Traffic chaos threatens at the Wachau Volksfest: Schillerstrasse overloaded!

Traffic chaos threatens at the Wachau Volksfest: Schillerstrasse overloaded!

Stadtpark, Deutschland - Preparations for the Wachau folk festival on August 21, 2025 are in full swing and at the same time bring considerable traffic challenges. Every year in summer the streets around the city park near the Ringstrasse are closed for a good two weeks, which becomes a growing concern for local policies during the popular festival. Schillerstraße in particular is an essential diversion route, which has had tight crossings in some areas since 2023, which the ÖVP has great concerns. According to Noen.at this could cause considerable traffic chaos.

holiday season influences traffic

In addition to the traffic situation, the upcoming summer vacation period in Germany, which is terminated differently by the federal states, will represent another factor. The summer vacation 2025 begin in different times in different states and end until mid -September. These school holidays could lead to an increased travel volume and additionally burden the traffic situation around the festival. As reports Schulferien.org , the exact holiday periods from federal state to federal state are different, which will continue to complicate the planning for the upcoming festival.

The interaction of public holidays and the upcoming festival makes the fears of those responsible grow that the streets in and around Krems could turn into a true traffic chaos in August at the latest. Therefore, political decision -makers demand to take measures at an early stage to minimize the effects on the flow of traffic.