Food and beverages
All stands must post signs with the contents of their dishes and be able to tell people what ingredients are used.
If you have allergies or is simply interested in what you eat, you can always ask the person responsible for the stand about ingredients.
The Food Court is the culinary heart of the festival – a lively street-food hub packed with great vibes, bold flavours, and mouth-watering aromas.
Take a stroll between the food stalls and discover exciting eats from around the world, all serving up taste experiences beyond the ordinary.
At Roskilde Festival, most beverages are poured in reusable cups. We have three types of reusable cups: beer cups, drink cups, and coffee cups.
The price for the first glass is 5 dkk. Whether you start with a beer, drink or coffee, you only pay for the purchase of the first glass, and then you can swap between the three types of glass for the rest of the festival.
Swap it: Swap your glasses
The next time you buy something to drink – and at the same time hand in your used glass – the new glass is free. We call it swap it.
Save it: Save it for later
When you don't want to drink anything for a while, you can drop off your glass at one of the many stands selling drinks and instead store your glass on your festival wristband. We call that save it.
Use it: Use your saved glasses
Your saved glasses can be used when purchasing a new drink later. This way you don't have to pay 5 dkk for the next glass. We call this use it.
More than six cups? Go to the refund stand
You can drop off up to twelve glasses at the beverage stands and store them on your wristband. Then you’re ready to give a round!
If you have more than twelve glasses, you can drop them off at the deposit booths. Reusable glasses dropped off at the deposit booths will be bought back by Roskilde Festival for 1 dkk. The remaining 4 dkk will help finance the operation of the recycling system. The deposit booths will close on Sunday, July 5th at 12 noon. After that, you can consider your glasses as souvenirs that you can take home and use.
Water in disposable cups that are handed out in front of the stages is not part of our recycling system. Wine glasses and shot glasses are also not disposable cups and can, as before, be dropped off at the deposit booths.
You have an important role to play!
By taking good care of your glass, you help extend the life of the glass, and thus increase its cup-making ability.
Take care of your glass by not using it as an ashtray, trash can, writing your name on it, throwing your chewing gum in it or standing on it...
Why do we even have reusable cups at all?
We introduced reusable cups in 2019 because we want to change the single-use culture that creates a lot of the waste at Roskilde Festival. We use around 2 million cups during a festival! So, when you reuse your cups, you make a huge difference!
The cups can be reused many times. This means that we save on the production of new cups and reduce the consumption of resources. We collaborate with other festivals and large events, so your cups have attended many Danish festivals over the year.
To reuse the cup, it must be handed in, stored in a cool place, and washed and reused for other events. It is a great logistical task, and we collect data and assess the solution on an ongoing basis, so we can optimize the system with less environmental impact.
The cups are made of polypropylene – also known as PP plastic. When a cup can't be reused anymore, it is sent back to the supplier where the material is reused for non-food approved plastic products.
Today, biobased single-use cups cannot be reused or recycled, which means that the resources and materials are lost.
Is it the easiest solution? No! Is it the cheapest solution? No! Is it necessary? YESSS!!!
The world needs us to reduce our resource consumption and ensure more recycling and reuse. Roskilde Festival supports this agenda with this initiative among others. Thank you for helping change the way we use resources.
The food at Roskilde Festival is 100% organic. The stands are run by clubs, organisations, and professional restauranteurs. All of them contribute financially to the festival’s non-profit purposes.
Food stands opening hours
| FESTIVAL AREA/IINNER FESTIVAL AREA (4 days) | Opens | Closes |
| Wedsnesday 1 July | 16:00 | 01:00 – 03:30 |
| Thursday 2 July | 10:00 | 03:00 – 03:30 |
| Friday 3 July | 10:00 | 03:00 – 03:30 |
| Saturday 4 July | 10:00 | 03:00 – 03:30 |
| SEVEN DAYS AND SOUTHERN PART OF TRADE ZONE (7 days) | ||
| BUT NOT THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF SEVEN DAYS | Opens | Closes |
| Sunday 28 June | 10:00 | 01:00 – 02:00 |
| Monday 29 June | 10:00 | 01:00 – 02:00 |
| Tuesday 30 June | 10:00 | 01:00 – 02:00 |
| Wednesday 1 July | 10:00 | 01:00 – 03:30 |
| Thursday 2 July | 10:00 | 03:00 – 03:30 |
| Friday 3 July | 10:00 | 03:00 – 03:30 |
| Saturday 4 July | 10:00 | 03:00 – 03:30 |
| CAMPING AND SOUTHERN PART OF SEVEN DAYS (8 days) | Opens | Closes |
| Saturday 27 June | 10:00 – 16:00 | 03:00 – 04:00 |
| Sunday 28 June | No later than 09:00 | 03:00 – 04:00 |
| Monday 29 June | No later than 09:00 | 03:00 – 04:00 |
| Tuesday 30 June | No later than 09:00 | 03:00 – 04:00 |
| Wednesday 1 July | No later than 09:00 | 03:00 – 04:00 |
| Thursday 2 July | No later than 09:00 | 03:00 – 04:00 |
| Friday 3 July | No later than 09:00 | 03:00 – 04:00 |
| Saturday 4 July | No later than 09:00 | 03:00 – 04:00 |
The police requires that all stands be closed between 04:00 and 06:00.
* On Sunday 5 July at 09:00-12:00 some stands in the camping area are open. All sale must stop no later than 12:00.
One Planet Plate
Dishes with the One Planet Plate label comply with a wide range of requirements. Among other things, the dish has a carbon footprint of max. 0.5 kg CO2e for the entire meal and is 100% organic.
The One Planet Plate label is presented in collaboration with WWF.
Food in the official app
It might be difficult to remember where you saw that Asian noodle salad that you desperately need right away. No problem! Check our official Roskilde Festival app. Here, you can easily search for food anywhere on the festival. You can filter results after food type and find what is closest by.
Selecting stands
- Assortment: Our stands present organic, plant-rich, and global food. Plant-based food is especially prioritised.
- Climate and environment: We are organic and have a low climate impact on the food. Look after One Planet Plate certification for lowest climate impact.
- Price: We prioritize that participants with low income and students can afford a quality meal.
- Quality: We prefer food that is made from scratch with fresh produce above semi-manufactured products.
- Non-profit: We prioritise stands that use their profits for non-profit purposes, e.g., sports clubs and cultural unions.
- Originality: We select new stands that stand out from the existing selection of stands.
The festival has a refund and reuse programme, which goes far beyond what we know from our everyday lives. This is where each of us can make a difference, and we hope that you will join in, along with the more than 800 volunteers who participate in the effort.
In addition to the refund we already know, the festival also has refund on other items, such as beer carriers and foreign or damaged cans (nonmarketable cans). As such, refund is a closed recycling system, so the festival has chosen to include a further environmental initiative by introducing buyback of reusable cups and pitchers. Both refund and buyback are handled at the refund stands.
Reusable cups and pitchers can either be exchanged to clean cups/pitchers or repaid to the wristband in beverage stands or the refund stands can buy them back.
There are 3 refund stands distributed across the camping area. There is also a Drop&Go refund machine at East City that counts up to 100 standard refund items a minute.
Refund stands opening hours
West City
From Saturday 27 June at 16:00 to Sunday 5 July at 12:00.
Open every day from 08:00 to 02:00.
East City (2 refund stands and the Drop&Go machine)
From Saturday 27 June at 16.00 to Sunday 5 July at 12:00.
Open every day from 08:00 to 02:00.
Drop&Go at the southernmost refund stand is open at all hours.
Camping J
From Saturday 27 June at 16:00 to Sunday 5 July at 12:00.
Open every day from 08:00 to 02:00.
When you hand in your refund or sell your reusable cups/pitchers in a refund stand at Roskilde Festival, the value of your refund is put onto the chip in your bracelet.
The money can be transferred to your credit or debit card in our Refund Payout stand, which you will find in Refunders Lounge between Arena and the samaritans.
Opening hours
Sunday 28 June to Saturday 4 July: 12:00-18:00
Sunday 5 July: 10:00-14:00
Since 2016, Roskilde Festival has run the effort Responsible Refund. The goal is to match expectations and create better relations between refund collectors, the festival, and the participants at the festival through dialogue and improved working conditions for refund collectors.
Among other things, volunteers behind Responsible Refund run a back area for the refund collectors. This is where they can find a ‘safe space’, have a rest and a shower, quench their thirst, and have a free meal made from produce collected through our food waste project. We also have a team assisting refund collectors that are out in the field.
We estimate that more than 300 refund collectors from about 15 different countries visit the festival each year.