A Croatian village has broken a world record with an apple strudel chain made with five tonnes of flour and fruit that stretches over 3km.
Two tonnes of flour and three tonnes of apples were used to make the nearly 9,000 strudels in the small village of Jaskovo, Strudelfest 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.
During the village’s traditional festival, the strudels, made following a traditional recipe, were laid across several tables placed in a star formation by locals and volunteers.
The thousands of strudels will be donated to various institutions, organisations and people in need following the end of the festival.
‘They’ve been working so hard,’ Monika Ivis, one of several thousand visitors to the event, said. ‘They taste super.’
Jaskovo, 66km south-west of Zagreb, previously broke the world record a decade ago with a 1.4km 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 more than 1.7km in length consisting of nearly 6,000 strudels.
People celebrate after making world’s biggest strudel as part of their Guinness World Record attempt, in the village of Jeskovo near Karlovac, Croatia, on September 6, 2025
With two tons of flower Croatia’s village on Saturday made it into the Guinness World Records with the mammoth 3km long line of strudels, the world’s longest
The thousands of strudels will be donated to various institutions, organisations and people in need following the end of the festival
During the village’s traditional festival, the strudels, made following a traditional recipe, were laid across several tables placed in a star formation by locals and volunteers
Official Guinness World Record adjudicator Paulina Sapinska (C) is instructing two woman sprinkling powdered sugar on strudels during the Guinness World Record attempt
Strawberry strudels are laid out on a stall during an attempt to set a Guinness World Record for the largest strudel line in the world
‘Strudel is a symbol linked with local tradition,’ said the regional mayor, Martina Furdek Hajdin, adding that these events help boost the rural region’s development.
It comes after a Croatian diver last month broke the world record for the longest time spent holding his breath underwater.
Freediver Vitomir Maričić spent 29 minutes and three seconds submerged in water on a single breath.
That set the Guinness World Record for the ‘longest time breath held voluntarily underwater’, smashing the previous record by almost five minutes.
During his half-hour feat, Mr Maričić held his breath for twice the length of a bottlenose dolphin’s longest recorded dive.
In fact, that incredible achievement puts Mr Maričić on par with a harbour seal.
Aerial view of a field and tables laid out in star formation for the strudels during the Guinness World Record attempt for the world’s largest strudel line, in the village of Jeskovo near Karlovac
Seven rows of strudel on a table during the Strudelfest in Croatia over the weekend
A woman sprinkles powdered sugar on strudels during the Guinness World Record attempt
Women are seen finishing making largest strudel line in the world
A woman measures the length of strudels during the regional festival in Croatia
The longest line of strudels achieved in the small village of Jaskovo consists of 8,940 strudels measuring 3km, announced Paulina Sapinska, a Guinness World Records adjudicator, after the measurement
‘Strudel is a symbol linked with local tradition,’ said the regional mayor, Martina Furdek Hajdin, adding that these events help boost the rural region’s development. Pictured: A woman sprinkles powdered sugar on the strudels
Harbour seals can exchange 90 per cent of the air in their lungs with one breath, compared to only 20 per cent in humans.
So, to compete with nature’s freedivers, Mr Maričić used pure oxygen to purge his blood of excess nitrogen.
He breathed pure oxygen for 10 minutes before holding his breath, bringing his blood oxygen levels to five times the normal limit.
