The Hoboken Myth
Quite recently (not earlier than 1980), the village of the story was postulated to be Hoboken, but without any reasonable reference from the literature itself. Hoboken became involved with the story through Jan Corteel, a former Antwerp tourist office employee. He used the Schelde river as the "canal" and Hoboken as the village. However, the story itself mentions a canal (known as "De Vaart") between Mechelen and Leuven, and the Leuven Kermis.
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