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Romania Sets Guinness Record With Recycled Table, Funds Children’s Hospital
Thousands of people in Romania gathered around one very long table.
The table stretched for more than five kilometers through Bucharest.
Guinness World Records recognized it as the longest table made from recycled materials.
The gathering also helped raise money for a new hospital for children with serious mental health problems.
The hospital will be built at the Obregia Hospital complex.
It will include treatment rooms, therapy spaces, and areas for teenagers needing addiction care.
The project is expected to cost 16.5 million euros.
Construction is scheduled to finish by 2027.
About 20,000 people gathered in Bucharest for a 5,055-metre recycled-materials table.
Guinness World Records certified the event as the longest table made from recycled materials.
Donations will support a planned 3,900-square-metre pediatric psychiatry facility at Obregia Hospital.
The project is estimated to cost 16.5 million euros and is scheduled for completion in 2027.
The facility is expected to serve more than 5,700 children with severe mental illnesses annually.
- Who
- About 20,000 people, Bloom The World Association, the Metropolis Foundation, and Guinness World Records were involved.
- What
- Participants created a 5,055-metre table from recycled materials and raised funds for a pediatric psychiatry hospital.
- Where
- The table stretched along Unirii Boulevard to Constitution Square in Bucharest, Romania, near the Palace of Parliament.
- When
- The event took place on a Saturday; the hospital is scheduled for completion by 2027.
- Why
- Organizers aimed to break a Guinness record and support a new facility for children with serious mental illnesses.
Key facts
- Table length
- 5,055 metres
- Attendance
- About 20,000 people
- Guinness category
- Longest table made from recycled materials
- Planned facility size
- 3,900 square metres
- Estimated project cost
- 16.5 million euros
- Expected annual beneficiaries
- More than 5,700 children
- Scheduled completion
- 2027
- Current clinic capacity
- 62 beds
Quotes
Joanne Brent
Senior adjudicator and official onscreen judge for Guinness World Records
“Everyone, 20,000 people I am told are here today, have come around one table and a common cause. I get to see this often, people coming together, record-breaking achievements with real-world impact.”
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Alexa Vilcan
Representative of Bloom the World
“We clearly want as many people as possible to donate (toward) the first psychiatric hospital for children”
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