Tag Archives: Netherlands

Largest bed

The largest bed measures 26.5 m (86 ft 11 in) long, 16.44 m (53 ft 11 in) wide and was created by Commissie Zomerfeesten St Gregorius Hertme (Netherlands) in Hertme, the Netherlands, on 28 May 2011. The record was attempted during the Zomerfeesten St Gregorius (summer festival St Gregorius) in Hertme.

Largest Twister Board, playable

The largest twister board measured 52.15 m x 42.70 m (171 ft 1 in x 140 ft 1 in) and was achieved by participants of the Kick-In 2011 at the University of Twente (the Netherlands) in Enschede, the Netherlands, on 1 September 2011. The participants played twister for about 1 hour on the board.

Largest field trip

The largest educational field trip is 1872 which involved students of Guido de Brès School and the Attraction Park Walibi Holland (both Netherlands), in Biddinghuizen, Netherlands, on 27 September 2013. The field trip included a presentation by the Dutch astronaut André Kuipers on his experiences and the physics of orbiting earth.

Largest image built with interlocking plastic bricks

The largest image built from interlocking plastic bricks measures 156.8 m² (1,687.77 ft²) and was created by A.J.J. Casper (Netherlands) at the Noorthgo Sport Hall, in Noordwijk, Netherlands, on 31 August 2013. After nine months and almost 3000 hours of work Mr Caspers used about 3,300.000 small stones (size 0.8cm x 0.8 cm to 0.4 cm x 0.4 cm) to create an image.

Full body ice contact endurance

The longest time spent in direct, full-body contact with ice is 1 hr 53 min 02 sec and was achieved by Wim Hof (Netherlands) in Naarden, Netherlands on 18 October 2013. Hof has held this record 16 times in the past and also holds the record for the fastest half marathon run barefoot on ice/snow.

Rowing (team – men) – distance in 24 hours

The greatest distance rowed in 24 hours (upstream and downstream) is 295.2 km (183.4 miles) by Ansgar John Brenninkmeijer, Gert Jan Keizer, Oscar Dinkelaar, Jacques Klok, Jeroen van Renesse, Hans-Jan Rijbering (all Netherlands) on the Amstel river, Amsterdam, Netherlands, on 14-15 June 2013. All six participants are members of the Royal Amsterdam Rowing and Sailing Club ‘De Hoop’.