Largest flaming image using matches

A group of seven contestants (Bart, Betty, Catherine, Frank, Glenn, Jeroen and Steven) from Belgium’s Big Brother TV show, built a fire carpet depicting the show’s logo out of 329,700 matches The flaming image measured 10m² (107.63 ft²) when it was lit on19 November 2000. The housemates were given their assignments for the week beginning 12 November, receiving a list of 11 records, two of which were fake (opening and closing a door and putting on as many clothes as possible) but were not told Continue reading →

Largest flaming image using candles

The largest flaming image using candles consisted of 35,478 candles and was achieved by 118 Sandoz employees (Pakistan) at the Hotel Serena in Faisalabad, Pakistan, on 10 December 2009. The completed image depicted the Sandoz logo and motto and had an area of 910.45 m² (9,800 ft²). It took the 118 participants 7 hours to draw the image, 1.5 hours to place the candles, and 42 minutes to light all of them.

Largest flag draped

The largest flag draped measured 101,978 m² (1,097,682 ft²) and was achieved by Moquim Al Hajiri (Qatar) of Brooq Magazine (Qatar), in Doha, Qatar, on 16 December 2013. The dimensions of the flag are: 509.97 x 199.97 m (1,673 ft 1.5 in x 656 ft 0.83 in).

Largest flute

The largest playable flute is 3.25 m (10.66 ft ) long and 5 cm (1.97 in) in diameter and was made by Fushun Youth and Children Palace. It was verified in Fushun city, Liaoning province, China, on 14 July 2009. It takes three people to play the flute together. It can play tunes as the normal sized one.

Largest flower auction

The world’s largest flower auction and flower market is Bloemenveiling Aalsmeer (VBA) in Aalsmeer, The Netherlands. Every weekday approximately 19 million flowers and 2 million plants of over 12,000 varieties are sold with a daily turnover of €6 million ($7.2 million, £4 million). The total area of the building covers 999,000 m² (10 million ft²) which is equal to 165 soccer fields. The VBA has a network of 7,000 growers who provide the plants/flowers and almost 1,400 buyers who export them. Approximately 85% of the Continue reading →

Largest flower arranging workshop

The greatest number of people attending and participating in a flower arranging workshop is 1,892 in an event organised by Globerz Entertainments in Kannur, India, on 17 September 2011. The event was held during the Onam Festival. The workshop lasted for 46 min and a fresh flower carpet of 1,975.5 m2 (2,1264 ft2) was created.