Landerneau’s 3,076 blue-clad smurfs crushed the world record for smurf-costumed gatherings on May 17, 2025, outnumbering Germany’s 2,762. French villagers in white hats sang smurfy songs, proving reality sometimes calls for face paint and wild camaraderie.

Participants from as far as Rennes joined this record-breaking smurf event, with an 82-year-old sipping beer as a smurfette. The largest smurf gathering in France brought unexpected tourism and a jolt of cartoon nostalgia, as blue faces filled Brittany’s streets.