Welcome To Nassig Forest

A well-known German country music hit says: "The wild wild west starts just behind Hamburg. In a studio in Maschen, just off the autobahn". I don't have to go that far. Hamburg is more than 500km away from my home. I prefer to drive 5 km to the Nassig Forest.

This forest is not only one of my favorite mushroom areas, but also the place where Wild West enthusiasts celebrate the annual Westernfest (festival). I remember it more as a binge, but that is a highly subjective assessment, and the success of the event speaks for itself. No, to reduce the festival only to the drinking fun would really not do it justice.
It is also a fact that the visitors of the festival come from far away and spend the weekend camping around the western town. It reminds all in all even of a smaller dimensioned music festiva