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WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Europe Records Institute (EURI) Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum: House the world’s oldest football

Victorian artist Thomas Stuart Smith (1815-1869) left a bequest to establish a museum, library, and gallery of contemporary art for the Stirling area, especially...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Europe Records Institute (EURI) Vikersundbakken: Largest ski-flying hill in the world

Vikersundbakken or Vikersund Hill is a ski flying hill at Vikersund in Modum, Norway. It is one of the two largest purpose-built ski-flying hills...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Europe Records Institute (EURI) Puffing Billy: World’s oldest surviving steam locomotive

Puffing Billy was one of three similar engines built by Hedley, the resident engineer at Wylam Colliery, to replace the horses used as motive...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Europe Records Institute (EURI) Croke Park: World’s largest Gaelic stadium

Croke Park is a Gaelic games stadium in Dublin, Ireland. Named after Archbishop Thomas Croke, it is referred to as Croker by GAA fans...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Europe Records Institute (EURI) Crédit Agricole Group: World’s largest financial cooperative

Crédit Agricole Group, sometimes called La banque verte (English: The green bank) due to its historical ties to farming, is a French international banking...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Europe Records Institute (EURI) University of Naples Federico II: Oldest public university in the world

The University of Naples Federico II (Italian: Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II) is a public university in Naples, Italy. Naples Federico II...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Europe Records Institute (EURI) Iceland: World’s largest island created by volcanic eruptions

Iceland is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Europe Records Institute (EURI) National Museum of Natural History: House largest herbarium in the world

The French National Museum of Natural History, known in French as the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (abbreviation MNHN), is the national natural history museum...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Europe Records Institute (EURI) Southend Pier Railway: World’s longest pleasure pier railway

Southend Pier is a major landmark in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom. Extending 2.16 kilometers into the Thames Estuary, it is the longest pleasure pier...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Europe Records Institute (EURI) London Metal Exchange: World’s largest metal exchange

The London Metal Exchange (LME) is a futures and forwards exchange with the world's largest market in standardized forward contracts, futures contracts, and options...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Europe Records Institute (EURI) Speyer Cathedral: Biggest Romanesque church in the world

Speyer Cathedral, officially the Imperial Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption and St Stephen, in Speyer, Germany, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Bishop...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Europe Records Institute (EURI) Rhine–Main–Danube Canal: World’s highest altitude navigable sea canal

The Rhine–Main–Danube Canal (also called Main-Danube Canal, RMD Canal or Europa Canal), is a canal in Bavaria, Germany. Connecting the Main and the Danube...

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Canadian McIntosh breaks world record in women’s 400m

McIntosh, a 17-year-old swimmer, clocked 4 minutes, 24.38 seconds, lowering her record of 4:25.87 from April 2023 set at the same venue — Toronto’s...

Top spectacular natural landmarks of the world (P.487) Látrabjarg: The birdworld in the westernmost tip of Iceland

The cliffs of Látrabjarg are some of the highest in Europe, reaching heights of up to 440 meters. They extend approximately 14 kilometers along...

Furlani jumped world U20 record

European U18 and U20 champion Mattia Furlani eclipsed the world U20 long jump record by one centimeter with a second-round lead of 8.36m. The Italian...

Greatest roads in the world (P.174) N16: Road trip on Morocco’s Mediterranean coast

As voyagers set forth on the odyssey along N16, the grandeur of the Mediterranean Sea unfurls, presenting awe-inspiring panoramas of cerulean waters melding into...