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Naxos Potato Growers Prepare to Enter Guinness Book of Records (video)

Naxos potato growers are preparing to enter the Guinness Book of Records for the largest quantity of potatoes served, during the 8th Potato Festival in July. The Cyclades island is famous for its delicious potatoes and the producers of the...

Greek City of Volos Could Enter Guinness Book of Records Thanks to Tsipouro

The Greek city of Volos could become the setting of yet another Guinness World Record. Members from 20 Guinness Record-holding countries will visit Volos as part of a conference that aims to promote the area. The world record will be broken in...

Giant Kourabies wins place in Guinness Book of Records

The giant kourabies or Greek Christmas cookie taht was prepared by a team in Northern Greece eventually exceeded 300 kg. The giant cokie will be eaten on Sunday in the Asterokosmou park at the International Exhibition Center in Thessaloniki,...

Eighty-one-year-old Anastasia Windsurfer to Enter Guinness Book of World Records (video)

Anastasia Windsurfer said she was going to do it and she did! She crossed 18 nautical miles of sea from Skala, Kefalonia to Kyllini located in the Peloponnese on her windsurf. It took her 6 hours non-stop. Her successful attempt will...

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...

Greek Actor in Guinness Book of World Records

Famous Greek actor, Thomas Paliouras has made his way into the Guinness Book of World Records by playing the same role, in the same show, for 11 consecutive years.  Paliouras is in the Guinness World Records as the longest-serving...

Guinness Book of World Records Features Greek Caprine Cheese

The Guinness Book of World Records featured the cheese-making unit in Ierissos of Chalkidiki where they make the hugest carprine cheese in the world. The representative of the Guinness World Records, Jack Brockbank gave the certificate of the inscription...

The Greek Island of Naxos Wins Guinness World Record for Frying 554 Kilos of Potatoes! (Photos)

The Greek island of Naxos has found its way into the Guinness World records Book for something that you might not expect -- for frying a record amount of potatoes! That's right, Naxos served up some 554 kilos of french...

Ayia Napa Goes for Most Civil Weddings Guinness Record

Ayia Napa, Cyprus, will attempt to break the Guinness record for the most civil weddings performed in one session. Mayor Yiannis Karousos stated that they are trying to attract as many couples as possible offering new wedding venues in spectacular places where...

Ayia Napa to Attempt Guinness Record

The municipality of Ayia Napa, Cyprus, is determined to make the resort a tourism trademark on a worldwide level. The region’s Mayor, Ioannis Karousos, revealed to the newspaper Fileleutheros, the city’s council decided that in August, Ayia Napa will...

Guinness: World's Largest Lollipop Made in Greece

The town of Trikala, in Greece just made it into the Guinness Book of World Records, for making the world's largest lollipop. The lollipop was made in the “Mill of Elves” during this year’s Christmas Festivities. According to the Greek...

Giant Dakos Aspires for Guinness World Records

The cultural association To Rhodo in Chania, Crete, is making a giant dakos. For those who may not know, dakos is a Cretan meze, consisting of a slice of soaked dried bread or barley rusk (paximadi) topped with chopped...

Greek Baking Up Guinness Record

Tsoureki is a sweet, fluffy Greek bread associated with Easter traditions, when it is made and consumed in great quantities. Traditionally it is home-baked on Holy Thursday. This Easter, on the Greek island of Lesvos, confectioner Vassilis Pantazis will prepare...

Cretan Mandolin Players Get Guinness Record

The 414 players at the Sept. 5 Cretan Mandolin Festival were given a Guinness World Record on Dec. 31, the last given for the year, almost four months after they gathered in Heraklion to make music together. According to the...

Volos Sets Guinness Record for Largest Syrtaki Dance

Opa! Greece may be having a hard time economically but now is a world record holder - for the largest Syrtaki dance! The Association for Social Impact and Culture to the Municipality of Magnisia organized the event on the...