Volunteer Camping is your opportunity to sleep in quiet surroundings in the same area as other volunteers at Roskilde Festival. Booking of access must be done via People. The area consists of the football fields at Darup Sports Center at the western end of the festival site.
Volunteer Camping is divided into areas with different opening and closing times:
- Area Z covers the eastern part of Volunteer Camping and is open from Saturday 20 June at 12:00 until Tuesday 7 July at 12:00.
- Area Y covers the western part of the area and is open from Friday 26 June at 07:00 until Monday 6 July at 12:00.
If you have questions regarding the locations or the opening hours, please contact the service hosts in the area.
Book access to Volunteer Camping
Staying at Volunteer Camping is free for all volunteers at Roskilde Festival. To get a spot in the area, you must add it as a product in People.
When you are logged into People, go to your profile page; find the headline “Produkter der kan tilvælges” in the right-hand side and choose the desired product by clicking “Bestil/Order Volunteer Camping”.
Choose between Area Z and Area Y
Once again this year, you must choose whether you want to stay in Area Z or Area Y when booking accommodation at Volunteer Camping. You can only book a space in one of the areas, so be sure to choose the location that best suits the period you expect to use the area.
Area Z, with its extended opening hours, is primarily intended for volunteers with tasks during the construction and dismantling of the festival. If you want to use Volunteer Camping before 26 June, you must therefore choose Area Z.
If you only want to use Volunteer Camping after 26 June, you are free to choose between Area Z and Area Y, unless one of the areas is fully booked before the other. However, be aware of the different closing times in the two areas.
We recommend that you only set up your tent when you are going to spend the night in it.
Your booking is personal
You can only book access for yourself. If you have a friend who is also a volunteer, they must book access themselves via their profile on People – even if you share a tent.
The areas are assigned at a first come, first served principle. Since the area has limited capacity, it may happen that it is fully booked. For the same reason, it is important that you pitch your tents close together so there is room for everyone.
We expect you to use your booking
We expect you to use your booking
The first time you enter the area through an access control, the system will register that you have used your reserved space.
If you change your mind, please cancel your booking as soon as possible so that someone else can get the space. You can cancel your booking until the festival's other camping area opens on Saturday, 27 June.
If you have ordered the product and do not stay overnight in Volunteer Camping, we may charge a no-show fee of DKK 500 after the festival.
Access to the area
Before arriving at Volunteer Camping, you must stop by Check-In at Roskilde Business College, Bakkesvinget 67, 4000 Roskilde to receive your wristband. Bus 202A runs from Roskilde St. to Check-In.
You can then walk (approx. 20 minutes) to Volunteer Camping – the entrance is at Darupvej 50A, 4000 Roskilde. Your wristband will be scanned at the entrance to Volunteer Camping.
If you arrive by car before 27 June, we recommend parking in Volunteer Parking, which is located south of Volunteer Camping. From 27 June, you cannot drive from Check-In via Darupvej, so please be aware of the limited roads around the festival and follow the service hosts' instructions at the gates and at the barriers. Furthermore, it is not possible to use Volunteer Parking in West during the opening on Saturday from 08.00-22.00 and the opening on Wednesday from 12.00-20.00, which is closed to entry and exit during those time periods.
Access for children of volunteers
Children up to 14 years of age must always be accompanied by an adult in the area. If the adult has the Volunteer Camping product on their People profile, it will automatically be assigned to the child as well.
If there are problems with access, please refer to check-in.
Rules of the area
There must be room for everyone at Volunteer Camping. The area is designed to allow volunteers to sleep before and after shifts, so that there is peace and quiet in the area. Therefore, parties or music are not allowed. Ball games, board games and other noisy activities are also not allowed in the area.
We want as many people as possible to stay overnight in the area. Therefore, it is only possible to stay overnight in a tent at Volunteer Camping. You cannot bring your camper or other vehicles with you.
It is not allowed to set up camps or bring building materials, furniture, etc.
In order to create as much space as possible for tents, it is not allowed to cover areas with pavilions, awnings, etc.
Always follow instructions and any recommendations from the hosts in the area. Please note that you cannot bring guests into the area who do not have access via their wristband.
All glass and glass packaging of any kind is not allowed to be brought to Volunteer Camping. Glass packaging covers all types of glass - both for food and drinks. This applies, for example, to bottles, glasses for wine or water, and other packaging or objects made of glass. However, this does not apply to medical glass.
Show consideration
The area is a sports field that we have been allowed to borrow during the festival. Please be considerate of those who normally use the field by taking care of the area and by ensuring that you take all your belongings with you when you go home.
Be especially careful of tent pegs, which can cause serious damage if left in the grass.
Do not dig holes or drive on the ball fields in unauthorized vehicles or on bicycles.
Please note that bicycles are not allowed to be parked between the tents. You are instead advised to park them in the avenue or in designated bicycle parking spaces.
Help keep the area clean
We encourage you to help keep Volunteer Camping clean – and make the festival more sustainable with correct waste sorting and a safe journey home. While you are staying at Volunteer Camping, waste must be sorted into fractions almost like at home. Daily waste from your camp is sorted into three fractions:
PMDK, plastic + food and drink cartons (such as plastic bags, plastic bottles, juice cartons)
Metal (small metal such as cans from tuna and corn)
Residue (such as paper, food scraps, wet wipes, pizza trays)
Bag sets for your camp are handed out at the entrance – and when the first bags are full, you tie a knot on the bags and hand them in at one of the Sorting Points along the Allée. New bags for sorting daily waste in your camp can be found in the Bag Dispensers at the Sorting Site and at the reception.
Larger items such as broken camping equipment, large cardboard, used batteries and other hazardous waste are to be dropped off at the Sorting Site (the gravel site west of Darup Sports Center).
Follow the signs or ask the service hosts for directions. When the festival and your volunteer efforts are over, you must clean up and leave a bare field before you leave the campsite.
Take your things home, sort your waste into fractions and deliver them to the Sorting Points and at the Sorting Site.
Volunteer Camping closes on July 7th and July 8th, respectively, and anything left there is considered abandoned.
Toilets and showers
The bathrooms in the main building of the sports center are open from 07.00-22.00.
There are seven toilet vans in total in the area, six of them are located to the right of Darup Sports Center and one is located at Gate 23B – the southern gate at Volunteer Camping.
Food and Drinks
In front of the main building of the sports center you can buy food and drinks from Meyers. Opening hours are from Saturday 27 June to 4 July from 8 am to 2 pm.
Book your Cool Locker
Would you like to keep your food or drinks cool in Volunteer Camping? Then try one of our cool boxes – also called Cool Lockers. A Cool Locker is both a storage cabinet for your valuables and a refrigerator. The temperature is between 3-6°C, and the size is W: 30 cm, H: 40 cm and D: 50 cm.
Bike parking
You can park your bike at various bike parking spaces in the area. It is not permitted to park bikes between the tents or in the surrounding bushes.
Access to Volunteer Camping if you are not sleeping there
Carrying out your role in the area
You only need to book one of the accommodation products if you want to stay overnight at Volunteer Camping. If you need to complete tasks in the area, you need to contact your manager, who will assign you work access. Remember to get access before you start your task, as there is access control in the area.
Hot baths
If you are looking for bathing facilities and are not staying overnight in Volunteer Camping, we refer you to the festival's other bathing facilities.
Social activities
Volunteer Camping is an overnight area for volunteers and must therefore be quiet at all times. When you would like to meet up with your volunteer friends, we recommend that you meet in the Volunteers' Village or other areas of the festival