WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) – Christ the King: World's tallest statue of Jesus
20-01-2021
(Worldkings.org) Each hand is 6 metres (20 ft) in length and the distance between the ends of the fingers is 24 metres (79 ft). It is composed of concrete and fibreglass.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) – Budapest Business School: World's oldest public business school
20-01-2021
(Worldkings.org) The School offers a wide range of graduate-level academic programs and concentrations. In the latest academic year the Budapest Business School offers 12 Bachelor's degree programs, in case of most programs in English, French, German and Hungarian language as well.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) – Styrian Armoury: World's largest historic armoury
20-01-2021
(Worldkings.org) The armoury is situated in Graz's Inner City, a few steps from Hauptplatz at Herrengasse Nr. 16. The armoury is open six days a week, closed Mondays, throughout the year. In winter, it can only be visited through guided tours.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) – Veolia Water: World's largest supplier of water services
19-01-2021
(Worldkings.org) Veolia Water sources, treats, stores and transports water from the environment (surface water deposits, rivers and subterranean aquifers) for distribution to populations. Veolia Water supplies nearly 95 million people around the world with drinking water.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) – Cromford Mill: World's first water-powered cotton spinning mill
18-01-2021
(Worldkings.org) It is now the centrepiece of the Derwent Valley Mills UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is a multi-use visitor centre with shops, galleries, restaurants and cafes.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) – Swissmill Tower: World's tallest operating grain elevator
17-01-2021
(Worldkings.org) The tallest grain elevator ever constructed, the Henninger Turm, stood 120 metres and was demolished in 2013.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) – Donaueschingen Festival: World's oldest festival for contemporary classical music
13-01-2021
(Worldkings.org) In 1925, the festival's scope expanded from presenting only chamber music to include choral works; one year later, the offerings included music for wind orchestra.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) – Let It Roll: World's largest drum and bass festival
13-01-2021
(Worldkings.org) Over 3,000 visitors arrived at the Oplatil sand pit in Staré Ždánice near Pardubice for the first year. Even more successful was the second sequel in 2009, when almost 4,000 people arrived at the festival.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) – Mole Antonelliana: World's tallest unreinforced brick museum
12-01-2021
(Worldkings.org) At 167.5 m, the Mole Antonelliana was the tallest masonry building in Europe when it was completed and is still the world's tallest unreinforced brick building to this day.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) – British Interplanetary Society: World's oldest space advocacy organisation
12-01-2021
(Worldkings.org) When originally formed in January 1933, the BIS aimed not only to promote and raise the public profile of astronautics, but also to undertake practical experimentation into rocketry along similar lines to the organisations above.