Burning Man is coming to Europe

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Arguably the world's most feted festival, Burning Man will head to Europe this summer with a Dutch equivalent entitled Where the Sleep Sheep, built on the ten principles which form the backbone of Burning Man's spiritual philosophy.

These include ideologies such as radical inclusion, gifting and communal effort, which has led to BM's unique stance on currency - everything at the festival has to be exchanged for something else, not bought and sold in traditional manners.

 

Photo by @jonfoxphoto | Scene from recent Afrika Burn, captured by Jon Fox. "One of my favorite things about Burning Man and burn culture is the randomness," Fox observes. "That you get to see people, places and things that are incongruous to reality and should only exist as dream imagery but there you are staring at it and knowing it is real. It questions your idea of reality and lets you know that there's far more available if you want there to be." | #burningman #afrikaburn

A photo posted by Burning Man (@burningman) on Jun 1, 2016 at 9:52am PDT

The festival has become legendary over the years, with DJs such as Seth Troxler, Damian Lazarus and Dave Seaman (who we spoke to about his BM experiences) among the high profile attendees.

WTSS will take place in Veluwe, a woodland area of natural beauty west of Amsterdam, from July 29th to 31st - the perfect precursor to Dekmantel a week later.

Like this? try Carl Cox's Burning Man experience.

Find this and other festivals in our festival guide.