The Hive Resort

We're offering a lot of easy, comfortable and fast alternatives to the car. Avoid traffic jams and pick one of the alternative options. Whichever method of transportation you're deciding on, please take into account the following advice:

• Choose the right option for you to arrive in Werchter and get your tickets in advance.
• Depart on time. You are not alone on the road. Your travel time will be longer than normal.
• Follow the instructions on your ticket. Take departure times into account, use the navigation links, etc.

Your festival ticket includes one free train ticket for a return journey in 2nd class from a Belgian departure station to Aarschot or Leuven. From those train stations, free shuttle buses from De Lijn will bring you to the festival. On Wednesday, only holders of a The Hive/The Hive Resort camping ticket can use this service. From Thursday 7 am to Monday 2 pm, the De Lijn shuttle buses will run for all festivalgoers to and from Leuven and Aarschot.

Your bike is a guarantee for a swift and healty ride to Rock Werchter. From the directions of Leuven, Mechelen, Heist-op-den-Berg or Aarschot, you'll easily reach Werchter by bike. Near The Hive, you can store your bike free of charge in the supervised bicycle park BLAUW (Haacht side), on the Werchtersesteenweg. Would you like to come to Werchter by bike, but is the distance just a bit too far? Then choose Park & ​​bike. You can park your car there for free. You will cover the last part of the route by bike. You can park your bike in the bicycle park BLAUW.

Coming by car? The Hive Resort' reserved car park in zone BLAUW is accessed via the E19 Antwerp - Brussels. From the motorway follow the signs to the car park. Traffic on this route could be heavy.

For leisure and entertainment. For a drink and a bite. Central Park is centrally located in The Hive and accessible to people staying on The Hive, The Hive My Space, The Hive Resort or The Hive Mobilhome.

Facilities:

• Café De Welkom: the nicest pub of Rock Werchter. Café De Welkom is open every festival day from 8 am to 3 am. Enjoy a drink and a snack. Want to have breakfast at Café De Welkom? Get your breakfast voucher in advance.
• Drink and food stands
• Lockers: anyone who wants to keep personal belongings safe or wants to charge their phone, can use our lockers. No deposit is required for the use of the lockers.
• Camping shop: Have you settled in at The Hive, but have you forgotten a few camping items? No worries, visit the camping shop on site!
• Information stand
• Power banks for smartphones: empty battery? Come rent a power bank! This stand is open from Thursday to Sunday from 9 am to 3 pm and from 11 pm to 2 am.
• First aid post
• Albert Heijn and Jupiler pick-up points
• Our recycling shop

Activities:

• The Karaoke Sing a Long Showdown: want to properly warm up your voice before four days of Rock Werchter? We’ve got your back! Come sing along with Otto-Jan Ham, Senne Guns and their excellent ‘Amai zeg wauw!’-bandmates. (Thomas Vanelslander! Robin Wille! Nele Paelinck! Nils Tytgat! and Lara Chedraoui!), on Wednesday evening 2 July at Central Park (The Hive). Always wanted to be on a Rock Werchter stage? Come perform the show of your life and sing along to the best tracks from 50 years of Rock Werchter. Trust us, you don’t want to miss out on this incredible night!
• Euro 2025: support the Red Flames on Thursday 3 July from 6 pm. You can also watch the other Euro group stage games live.
• Party! Studio Brussel presents a great party program. The line-up will be announced soon.

Towel set

Book your towel set (€35) in advance. This set includes a standard towel (30 x 50 cm) and a bath towel (70 x 140 cm). You can pick up the package on site at check-in. You can take your towels home with you as a souvenir afterwards.

Jupiler six-packs

Are you staying on The Hive and do you enjoy a cold Jupiler? Pre-order your chilled six-pack of Jupiler or Jupiler 0.0 now. No more dragging your beer cans to the tent, and lukewarm beer is also a thing of the past. Exchange your voucher for competitively priced, ice-cold cans of Jupiler or Jupiler 0.0 on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, at the booth at Central Park, on The Hive. Please note: supply is limited, so be quick. Cheers! Order your six-pack.

Albert Heijn Swap bag

Order your exclusive Festival Swap Bag from Albert Heijn. It’s health and convenience all in one bag! Inside the Festival Swap Bag**: fresh fruit and vegetables, vitamin shots, tasty crisps and dips…Up to €10 cheaper than in-store and delivered straight to your temporary home at The Hive. You can pick up your purchased Festival Swap Bag on Thursday or Friday at the Albert Heijn pick-up point at The Hive Central Park. Order your Festival Swap Bag before 15 June.

There will be pat-down searches at The Hive, The Hive My Space and The Hive Resort's entrance. Backpacks and luggage will be searched extensively.

In exchange for a valid camping ticket and upon presentation of a valid festival ticket, you can check in to the campsite. You will receive a camping bracelet showing which campsite you are staying on. The camping bracelet does not grant access to any of the other campsites or the Festival Park.

Do you wish to camp with friends on one of the festival campsites? Be sure to decide on the campsite of your choice in advance! Tickets cannot be exchanged after your purchase.

Campers with a camping ticket for The Hive, The Hive My Space or The Hive Resort can already exchange their combi festival ticket for a combi festival bracelet on Wednesday (until 11pm), at the entrance of their campsite.

One-day festival bracelets are only available on the day itself at the entrance of the festival.

Join us on the road to zero waste. There is still too much waste left behind at the campsite. That can be different, that can be better. Let's work on this together.

• Every camper at The Hive or The Hive Resort receives a recycling kit with bin bags upon arrival.​Full bags can be delivered to the various recycle/return points. Cleaning up is rewarded. Handing in a full garbage bag at a recycle/return point earns you a Zero Waste Coin. With this Coin, rewards (free Coins, sustainable gadgets) can be bought at the ‘recycle shop’ in Central Park of The Hive. Need an extra garbage bag? Just walk by the recycle/return point for a new one.
• Drinks are served in reusable cups. You pay a deposit of 0.2 Coin per cup. If you return the empty cup to the bar, the deposit will be added to the Coin balance on your wristband or groupie card. If you return 15 empty RPET bottles or cans, you will receive a free Coin at the drinks stand.
• You can also donate reusable cups to charity. Drop them in one of our 'gitterboxes'. We donate the proceeds from the cups that end up in the gitterbox to the NGO Join For Water, more specifically the Waterwijs Werchter project and a project in the Andes (Ecuador and Peru).

Don’t

• Glass, sharp objects, weapons.
• Spirits
• Large quantities of other alcoholic beverages (e.g. beer or wine). A maximum of 24 cans per person is allowed.
• Tapping equipment. Drinks are available at the campsites for a reasonable price.
• Large objects/furniture that don't belong on a campsites - sofas, kitchen tables, refrigerators, freezers, etc.*
• Gas burners and installations are forbidden by order of the fire department.
• Dry ice
• Drones
• Water kettles
• Generators, they cause extra noise and constitute an additional safety hazard.
• Fire (torches, candles, cookers, charcoal BBQ, etc) is dangerous, especially with so many tents crowded together.
• Pets, except for assistance dogs (either or not in training) for people with a disability.
• Music equipment making too much noise will be confiscated.
• Commercial activities: it is strictly forbidden to deal drugs, sell food or drinks, tickets and so on.
• Flyers: it is forbidden to hand out flyers or any other promotional material.
• Coffee machines, kettles, air conditioners, refrigerators, cooling installations, toasters, etc.
• Reels with extension cords.
• Tents, tarpaulins and gazebos ('party tents').
• Cars, motorbikes, trailers, caravans, camper vans, etc. They endanger camping safety. Hand trucks (trolleys) > 1m x 1m20 aren't allowed either. Motorhomes and campers are only allowed on the Rock Werchter Mobilhome campsite.

Do:

• enjoy your stay
• make friends
• respect your fellow campers
• get enough sleep
• brush your teeth
• wash your hands
• shower regularly
• keep the campsite clean, together with us

(*) About large objects/furniture: the camping manager decides in case of doubt.

If you wish to keep your personal belongings safe, use our lockers in The Hive's Comfort Zones, The Hive Resort, The Hive My Space or Central Park. You can rent a locker for one festival day or for the entire duration of the festival.

The Hive Resort campsite is divided into zones with fire lanes in between. Fire lanes have to be clear at all times. Any material in the fire lanes will be removed by the campsite staff. The Hive Resort is surrounded by a service lane. Very convenient for logistics, but also necessary for quick interventions by the emergency services and evacuations.

The Red Cross and the ambulance service from Leuven are permanently present. Need first aid? Call 112 or call for help through the App 112. Never hesitate to ask a (camping) crew member for help. There is a permanent first aid post of the Red Cross at The Hive.

The pharmacy in Werchter is located on Tweebruggenstraat 7. Opening hours during Rock Werchter from 10 am to 6 pm. Sunday from 10 am to 2 pm.

Do not hesitate to speak to the campground staff if you need help or information.

We aim for our festivals to be a place where everyone should feel safe, welcome and comfortable. A place where no one is exposed to discrimination, criticism or harassment. Everyone should be able to be themselves, and all are welcome, regardless of sex, gender, orientation, culture, religion, ethnicity or disability. We are committed to ensuring that our festivals and concerts are healthy and safe for everyone.

Our employees are trained, they stay alert to any problems and respond appropriately as needed. We have specialists in various fields on hand and festivalgoers can speak to a confidential counseler if they wish. The We Care A Lot hotline is available 24/7 during the festival. A WhatsApp message to +32 (0)478 51 15 79 is a direct line to quick help. You can also contact our We Care A Lot employees via the Rock Werchter app.

Read more about the initiative on wecarealot.be.