Hildesheim is home to the M'era Luna Festival. It began in 2000 and is a gothic festival that features many different styles of music including metal, future pop, aggrotech, synthpop, gothic rock, dark wave, and EMB. It is held at Flugplatz Hildesheim-Drispenstedt, a former British Army base. It is one of the biggest dark music festivals in Germany, averaging 20 000 - 25 000 per year. The sender took this photo on her trip to Thailand.