The record for the largest artificial air vortex is 34.43 m (112 ft 11.51 inch) achieved at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, Germany on 15 October 2007.

A team of 12 staff members from the company EDEKA Südbayern (all Germany), took turns to push a shopping trolley for 24 hours around a 434 m long track in the Forum Building of the Munich Airport (Germany) covering an overall distance of 294.52 km (183 miles) on 23 July 2005. The team completed 678 loops on the 434 m long track circular track. The was organised on the occasion of the company party. They completed the distance in 23 hours, 58 minutes and 26.86 Continue reading →

The tallest Christmas pyramid is 20 m (65 ft 7 in) tall and was created by Henry Jacob (Germany). It was presented and measured on the Berlin Christmas Market in Berlin, Germany, on 16 November 2010. The Christmas pyramid had 6 floors. The bottom three were open to the public as a viewing platform.

The record for the tallest pyramid of cookies is 1.49 m (4 ft 10 in) and was achieved by Jan Vinzenz Krause and members of the diocese Essen using 12180 Leibniz butter cookies at the Centro shopping centre in Oberhausen, Germany, on 16 September 2006.

The tallest sunflower was 8.23 m (27 ft) tall when measured in Kaarst, Germany, on 04 September 2012 and belongs to Hans-Peter Schiffer (Germany). Hans-Peter Schiffer broke his own record for the tallest sunflower previously set in 2009.

The largest mouth blown vase measures 3.56 m (11 ft 8 in) in height and was blown by Xaver Hofmeister (Germany) in Amberg, Germany on 21 July 2007

The thickest book measures 4.08 m (13 ft 6.63 in) in width and was produced by Zeitgeist Media as ascertained on 6 October 2010 at Frankfurt Book Fair, Germany. The huge book called Das dickste Buch des Universums (The thickest book of the universe) contains texts and drawings from children sent in for a contest held by the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs of Germany and announced in Käpt’n Blaubärs Verkehrsfibel, a kids edutainment magazine for kids road safety. The book contains Continue reading →

The greatest distance walked along a tightrope in 24 hours is 15.68 km (9.74 miles) and was achieved by Joey Kelly (Germany) on the set of RTL Spendenmarathon at MMC studios in Hürth, Germany, on 18-19 November 2010 in celebration of Guinness World Records Day 2010. The wire was 11 m (36 ft 1.07 in) long and hung 11 m (36 ft 1.07 in) above the ground. Former singer and iron man Joey Kelly raised €90,000 (then £76,000, $119,000) for charity. A cheque was handed Continue reading →

The tightest parallel park is 14 cm (5.51 in) and was achieved by Ronny Wechselberger aka Ronny C’ Rock (Germany), at Flugplatz Kindel in Eisenach, Germany, on 18 June 2012. The feat was recorded for the TV show GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS – Wir holen den Rekord nach Deutschland, aired on RTL2 (Germany). Ronny used a VW Up with a length of 3.54 m (11 ft 7.37 in), which he parked into a 3.68-cm-long (12 ft 0.88 in) space, marked by two other Up’s. The distance Continue reading →

The farthest distance covered on a water slide in 24 hours by a female team is 827.73 km (514.33 miles), achieved by Christin Barz, Sabrina Kolb, Tamy Heinz, Sandra Morawitz, Alexandra Koller, Lisa Schösse, Melanie Günther, Sarah Schaffelke, Stephanie Hammers and Julia Siering (all Germany) at Galaxy Erding in Erding, Germany on 17-18 November 2010 in celebration of Guinness World Records Day 2010. The record took place on the longest inner-tube water slide Magic-Eye, which has been ascertained on Guinness World Records Day 2010.