Hanseatic Festivals
Dive into the time of the Hanse
Hanseatic Festivals in the Rhineland Hanseatic Cities
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Historic Hanseatic Festival Wesel
The Historical Hansefeast in Wesel always takes place on the last weekend in October. The Hansefeest is one of the most famous historical festivals in Germany and attracts thousands of guests from far and wide to the Hanseatic city of Wesel am Rhein every year.
Hanseatic Festival Neuss
On the third weekend of September every year, Neuss invites you to the Hanseatic Festival in the city centre.
Historic Hanseatic Festival Emmerich
In Mid-April, the Rheinische Hanseatic League presents itself at the Historic Hanseatic Festival in Emmerich.
Hanseatic Meeting on "Endlich Mai"
The member cities of the “Rheinische Hanse” – in addition to Kalkar and Grieth, also Emmerich am Rhein, Wesel, Dinslaken and Neus present themselves with a stand on this event in Kalkar.
International Hanseatic Conferences
Earlier, in the days of the medieval Hanseatic League, the member cities met on Hanseatic Days to coordinate their joint trade.
The modern Hanseatic Day takes up this tradition again. Every year a different Hanseatic city is the host and invites you to
exchange ideas and experiences, to celebrate and get to know each other.
The next International Hanseatic Days will take place in the following cities:
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2020 - Brilon
In 2020, the first virtual Hanseatic Days took place in Brilon.
2021 - Riga (Lettland)
The Latvian capital Riga is host in 2021.
2022 - Neuss
The Hanseatic Day in 2022 took place in the Hanseatic city on the Rhine Neuss.
2023 - Torun (Poland)
In 2023 the Polish city of Torun will be the host
2024 - Gdansk (Poland)
In 2024 the Polish city of Gdansk was the host.
2025 Visby (Sweden)
The Swedish town of Visby on Gotland will host the event in 2025.