a post office, a school, a sports hall, a swimming pool, a church, a hospital, a harbour, an airstrip, a hotel, a jazz club, a rescue centre, etc. As a matter of fact, it has all the services and professionals you would expect in a larger town, with the exception of an optician In the east of the town, a wildlife reserve and a large recreational area face the ocean. In the lower section of the reserve called Hagi lies the famous Paskahellir (Easter Cave), a rock vault over the shore. Holes left by thick, 10 to 12-million-year-old tree trunks can be seen inside the vault and, in true Icelandic spirit, various folk tales are associated with the cave. Neskaupstadur can be reached only by driving through a one-way tunnel over the highest year-round pass in Iceland.Eistnaflug is a metal festival in Iceland that has taken place annually since the summer of 2005. Eistnaflug is an indoor festival situated in Neskaupstaour, a quaint little town located on the Nordfjorour fjord on the Eastern coast of Iceland, 700 km away from Reykjavik. It started out as a small one-day metal festival on 27 August 2005, but has since grown into a four-day festival where metal, hardcore, punk, rock and indie bands share the stage. The line-up usually consists of 30-40 bands, most of which are Icelandic.Musically, Eistnaflug is also a remarkable melting pot, with a few selected foreign acts going up against a massive selection of musicians Iceland s music scene has to offer. There are no boundaries i from indie rock and hardcore to black metal i everything is accepted and embraced at Eistnaflug.Additional information: There is an extra participation fee of 450 euros for this workcamp. The fee includes the trip from Reykjavik to Neskaupsstadur and back again which is almost 1,400 km in total and takes 2 full days (the first day of the camp and the last one). On the way to the camp, we will drive through the south to the east of the island. After the camp, we will drive through the north and west to Reykjavik (if road conditions are favorable). This trip includes several stops where you will discover unique Icelandic sights, such as glacial lagoons, waterfalls, volcanic and geothermal areas, glaciers, lava fields, hot-springs, rhyolite mountain ranges, steam-vents or even icebergs.