On May 17, at the International Day of Hansa, the Cultural Center "Dialogue" hosts "Great Hansa Journey - 2014" event by the Hanseatic mark at Yaroslav's Court.

The event shall remind the people of Veliky Novgorod and its guests about the fact that Veliky Novgorod was the first Russian city that has become a member of Hanseatic League of new time and initiated the creation of the Union of Russian Hanseatic cities. The event shall also promote that on May 22, 2014, in the capital of the Hanseatic League, German city of Luebeck, XXXIV International Hanseatic Days will start.

The news for the guests of the celebration will be that the International Hanseatic Days 2039 will be held in Veliky Novgorod again, it means that the youngest guests of the festival will be those who would organize the event in the future . At the first day of summer, by the town of attractions in Kremlin park the interactive playground "Dityache Polyana" (Children’s clearing”) will start its activity. On June 5, the museum “Vitoslavlitsy” will celebrate its 50-anniversay, on June 7 and 8 the colourful festivities will be dedicated to the 1155-th anniversary of Veliky Novgorod. On June 14 musical and dramatic presentation "Novgorod veche" (Meeting of Novgorod people) will be held within the Kremlin walls, while on June 21 the music and martial show "Knyazhya bratchina" (Warriors of the Prince) will be presented More detailed list of activities in Veliky Novgorod may be found at the city Internet site - VisitNovgorod.ru.