Travel info

BY BICYLCLE

Looking to avoid tailbacks en route to GMM? Then dust off your saddle and hop on your bicycle instead. Parking is free in our bicycle parking lots near the main festival entrance. Convenient, ecological, healthy... and you get an Green Coin to boot! Attention: bicycles that are parked illegally will be taken to the bicycle parking lot. It is not possible to charge your electric bike at bicycle parking lot. Navigate here to the bicycle parking lot.

park & bike

You don’t live nearby but you’d still like to avoid the tailbacks? Park & Bike is the perfect solution. Load your bike into/onto your vehicle and park in one of two free Park & Ride car parks. Then hop on your bike and cover the remaining distance via an enjoyable route. You can leave your iron steed in the bicycle parking lot near the main entrance. Navigate here to the bicycle.

• Park & Bike - NORTH: ’t Vossekot, Retie. 6km. Navigate here.
• Park & Bike - EAST: Meiplein, Witgoor (Dessel). 7 km. Navigate here.
• Park & Bike - SOUTH: Olympia Sluis, Mol. 7 km. Navigate here.
• Park & Bike - WEST: Parking Waaiberg, Kasterlee. 8 km. Navigate here.
• Park & Bike - Zilvermeer, Mol. 10 km. Navigate here.

BY TRAIN

Going by train to the festival? Good thinking! NMBS/SNCB provides additional capacity. The nearest station is Mol. From there, our free shuttle bus will take you to the festival site. Attention: Your festivalticket is not valid as a train ticket.

event train ticket: return journey at half price

Go to sncb.be/graspop and buy your Event Train Ticket by using the NMBS/SNCB code on your festival ticket. This train ticket is only available online and is valid for 1 outward and 1 homeward journey in 2nd class at half price between any Belgian station and the station of MOL. If you're staying at Devil’s Lake, then take the train to LOMMEL station.

You can choose the date of the outward journey and the date of the homeward journey in the period of Wednesday 18 June 2025 until Monday 23 June 2025 included. You can find the timetable of all trains on sncb.be or in the SNCB app.

If you’re departing from Brussels Airport - Zaventem station, you still have to buy 2 Diabolo fee tickets: one for your outward journey and one for your homeward journey. Travellers from abroad can combine their Event Train Ticket with a transport ticket that is valid until the Belgian border. From there, the train ticket is valid to Mol or Lommel station.

All info and conditions: sncb.be/graspop. 

THALYS OR EUROSTAR

If you are traveling to the festival with the Thalys or Eurostar, get off at Antwerp-Central or Brussels-South. From there, you can continue your journey to the Mol or Lommel station with the Event Train Ticket. Note: The Event Train Ticket is not valid on the Thalys or Eurostar. 

Are you coming by train? At Mol station, you will receive a Green Coin.

by bus

Free shuttle buses

During the festival free shuttle buses will whisk the metal hordes to and from the festival site from the bus stop at Mol station.

• Wednesday: 1:30 pm – 10:30 pm
• Thursday: 7:30 am – 2:30 am
• FRI/SA/SUN: 8:00 am – 2:30 am
• Monday: 7:30 am – 1:00 pm

Paying shuttles 

Is the nearest train station miles away or do you hate long train journeys? Not to worry! These comfortable coaches will take you to the festival in true VIP style. There are 2 types of paying shuttles:

SINGLE TICKETS:

The Airport shuttles will take you from Brussels Airport, Charleroi Airport, and Eindhoven Airport to the festival. The shuttle from Eindhoven Central Station is also back again this year. This shuttle will take you directly from the train station to the festival grounds. On Sunday evening and Monday after the festival, you can immediately take a shuttle back to the airports or train station. You will need to book a separate ticket for this.

ROUND TRIP:

Festival shuttles will pick you up at 19 locations throughout Belgium. These shuttle tickets ensure that you are already rocking at GMM at 11:30 am and will take you back home at 2:00 am afterwards. Ticket prices (round trip) start from 34 EUR. So let yourself be driven to GMM without any worries.

Are you organising your own coach?

Then be sure to notify GMM HERE in advance. Your coach will be directed along a specific route to a separate coach parking area near the festival entrance.

BY CAR OR MOTORBIKE

If you’re coming by car or motorbike please remember to switch off your GPS system as soon as you come across the first FESTIVAL sign. Depending on the direction you’re coming from you will be directed to the nearest and most accessible GMM parking. Graspop Metal Meeting is easily accessible via the E34 and E313 motorways.

kiss & ride

The Kiss & Ride will be organized at a new location this year, at Mol Station; from there, free shuttle buses will take you to the festival grounds. Navigate here via Google Maps or Waze.

TAXI

Get dropped off or picked up at the official taxi rank at the Europalaan. The official taxi rank is located near the bus parking. To avoid waiting times, it is best to book your taxi in advance. Navigate here.

parking

All GMM car parks are paid parking. They are situated within walking distance from the festival site. There is no separate parking for motorbikes and scooters. Parking next to your tent at camping Boneyard is prohibited for both cars and motorbikes. If you leave your car by the side of the road you may be towed. Festival goers are not allowed to spend the night in the car park. Motorhome owners can rent a pitch in Metal Town. One final tip: remove all valuables from your car.

GMM is not liable for damage in the parking areas.

If you have an accommodation ticket for a pitch at Camping Metal Town, an accomodation at Camping Inferno or a VIP ticket then you will have the opportunity to reserve a parking ticket via Ticketmaster. 

Parking fee:

• Advance sales online as of 28/05/2025: €16 per car.
•  On the day (only bank and credit cards, NO cash): €20 per car 
• Attention: if you leave the car park then you will once again be charged €20 upon your return

Opening hours car parks: 

• On Wednesday at 2 pm only the car parks for Combi ticket holders will be accessible. 
• On all other days all car parks open at 8 am.

parking inferno

This car park is only accessible for festival-goers with a valid Inferno parking ticket who booked an accomodation at Camping Inferno.

Opening hours car park Inferno:

• Wednesday 3 pm only for Inferno campers with a combi ticket
• On all other days all car parks open at 8 am.

parking The crypt

Anyone with a camping ticket for Camping The Crypt can best park in parking zone "Paars" with a valid parking ticket. This zone is the closest to Camping The Crypt. Parking zone "Paars" is accessible via the E313 – Geel.  Navigate via Google Maps or Waze to parking zone "Paars".

Car park INTER (people with a disability)

Car park Inferno is nearest to the main entrance and includes a dedicated disabled section. Access to this section must be requested beforehand via the application form. The number of parking spaces is limited so be sure to submit your application on time. This year all car parks are paying and that includes disabled parking spaces. When we receive your application we will let you know how to purchase these tickets. Volunteer staff from Inter will be on hand at this car park to assist you and, if necessary, escort you to the main festival entrance or the Inter campsite.

vip parking

Each VIP ticket holder will receive a separate email via Ticketmaster to purchase a VIP parking ticket.

If you have a VIP festival ticket and you’re staying at Campsite Boneyard then do NOT use the VIP car park. Instead please leave your car in one of the regular car parks, which are closer to Campsite Boneyard. Conversely, VIP parking tickets are valid in all car parks.

Opening hours VIP Parking:

• Closed on Wednesday!
• On all other days, the car park is open from 10 am.

by plane

Several airports in Belgium and the Netherlands are located at a reasonable distance from Dessel:

• Brussels Airport - Zaventem (BRU), op 95 km 
• Brussels South Airport – Charleroi (CRL), op 160 km 
• Eindhoven Airport (EIN), op 45 km 
• Amsterdam Airport – Schiphol (AMS), op 160 km

From the Belgian airports you can board a train for Mol station, where free shuttle buses are waiting to take you to the festival site. The train station at Brussels Airport (BRU) is located at level -1 of the airport terminal. At Brussels South Airport (CRL) take bus line A to the train station of Charleroi-Sud. Go to sncb.be/graspop for the timetable and full details on the online sales of the GMM Train tickets.

travel packages

From the UK
ARGON EVENTS offers a range of travel packages to GMM with or without hotel, accommodation and festival ticket. More than 50 local coach departure points including Birmingham, Bristol, Brighton, Dover, Glasgow, Heathrow, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Reading, Sheffield, Southampton and York.

From Spain
METALTRIP specialises in rock concert and festival travel packages around Europe. They offer packages with direct flights and airport transfer from Madrid and Barcelona to GMM.

From Scandinavia
FESTIVALBUSSEN organises coach travel from Sweden, Norway and Denmark to GMM.

From Israel
ON.TOUR, a music tourism pioneer from Israel, is bringing fans to Graspop Metal Meeting. The typical On.Tour festival experience includes flights, transport, accommodation and festival tickets.

From Central and South America
I WAS THERE offers travel packages from as far away as South America. Travelling from Brazil? AMPLITUR is our official partner in the land of samba… and metal.

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