Guinness World Record
Celebrities
The Weeknd Named Most Popular Artist by Guinness World Records
The Weeknd has surpassed all other musicians to become the most popular performer in the history of the music industry, as documented by Guinness World Records. After reviewing the data that Spotify obtained from some of the most well-known...
Life
Tallest Woman in the World Reveals What Her Life is Like
Rumeysa Gelgi, the 26-year-old Turkish-born woman, is the tallest woman in the world, measuring in at 7 feet 0.7 inches, or 215 centimeters. She holds the 2023 Guinness World Record for being the tallest woman.
The previous year, Rumeysa was...
Greek News
Greek Athlete Breaks Guinness World Record
Greek athlete George Kotsimpos broke the Guinness World Record for the most hand-release pushups in one minute by completing an outstanding 64 pushups in one minute in December.
He beat the previous record of 58 hand-release pushups in one minute...
Australia
Greek-Australian Kayla Itsines Inspires Online Followers to Break Five Guinness World Records
If you have ever wondered what the Guinness World Record for the most people working out together, doing various exercises is, look no further. Greek-Australian Kayla Itsines helped inspire thousands to participate in making history on November 17 in...
Culture
The Biggest Greek Salad in the World in Red Square
At a sprawling exhibit in Red Square in Moscow you will find something quite unusual and unexpected - the world's biggest Greek salad!
The world-famous Greek salad uses tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, peppers, olives and feta cheese topped with oregano and...
events
TIF: Dancing Its Way into the Guinness Book of World Records
The organizing team of the Thessaloniki International Fair is planning on achieving a Guinness World Record for the largest Pontic “Omal” dance in both length and number of participants. The dance will take place as part of the concert...
Culture
Romania’s Syrtaki World Record Hopes Dashed by Rain, Greece Still the Record-Holder (Video)
Romanian hopes of setting a Guinness Book World Record for dancing Greece's famous syrtaki dance from the 1964 film "Zorba the Greek" were dashed over the weekend. A storm struck the Black Sea port on Saturday making the ability...
Greece
This Greek City Broke the Bachata Guinness Record (video)
Residents and visitors in Kalamata, Peloponnese flocked in the city's main square to watch 740 dancers break the Guinness world record in Bachata dancing.
The Bachata is a social Latin dance that was born in the rural areas of the...
entertainment
Pyrgos Achieves Guinness World Record With Strawberry Pie
The chefs-members of the Chefs Club of Peloponnese, West Greece and the Ionian Islands, have made the biggest strawberry pie ever to be made, and offered it to passers-by in the center of Pyrgos, in Courts Square.
The strawberry pie...
events
City of Xanthi Prepares Guinness World Record Pastry
The city of Xanthi is preparing its famous pastry, "the karioka," for a place in the Guinness World Record.
The pastry makers of Xanthi, produced on Wednesday a traditional karioka that weighs 383 kilos and it will be distributed in...