<div align="justify">A new Guinness World Record has been set in Germany for the tallest sandcastle, which measures a spectacular 16.68 metres and has broken the record held by celebrated Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik.<div align="justify"><br />The enormous sandcastle is intricately decorated with images of tourist attractions from around the world, including Athens' Acropolis and the Leaning Tower of Pisa.<br /><br />Using approximately 3,500 tonnes of sand, it took a team of artists almost a month to complete. An entire week was spent just collecting the sand in 168 trucks.<br /><br />German travel agency Schauinsland-Reisen GmbH organised the attempt in Duisburg, Germany.<br /><br />Official Guinness World Records adjudicator Jack Brockbank was on hand to verify the record in front of a crowd of onlookers.<br /><br />After measuring the sand sculpture using laser technology, he announced that the team successfully broke the previous record.<br /><br />On February 10 this year, Pattnaik had built a 14.84 metres tall sand castle on the beach of Puri, Odisha to promote world peace.<br /><br />"We wanted to organise another exciting event that brings together summer, sun, sand and our slogan 'Holidays in great hands' in perfect harmony," said Andreas Ruttgers, Head of Tourism at Schauinsland-Reisen.</div></div>
<div align="justify">A new Guinness World Record has been set in Germany for the tallest sandcastle, which measures a spectacular 16.68 metres and has broken the record held by celebrated Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik.<div align="justify"><br />The enormous sandcastle is intricately decorated with images of tourist attractions from around the world, including Athens' Acropolis and the Leaning Tower of Pisa.<br /><br />Using approximately 3,500 tonnes of sand, it took a team of artists almost a month to complete. An entire week was spent just collecting the sand in 168 trucks.<br /><br />German travel agency Schauinsland-Reisen GmbH organised the attempt in Duisburg, Germany.<br /><br />Official Guinness World Records adjudicator Jack Brockbank was on hand to verify the record in front of a crowd of onlookers.<br /><br />After measuring the sand sculpture using laser technology, he announced that the team successfully broke the previous record.<br /><br />On February 10 this year, Pattnaik had built a 14.84 metres tall sand castle on the beach of Puri, Odisha to promote world peace.<br /><br />"We wanted to organise another exciting event that brings together summer, sun, sand and our slogan 'Holidays in great hands' in perfect harmony," said Andreas Ruttgers, Head of Tourism at Schauinsland-Reisen.</div></div>