Melt! Festival 2009 in Ferropolis, Grafenhainichen, close to Dessau.

Few people know that Ferropolis/Graefenhainichen is located in a former coalmining region, Wittenberg, and during GDR years the nearby chemistry industry caused remarkably severe pollution.
This area was known as Bitterfeld. Nowadays, the environment seems natural and clean, a lot has been done to make it a surrounding worth living in. Lakes, woods, leasure sites, you can all find it here. Regarding to the press, the industry focusses on solar engineering and renewable energy.
We also find a very high unemployment rate and vanishingly few young people – They all moved to the cities or to the western part of Germany.
Naaaah, talking schmalking: It still is a nice place. You got the picture.
Here are the photos:

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Melt! Festival July 18th – 20th, 2008 in Ferropolis, Grafenhainichen, close to Dessau. Remarkable setting and mind blowing acts: Goldie, Whitest Boy alive, Booka Shade, Roisin Murphy, Mode Selector, Gus Gus, Hot Chip, Björk and many many more.

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It was a strange mix of sunshine and thunderstorm, but though a lot of fun. We were privileged to camp directly on the festival site, the permanant beats in our ears. I had a flu and a sore throat – but it was worth it after all.

Enjoy for the moment.