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A Croatian village has made it into the record books with a line of nearly 9,000 strudels stretching more than three kilometres.
Two tonnes of flour and three tonnes of apples were used for the world’s longest line of strudels – baked pastry desserts – in the small village of Jaškovo, organisers said.
“After very rigorous verification and counting I can announce that a total was achieved of 8,940 strudels, which means that’s a new Guinness world record title,” said Paulina Sapinska, a Guinness World Records adjudicator, after the measurement.
The line of strudels was 3,136 metres (1.95 miles) long.
During the village’s traditional Strudelfest, the strudels, made following a regional recipe, were laid in line by locals and volunteers.
“They’ve been working so hard,” said Monika Ivis, one of several thousand visitors to the event. “They taste super.” The strudels will be donated to various institutions, organisations and people in need.
Jaškovo, 66km (41 miles) southwest of Zagreb, previously broke the world record a decade ago with a 1,479-metre line of strudels. The crown was then taken in 2019 by the Croatian town of Sisak – and held until this weekend - after it assembled a line of more than 1,762 meters consisting of nearly 6,000 strudels.
“Strudel is a symbol linked with local tradition,” said the regional mayor, Martina Furdek Hajdin, adding that such events helped boost the rural region’s development.
