The Smurf Village Where Everything Is Blue - Except The Mood!

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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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  • spinnypeeps
    spinnypeepsover 10 years
    Cool... smurfs ROCK!
    • iamacow
      iamacowover 10 years
      lol
      • chicago12
        chicago12over 10 years
        hmmmm i don't know if i would wanna live there i mean my fav color is purple not blue so to have everything blue might get a little annoying
      • gap430
        gap430over 10 years
        I love this!
        • ikyra_marie
          ikyra_marieover 10 years
          what the...really cool and creative and imaginative but wouldn't blue get boring?Blue, blue, blue, and more blue?
          • headream100
            headream100almost 11 years
            But they ARE creative.
            • headream100
              headream100about 11 years
              The fact that everything is blue is pretty cool, but I don't like smurfs because they are these tiny blue make-believe creatures that wear soft white hats. I hate make-believe. That's how come I grew out of Disney.
              • hamsterlover123over 11 years
                cool
                • JJJJJJJover 11 years
                  THIS IS SOOOOOO COOL!!! I WANT TO LIVE HERE AND I AM SOOOO DOING THIS FOR MY CURRENT EVENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                  • Smurfdream100over 11 years
                    Ooooh cool place!