Brusselicious - Experience the regional identity
Happy Weekend!
The Belgian comic-artist Pierre Culliford, known as Peyo, is the inventor of the Smurfs. When he had once dinner with his friend André Franquin, he asked him to pass the salt. But he couldn't remember the word so he said: "Pass me the ... uhm ... the smurf!". Franquin handed it over and answered: "Here's the smurf. Once you've smurfed with it you can smurf it back to me!” And so the name and language of the little imps were invented.
Happy Weekend!
The Belgian comic-artist Pierre Culliford, known as Peyo, is the inventor of the Smurfs. When he had once dinner with his friend André Franquin, he asked him to pass the salt. But he couldn't remember the word so he said: "Pass me the ... uhm ... the smurf!". Franquin handed it over and answered: "Here's the smurf. Once you've smurfed with it you can smurf it back to me!” And so the name and language of the little imps were invented.