Lister

By Michelle From Hoxer
Translation by Minna Julie Kolte

Somewhere in the middle of the orange rows we find two first-time festival goers, who are lugging a water tank.

“As we are not exactly hardcore at this festival thing, we have chosen the softy version,” Nathalie Jørgensen says, about why she and her friend have chosen to spend money on Get A Tent-tickets.

“And the tents are even cooler than any we found ourselves, so obviously we are bringing them home,” Mette Nielsen, the other water carrier, explains.

The two girls are until now positively surprised about the facilities and the space. They explain that if it becomes too boring, they will just cross the road and participate in the amusements.

Guests on grass

“It is perfect. Absolutely fantastic; clean, nice, and cosy. And then there are no queues anywhere,” Norwegian Christoffer Nøkleby says, while he gazes out over the orange tent field, that matches his red hair.

Christoffer Nøkleby is an experienced festival goer, but this is the first time he and his friend Henning Christensen have invested in Get A Tent-tickets. They share a tent with sleeping cabins and a ‘common room’ in the middle, and even tough they have just arrived; they already seem well-established with beer cans in the folding chairs and music on the ghetto blaster. From his seat, Henning Christensen ponders on yet another good thing about this way of living.

“There’s grass here! There’s usually never any grass at Roskilde, so that’s really nice.”

The only thing the two Norwegians think, they need, is some more neighbours. So now they are just waiting for the last tents to be filled, so that ‘cheers!’ can be said more often across the guy ropes.