Croatian village breaks record with 3km strudel chain
- Last updated: September 7, 2025 | 13:07
With tonnes of flower and apples, a Croatian village on Saturday made it into the Guinness World Records with a line of strudels stretching more than three kilometers (nearly two miles).
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 Jaskovo, organizers 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 meters (1.95 miles) long.
During the village's traditional Strudel-fest, 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," she told the media.
"Strudel is a symbol linked with local tradition," regional mayor Martina Furdek Hajdin said earlier, adding that such events helped boost the rural region's development.
The strudels used to break the record will be donated to various institutions, organizations and people in need.
Jaskovo, 66 kilometers (41 miles) southwest of Zagreb, already claimed the world record a decade ago. On that occasion it recorded a 1,479-metre line of strudels.
The previous record from 2019 was held by the Croatian town of Sisak where the line of nearly 6,000 strudels measured more than 1,762 meters.
Agence France-Presse