Sandcastle in Germany sets new world record
June 5, 2019
A team of artists finished work on a 17.66 meter (57.94 feet) sandcastle on Wednesday in the German resort of Binz on the Baltic Sea island of Rügen, breaking the previous world record for the highest sandcastle of 16.68 meters.
The artists began work on the castle in May with the help of a digger and crane and used more than 11 tons of sand.
They first constructed a cone of sand that measured 27 meters at its base before sculpting the castle's final structure.
The group included artists from the Netherlands, Russia, Hungary, Latvia and Poland.
The successful construction marked a turnabout in fortune for organizer Thomas van den Dungen. His first attempt at breaking the world record collapsed two years ago shortly before the castle was finished.
Tourists will be able to see the castle, which is part of a local sand sculpture exhibition, until November 3.
Germany was also the site of the previous record holder, which was built in the western city of Duisburg in 2017.
amp/rt (AFP, dpa)
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