Hamburg bakers set record with 10-metre-long cinnamon pastry

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2025-09-15

Hamburg (dpa) - A German bakery chain has set the world record for making the longest-ever Franzbrötchen, a cinnamon-roll-like local pastry that is popular across northern Germany, officials said on Monday. "Never before has a record contender attempted to make the world's longest Franzbrötchen. We are excited to see whether the 10-metre mark can be surpassed," said judge Olaf Kuchenbecker - whose last name, fittingly, translates as cake baker. F......

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