The record for the most people twirling batons consisted of 1,012 participants in Bakel, Netherlands on 16 May 2004. All participants were registered majorettes from all over Holland.

The most people wearing red noses in multiple locations is 89,116 in an event organised by CliniClowns Nederland, Netherlands, on 9 November 2007.

The most powerful water pump pumps at a rate of 60,000 litres per second and was made by Nijhuis Pumps in Winterswijk, Holland, Netherlands, in 2004. The pump is called the Nijhuis-HP1-4000.340.

The most powerful trebuchet (for a projectile of less than 20 kg or 44 lb) threw a 16.7kg (36 lb 13 oz) projectile over a distance of 363.85 m (1,193 ft 8 in) and created a power output of 6,076.2 kg m (43,949.2 lb ft). It was built and fired by ‘De Blijde Vrienden’ at Oosterend Present in Oosterend, Texel, Netherlands, on 2 August 2008.

By area, the Netherlands has more twisters than any country, with one for every 1,991 km² (769 miles²) of land! The USA has one per 8,187 km² (3,161 miles²).

The oldest ice hockey player is Fred de Wit (Netherlands, b. 18 October 1935), who played as a goalkeeper for the Nijmegen Gladiators against the Eindhoven Kemphanen in a Nederlandse IJshockey Bond Third Division match in Nijmegen, Netherlands, on 12 January 2014, aged 78 years 86 days. The story of Fred’s attempted garnered him much publicity in his native Netherlands, with several media outlets sending reporters out to cover the game. Nijmegen Gladiators won the match 18-4 and Fred pulled off some great saves in Continue reading →

The oldest share certificate was issued by the Dutch East India Company (Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC) chamber of Enkhuizen (Netherlands) on 9 September 1606 and made out to the Enkhuizen inhabitant ‘Pieter Hermanszoon boode’ (Pieter Harmensz). The certificate was accidentally unearthed by Ruben Schalk (Netherlands), a history student from Utrecht University, in 2010, while researching for his master’s thesis. The date printed on the certificate is the day on which Pieter Harmensz paid the last installment of his 150 guilders investment in the VOC, Continue reading →

The Stock Exchange in Amsterdam, Netherlands, was founded in 1602 with dealings in printed shares of the United East India Company of the Netherlands in the Oude Zijds Kapel.

The youngest player to participate in a competitive darts tournament is Nick Stoekenbroek (b. 11 May 1989) (Netherlands) who at the age of twelve played in the Dutch Open, Veldhoven, Netherlands on 5-7 February 2002. Stoekenbroek reached the last 128 out of 2,654 competitors.

The longest golf club measures 4.22 m (13 ft 10 in) in length and was created and used by Mark Lee Reynolds (UK). The club was used to drive a ball over a distance of 169.5 metres (556 ft 1 in) on a Trackman device at the Haarlemmermeersche Golfclub, Cruqius, Netherlands, on 6 June 2012. Mark took two shots with the club. The first one was to establish that the Trackman device was working correctly, the second was the record shot.