Hanza Kaunas 2011

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It is known for several years already that Kaunas has been entrusted to organise the festival of the New Hansa Union "Hansa Days" in 2011. It is great challenge both to the local government and to the townspeople. At that time, approximately 7 thousand spectators and participators of the event will gather together for a week, whom we will have to meet, accommodate, dine, coordinate and guarantee that they bring away best memories from the festival.

As the town expects for great challenge in 2011, it is decided to organise the town's anniversary and the international Hansa festival simultaneously. What is more, the town initiated the establishment of the new public institution "Hansa Kaunas 2011", the constituters of which are the town's government and the public institution "Hansa Kaunas 2011" that has been organising the local Kaunas medieval festivals since 2005.

The main task of the institution is to organise and supervise preparation for the international festival of the 2011s, i.e. modify the areas, take care of guests' accommodation, programme artistic part of the festival, find the sponsors, etc.

The place of the festival will be Kaunas Old Town. All suitable areas will become arenas for concerts spectacles and circus acts. Other spaces of the Old Town will be prepared for exhibitions under the open sky or for pavilions for introducing the town. It is also necessary to find a suitable place to gather Hansa conferences and traditional meetings of the union's representatives.

The purpose of the institution "Hansa Kaunas 2011" is to reason the townspeople into the fact that without their active participation and their own initiative it is impossible to organise an attractive event.