Claiming to be the smallest town in the world (population 17), Hum was once a strategically important border station between the Venetian and Hapsburg territories. Today there are only about a dozen old stone houses intact, but weekly mass is still held in the parish church and there are annual elections for a mayor. However, most people come here specifically to eat at the renowned Humska Konoba. Besides eating here, you can also ask for the key to the tiny Romanesque Church of St Jerome, decorated with 12th-century frescoes, standing in the grounds of the cemetery on the edge of town.
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Hum - the "smallest city in the world" in Istria 16.07.2008 - Hum (dpa) - Stone, across large, gray and rectangular stones. The lonely streets are swept as blank sheets swirls through the streets, a wind chime tinkles at the entrance of the only shops. Hum in Croatia The visitor who has ever passed through the open wooden gate and enter Hum, feels at first not necessarily cozy between the old houses. And yet this place is one of the tourist attractions in the north of Istria. Hum is because with its 18 inhabitants, as the smallest city in the world. Between 23 and 75 years old are the people who live here. After many years is even another baby on the way - what people in Hum quite happy, after all, then a little more life in the city expected. In the winter and spring is here and very sleepy at times almost a little too quiet, "said Ondina Medlag. It came 32 years ago with her husband here, bought a house and opened the only inn on the square: the "Humska tavern," a pub with a stone terrace and beautiful views. There are truffle dishes - and a much vaunted mistletoe brandy. Its recipe is strictly
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