There is a small town in eastern Belgium called Durbuy (sounds like the start of a Neil Young song...). It's been around for 700 years and somehow continues to claim to be the "smallest town in the world." With a population of over 1,000 today, this is obviously a bogus claim. Maybe centuries ago it might have been the smallest incorporated town, but today I imagine there are dozens of villages, right here in Belgium, that are smaller.
Brags aside, Durbuy is a very cute village and, based on our visit last week, a real draw for Dutch tourists (nearly half the cars in our large parking lot were from Holland). As we quickly noted, with almost every street cobble-stoned, this is a place to leave your high heels and baby strollers in the car!
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