The largest backpack or rucksack is 4.315 m (14.15 ft 1.88 in) in height, 3.21 m (10 ft 6.38 in) in width, 1.47 m (4.8 ft 9.87 in) in depth and was measured at the Intergift IFEMA expo centre in Madrid, Spain on 3 February 2011. The backpack was made from polyester fabric and is an exact replica of a normal sized Safta backpack which was present throughout the measuring process. The largest backpack was scaled to be 10 times the size of the normal Continue reading →

The world’s largest plaster is a scaled-up version of the Hansaplast Universal strip, which measured 360 cm (141 in) long and 95 cm (37 in) wide on 6 June 2004. It was created by David Martínez Fernández, Juan Luceño Montero and Eduardo Torello Rivera (all Spain) of Beiersdorf, S.A. in Barcelona, Spain. The wound pad measured 125 cm (49 in) long, 60 cm (23.6 in) wide and the micro perforations had a diameter of 0.6 cm (0.2 in) at a distance of 10 cm (3.9 Continue reading →

The largest beach towel measured 87.14 m (285 ft 10 in) in length and 25.20 m (82 ft 8 in) in width and was manufactured by Fateka S.L. on behalf of Compañía Cervecera de Canarias (Tropical brand). The towel was displayed at Playa de las Canteras in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain, on 5 June 2010. The towel was plain green in colour. The planning of the towel took one month and the production 8 days.

José Antonio Basteguieta made a beret (‘boina’) measuring 3.5 m (11.48 ft) in diameter which was shown on El Show de los Récords, Madrid, Spain on 13 October 2001.

The largest bunch of bananas, containing 473 individual bananas, was grown by Kabana SA and Tecorone SL (Spain) on the island of El Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain and weighed 130 kg (287 lb) on 11 July 2001. It was harvested at the jointly owned Finca Experimental de las Calmas, a projected 160-ha (395.3-acre) farm with 5 ha (12.3 acre) already devoted to bananas and is the result of a 30-year project by several farmers to develop a desert area of the island into a tropical Continue reading →

The largest caganer, a traditional model figure or statue featured in Catalan nativity scenes, measured 6.00 m (19 ft 8.22 in) in height and 2.00 m (6 ft 6.74 in) at its widest point and was achieved by Maremagnum Shopping Centre in Barcelona, Spain, on 23 December 2010. As implied in the literal translation of the Catalan word “caganer”, the figure depicts the act of defecation. The object itself is a nativity figure traditional to Catalan culture and whilst the origins of the tradition have Continue reading →

The largest cafetière is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston and a superior lid.

The largest card game tournament consisted of 1,146 pairs playing Mus and was achieved by El Correo, in Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain, on 14 November 2010. Mus is a popular card game played throughout Spain, originating from the Basque regions and is played in pairs and the art of bluffing is a crucial strategy. The tournament was a straight knock-out format with half the number of pairs eliminated each round. The tournament started at 9.30am when the 2292 people of all ages poured through the doors Continue reading →

A total of 157 mixed couples performed the folk dance ‘The Jota of Aragon’ for eight minutes at Zaragoza, Spain on 18 May 2003.

The largest cork collection in the world is owned by Antonio Fontela Blanco and Rosa Maria Valdes Diaz of Oviedo, Asturias, Spain who on 6 March 2002 had collected 744 different bottle corks from 284 brands of natural cider from Asturias, Spain. Collection was started in 1995 and the oldest cork in the collection is 60 years old.