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WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Europe Records Institute (EURI) Ryde Pier: World’s oldest seaside pleasure pier

Ryde Pier is an early 19th-century pier serving the town of Ryde, on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. It...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Europe Records Institute (EURI) Ponte Santa Trinita: Oldest elliptic arch bridge in the world

The medieval Ponte Vecchio Trìnita, or “Old Bridge,” is one of the most charming and iconic sites in Florence. This is a Renaissance bridge...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Europe Records Institute (EURI) Tangomarkkinat: World’s oldest tango festival

The Tangomarkkinat is the world's oldest tango festival. It is held early every July in Seinäjoki, Finland. As well as competitions to find the...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Europe Records Institute (EURI) Wells and Walsingham Light Railway: Longest 10+1⁄4 in gauge railway in the world

The Wells and Walsingham Light Railway is a 10+1⁄4 in (260 mm) gauge heritage railway in Norfolk, England running between the coastal town of...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Europe Records Institute (EURI) Emma Mærsk: Container ship to be powered by world’s largest single diesel unit

Emma Mærsk is the first container ship in the E class of eight owned by the A. P. Moller-Maersk Group. When launched in 2006,...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Europe Records Institute (EURI) Monte Kali: World’s largest artificial salt mountain

The town of Herringen, in central Germany, is home to a heap of sodium chloride (table salt) so massive that it has come to...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Europe Records Institute (EURI) Old Ashmolean Building: World’s first purpose-built museum building

The History of Science Museum in Broad Street, Oxford, England, holds a leading collection of scientific instruments from the Middle Ages to the 19th...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Europe Records Institute (EURI) Sherlock Holmes Museum: World’s first museum dedicated to the literary character Sherlock Holmes

The Sherlock Holmes Museum is a privately run museum in London, England, dedicated to the famous fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. It is the world's...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Europe Records Institute (EURI) Leipzig Trade Fair: Home to the world’s largest levitated glass hall

The Leipzig Trade Fair is a major trade fair, which traces its roots back nearly a millennium. After the Second World War, Leipzig fell...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Europe Records Institute (EURI) Queen Street Mill: World’s oldest surviving operational steam-driven weaving shed

Queen Street Mill is a former weaving mill in Harle Syke, a suburb to the northeast of Burnley, Lancashire, that is a Grade I...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Europe Records Institute (EURI) PS Waverley: Oldest working seagoing passenger-carrying paddle steamer in the world

PS Waverley is the last seagoing passenger-carrying paddle steamer in the world. Built in 1946, she sailed from Craigendoran on the Firth of Clyde...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Europe Records Institute (EURI) Sonova: world’s largest hearing aid company

Sonova Holding AG is an internationally active Swiss group of companies headquartered in Stäfa that specializes in hearing care (hearing instruments, cochlear implants, wireless...

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At the base of Mont Ventoux lies the charming town of Bédoin, the starting point of this epic journey. As cyclists set out on...