Ten parachutists performed the largest simultaneous indoor BASE jump at the Tropical Islands Resort near Berlin, Germany, on 31 January 2005, at an event arranged by the German BASE Association. Tropical Islands is a tropical-themed water park inside a giant airship hangar.

The largest simultaneous sing along was achieved by more than 105,000 fans who sang along to Queen’s “We Will Rock You” during Germany’s match against Argentina at FIFA Fan Fest Berlin at Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany on 3 July 2010. An estimated 350,000 attended the event.

The record for the largest stainless steel cooking spoon is 10.01 m and was made by the Rösle GmbH & Co. KG in Marktoberdorf on 27 January 2006.

The largest structure made entirely from cotton tips was created by Monika Veidt of Schönebeck, Germany who constructed an armchair using 61,422 cotton tips on 18 April 2002. The chair has a matching lamp and coffee table also made entirely out of cotton tips. The chair has a matching lamp and coffee table also made entirely out of cotton tips.

The largest table football tournament was organised by PV Autoteile and FC Schalke 04 and involved 1564 participants at the Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on 7 May 2006.

The largest tarantella dance involved 316 participants for an event organised by Stadthalle Unna GmbH (Germany) at the Un(n)a Festa Italiana in Unna, Germany, on 21 May 2009. 689 people registered for the record attempt, however, only 316 people danced simultaneously for 5 minutes.

The largest toast mosaic measures 150.28 m² (1,617.59 ft²), and was achieved by Galileo TV reporter Jumbo Schreiner (Germany), with the help of 28 volunteer firefighters from Garching, Hochbrück and Gernlinden (all Germany) at Neue Messe München in Munich, Germany, 23 October 2011. The toast mosaic measured 10.35 m (33 ft 11.48 in) by 14.52 m (47 ft 7.65 in). The attempt was filmed for the German infotainment programme Galileo and broadcast on 6 November 2011 on Pro7 Germany.

The largest torchlight measures 400 cm (13 ft 1 in) long and 96 cm (3 ft 1 in) in diameter and was created by Zweibrüder Optoelectronics GmbH & Co. KG (Germany). It was presented and measured in Solingen, Germany, on 24 September 2011. The torchlight is an outsized replica of a torchlight sold by the “Led Lenser” brand. It consists of 19 LED´s which is comparable with 250 light bulbs and much for efficient than regular light bulbs. The torch comes to 1000 watts, about Continue reading →

The bird with the largest vocabulary is a budgerigar, Oskar, owned by Gabriela Danisch of Bad Oeynhausen, Germany, who knows and can say 148 words as ascertained on 8 Sep 2010.

The largest violin is 4.27 m (14 ft) long, has a maximum width of 1.4 m (4.5 ft) and a bow with a length of 5.2 m (17 ft). It was made by the Vogtland masters of violin and bow making (Germany) in Markneukirchen, Germany, and completed on 14 June 2010. Vogtland masters of violin and bow making consisted of 15 expert violin and bow makers from the region. The violin was an up-scaled replica of a violin made by Johannes Georg Shcönfelder II in Continue reading →