Vlaardingen honors well-known residents Bas and Aad, higher often called Bassie and Adriaan

Right this moment two well-known residents of Vlaardingen acquired the Vlaardingen Metropolis Medal for his or her efforts for the cultural identification of the town. It pertains to the TV duo Bassie & Adriaan, or Bas and Aad van Toor.

The brothers, aged 88 and 81, have performed an essential function within the schooling of youngsters, in keeping with the city. The contributions to social well-being, the native financial system and the media trade had been additionally praised by Mayor Bert Wijbenga, writing Rijnmond.

Wijbenga was in a very good temper right now, he mentioned. “The TV exhibits had been usually set in well-known places in Vlaardingen. Followers usually go to the city to see locations featured within the collection. I’m honored that I used to be capable of rejoice these younger heroes like this.” On Bassie and Adriaan’s Instagram web page you’ll be able to learn that the brothers are very proud to be honorary residents of Vlaardingen.

As a result of that is what the Vlaardingen Metropolis Medal recipient calls himself: an honorable citizen. The medal is a tribute to residents who’ve dedicated themselves to the town and the neighborhood in a particular manner.

Aad acquired the medal this afternoon on the village corridor, his brother Bas was shocked at house. He suffers from an autoimmune illness and is in a wheelchair. This isn’t the primary award for the brothers: in 1997 they had been appointed Knights within the Order of Orange-Nassau.

Each had already been lively within the career of artists for greater than forty years. For years the lads performed as Bassie and Adriaan. The collection of the identical title was on tv from 1978 to 1996, and has been repeated many instances since then.

In 2003 the brothers went on a farewell tour. On the finish of final yr, Bassie and Adriaan had been seen on the silver display with a documentary about their life and work.