Nagykőrös-Haaksbergen

30 September 1990, the first free local elections in Hungary were attended by foreign observers. Dr. Gábor Dzsingisz, then mayor of Haaksbergen, was delegated to Nagykőrös. He was unable to attend because the Queen of the Netherlands appointed him First State Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Netherlands on 28 September 1990. He was replaced by two officials from the Haaksbergen Municipality, Dick Sengers and Geusen Leusink, who were presented as mayors of our town on the day of the elections, 30 September 1990. They were later invited to Nagykőrös. In March 1991, they were presented to the representatives of the Municipality and the public at a ceremonial meeting of the Municipality. This was followed by the visit of Mayor Van Agt to Nagykőrös and the broadening of relations between the Mayor and the Arany János Reformed High School in Nagykőrös etc./The signing of the honorary document took place on 7 October 1994 in Nagykőrös.The relationship was intense between the Social Home and the Haaksbergen-Hungary Foundation. Donations arrived regularly in Nagykőrös. Mayor István Kósa led a delegation to Haaksbergen, where several groups visited factories. In 2001, the runners (then known as BASAFA SE) started planning another big trip. During the planning process, the route and the programme developed into a very nice goal. They will be collecting for the Nagykőrös Disabled on the way. They ran the route Espelkamp Aarhus Haaksbergen. Ahaus is the German twin town of Haaksbergen. From Espelkamp the ATSV runners from Espelkamp ran together with the Hungarians. From Ahaus the runners from Ahaus joined in. At the Dutch border the runners from Haaksbergen joined the others. The international team arrived at the main square at 10 pm, where a huge crowd was waiting for them. One of the big prizes of the run was a Ford Transit minibus for the Nagykőrös Disabled People's Association.