WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) Arianespace: World's first commercial launch service provider
18-03-2023
(WorldKings.org) Arianespace SA is a French company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) Kilsyth Curling Club: World’s oldest curling club
17-03-2023
(WorldKings.org) In 1716, the Kilsyth Curling Club was established, making it the oldest in the world.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) International Four Days Marches Nijmegen: Largest multiple-day marching event in the world
17-03-2023
(WorldKings.org) The International Four Day Marches Nijmegen (Vierdaagse) is the largest multiple-day marching event in the world. It is organized every year in Nijmegen, Netherlands in mid-July as a means of promoting sport and exercise.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) Virgin Mobile: World's first mobile virtual network operator
16-03-2023
(WorldKings.org) The world's first MVNO, Virgin Mobile UK, was launched in 1999.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) Humber Gas Tunnel: Longest hydraulically inserted gas pipeline in the world
14-03-2023
(WorldKings.org) Humber Gas Tunnel has a total length of 4,860 meters and has an average depth of 30 meters.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) Fuggerei: World's oldest public housing complex still in use
13-03-2023
(WorldKings.org) Fuggerei was founded in 1516 by the wealthy merchant Jakob Fugger.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Asia Records Institute (ASRI) Caijia Rail Transit Bridge: World's highest metro-only bridge
10-03-2023
(WorldKings.org) The bridge design successfully met stringent functionality requirements and aesthetic demands made by the project owners and the city of Chongqing.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) All England Open: World's oldest badminton tournament
09-03-2023
(WorldKings.org) The first All England Open was held in the English town of Guildford in 1898.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) Pavlopetri: The oldest submerged city known in the world
08-03-2023
(WorldKings.org) The city of Pavlopetri is part of the underwater cultural heritage as defined by UNESCO in the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage. All traces of human existence underwater which are one hundred years old or more are protected by the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) Margarete Steiff GmbH: World’s oldest stuffed toy company
07-03-2023
(WorldKings.org) Margarete Steiff GmbH is the oldest and most famous teddy bear and soft toy manufacturer in the world.