The Stadtrecht phenomenon is what makes people call Dutch cities cities too. Legally, the term 'city' ('stad') doesn't even exist nowadays here, so it mostly a

The Stadtrecht phenomenon is what makes people call Dutch cities cities too. Legally, the term 'city' ('stad') doesn't even exist nowadays here, so it mostly a term used intuitively and according to historical legacy. Interestingly, the Dutch province of Frisia famously features eleven cities (all historically holders of Dutch stadsrechten) of which the smallest has just over 700 inhabitants, whilst the biggest 'village' in the province boasts over 45,000.