The Smurf Village Where Everything Is Blue - Except The Mood!
Juzcar, a tiny village that lies along Spain's picturesque Costa Del Sol (Sunny Coast) used to be just like all the neighboring towns - A pristine white. Then in June of 2011, folks from Sony Pictures picked this little Malaga town from a pool of 200 candidates as the venue for the world premier of their upcoming movie, Smurfs 3D, and asked to paint the entire town, a Smurf Blue!
The villagers agreed on the condition that come September, the entertainment giant would turn all the buildings back to their original white. However, while September is long gone, Juzcar still remains a shocking blue and, its not because Sony Corp. reneged on their promise, but because, the villagers are not sure they want to go back to the same boring look.
The reluctance is thanks to the fact that its fame as the world's First Smurf Village has turned this once unknown town, which has been around since 711 AD, into a tourist mecca. Since the day the dozen painters walked into their village and covered the structures with 1,000 gallons of blue paint, life has been just smurfantastic! Over 80,000 people have visited the town boosting its economy and creating several new jobs and, while the movie may be off the theaters, the visitors keep coming.
To decide whether they should remain Smurf Village forever, the townspeople have been asked to submit their vote between 10am and 6pm on Sunday December 18th. Considering the fact that the locals have nicknamed their Mayor, 'Papa Smurf', we have a sneaky feeling about the outcome, don't you?
Resources: huffingtonpost.com, typicallyspanish.com, dailymail.co.uk
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- M.A.S.KFriday, May 15, 2015 at 10:07 amI wish I could go there😜
- WaffleWednesday, May 13, 2015 at 3:16 pmI love smurf's
- awesomeFriday, April 10, 2015 at 2:04 pmawesome
- kk2580Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at 6:31 amthat is awesome
- kdancesSunday, November 16, 2014 at 11:32 ami hope that the town stays blue because its sooo cute shaaaaaaaa
- j_t_kTuesday, November 11, 2014 at 3:36 pmI want to go there. Blue is y favorite color plus I love the Smurfs!!!!! :)
- littlemissyThursday, November 6, 2014 at 9:18 amI love the color BLUE!!!!
- jopoWednesday, October 29, 2014 at 5:02 pmawesome smurfs I love smurfs
- jopoWednesday, October 29, 2014 at 4:58 pmsmurfs are awesome
- jopoWednesday, October 29, 2014 at 4:59 pmI agrre with myself
- nikukyuSaturday, October 11, 2014 at 6:31 amCute!