The heaviest beetroot weighed 71.050 kg (156 lb 10.24 oz) and was grown by Piet de Goede (Netherlands) and weighed in Holland, Netherlands on 30 October 2005.
The highest target ever reached in a one-day international by a cricket team is 443-9 by Sri Lanka v. Netherlands in Amstelveen, Netherlands 4 July 2006.
The highest toppling domino climb was 11.52 m (37 ft 10 in) and was achieved on set of Domino Day 2008 in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, on 14 November 2008.
The largest broom measured 32.65 m (107 ft 1 in) in length (broom handle 20.85 m (68 ft 5 in)) and was made by members of the ‘Kreateam 2006’ and measured in Sint-Annaland, Netherlands, on 12 September 2006.
The largest Automated External Defibrillation (AED) training session is 3242 and was achieved by The Dutch Heart Foundation (Netherlands) in Arnhem, Netherlands, on 6 June 2014.
The record for the largest bag of cookies is 3200 kg (7054 lb) and was achieved by the Juniorchamber Veenendaal-Rijnvallei in Veenendaal, the Netherlands, on 19 November 2005. Length: 5.5 m, width: 2.0 m, height: 3.0 m, filled with 207.860 Bart Foundation cookies. More than 220 volunteers participated in the record attempt and put over 3600 hours of work in the largest bag of cookies. €41.500 was raised for the Bart Foundation which supports people with a severe disease to achieve their ambitions.
The largest conductor’s baton measured 4.25 m (13 ft 11 in) and was manufactured by the Harmonie Amicitia Roggel (Netherlands). The baton was used by conductor Bas Clabbers (Netherlands) during a concert in Heythuysen, Netherlands, on 30 October 2010. The original baton was 45.2 cm (1 ft 5 in) long.
The largest Beer tasting is 392 and was achieved by Smaakvol Gelderland 2014 (Netherlands), in Arnhem, Netherlands, on 29 August 2014. The participants tasted 3 beers: 1. De Koninck by brewery De Koninck; 2. Bacchus Kriek by brewery Van Honsebrouck; 3. Delirium Hivernum by brewery Huyghe. The beers were tasted under the guidance of Wolter de Bes. There were 8 people to ‘pull’ the beers from kegs into jugs and then 10 pourers to distribute the beers into glasses.
DENK Communicatie (Netherlands) prepared a 26,658 litres (5,863.94 UK gal; 7,042.3 US gal) vegetable soup in Poeldijk, Netherlands, on 16 May 2009. The ingredients include 17,500 litres (3,849.46 UK gal; 4,623.01 US gal) water, 7,440 kg (16, 402 lb)tomatoes, 1,250 kg (2,755 lb) cucumbers, 450 kg (992 lb) bell peppers, 3.5 kg (7 lb) parsley, 2,503 pieces of garlic, 125 kg (275 lb) tomato paste, 325 kg (716 lb) salt, 3.5 kg (7 lb) pepper, 48 litres (10.56 UK gal; 12.68 US gal)of olive oil and
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The largest collection of bookmarks belongs to Frank Divendal (Netherlands) with 103,009 different bookmarks from all over the world, as of 8 February 2010, which he has been collecting since 1982. Frank has a well organised system to store his book marks. He first sorts them by country, then within a country he separates them into themes, such as bookshops, libraries, tourism etc. Although he collects all types of bookmarks, his favourites are the ones made of paper.