The world’s tallest Lego towers
It’s the toy that has been entertaining children around the world for almost 100 years and it’s the world record that has never been held by a Middle East country. The Big Project takes a look at the tallest structures to ever be constructed from Lego.
Abbreviated from the Danish words, leg and godt, the literal translation of the word Lego is “play well” and for almost 100 years that’s exactly what children and adults the world over have been doing. But since 1980 Lego has been used for much more.
Following the construction of a Lego tower in Milton Keynes, England (13.1m tall in 1980) a new world record was set and over the last 30 years that record has been broken 42 times, most recently, back in the UK at Legoland, Windsor.
Despite Dubai holding the world record for hosting the most world record breaking activities, the ‘tallest Lego structure’ record has never been broken in a Middle East country.
Previous record holder, Seoul, South Korea enlisted an army of toddlers to build its 31.9m tower, but the record stood for less than two months.
Here is a roundup of the 10 tallest towers to be made from Lego:
| Tower: |
Height: |
Date Built: |
| Legoland, Windsor, UK |
32m |
July 2012 |
| Seoul South Korea | May 2012 | |
| Paris, France |
31.60m |
Oct 2011 |
| Sao Paulo, Brazil |
31.16m |
April 2011 |
| Santiago, Chile |
30.95m |
November 2010 |
| Legoland, Germany |
30.76m |
August 2010 |
| Limmen, Netherlands |
30.52m |
June 2010 |
| Oslo, Norway |
30.22m |
April 2010 |
| Munich, Germany |
29.97m |
Oct 2009 |
| Nasu highland Park, Japan |
29.70m |
March 2009 |
Source: http://www.recordholders.org
