A Romanian village has unfurled what they say is the largest flag ever made, in a Guinness World Records bid. It took about 200 people several hours yesterday to roll out the flag, which organisers say measured 330 metres by 220 metres, about three times the size of a football field. The five-ton flag was displayed in Clinceni, 35 kilometres southeast of Bucharest. Workers struggled to keep it firmly planted on the ground because of windy conditions and had to use small sandbags.
Adrian Dragomir, manager of the Flags Factory which created the flag, says it took weeks to sew and 70km of thread was needed.

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