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Added on the 03/05/2021 12:40:24 - Copyright : Euronews EN
A group of Berlin chefs decided that the record for the world's biggest doner belongs in Berlin and made an official attempt for the world's biggest kebab at the Mall of Berlin in Potsdamer Platz last weekend. The record attempt in Berlin was successful and was verified by the Record Institute of Germany, a counterpart of the Guinness Book of World Records, and weighed in at 934 pounds in total.
What better way is there to ring the fall season than with a good old traditional giant pumpkin contest? One such contest takes place every year in the German city of Ludwigsburg, where farmers from all over Europe roll out the biggest pumpkins you can imagine. 24-year-old Belgian farmer Mathias Willemijns won Ludwigsburg's pumpkin competition on Sunday, with a gourd that weighed in at 1,008 kilograms, or 2,222 pounds.
About 3,500 people gathered in the German town of Pilsting on Sunday, to witness as a team of over 300 people made an attempt to secure the world record for the world's biggest burger. They had a tall order to fill - the record at the time of their attempt was an unbelievable 2,015 pounds. The man behind the plan was none other than Rudi Dietl, a passionate world record chaser who had made, and secured, at least three records in the past: the world's biggest pizza, the world's tallest cotton candy, and the world's fastest tire change.
German "Christmas house" draws tourists with over 400,000 lights, producing a vast festive display. Roselle Chen reports.
The German city of Dortmund hosts the "World's largest Christmas tree" -- according to the organisers of the city of Dortmund. Elly Park reports.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says that Israel's military campaign in Gaza has turned the territory into the world's "greatest open-air graveyard". Borrell's comment comes as he arrives in Brussels for a meeting of EU foreign ministers. SOUNDBITE