Longest line of matchboxes
- WHO
- Lord Mayor Roland Methling, Anja Janda, Antje Sell, Franziska Nagorny, Anja Thomanek, Wolfgang Hansen
- WHAT
- 45,327 total number
- WHERE
- Germany (Rostock)
- WHEN
- 04 July 2018
The longest line of matchboxes consists of 45,327 matchboxes, and was achieved by Lord Mayor Roland Methling, Anja Janda, Antje Sell, Franziska Nagorny, Anja Thomanek and Wolfgang Hansen (all Germany) in Rostock, Germany, on 4 July 2018.
The attempt was made to honour the city of Rostock's 800th birthday. Every matchbox in the line depicts the traditional gabled houses, that the Hanseatic City of Rostock is well known for. The completed line was 1,498 meters long.