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German man collects 11,000 different snow globes
Josef Kardinal’s collection began in 1984 and now totals 11,017 snow globes, a Guinness World Records title recognized in 2025 festive highlights.
- This year, Josef Kardinal extended his Guinness World Records title with a staggering collection of 11,017 snow globes, verified and featured in GWR’s festive highlights.
- The collection, first counted at 6,100, began from a single gift and grew to include European landmark globes and rare Disney-licensed pieces.
- Kardinal curates rare Disney-licensed pieces and globes from across the world in his multi-room basement in Nuremberg, Germany, regularly maintaining each so it still 'snows' as intended.
- Visitors have flocked to Cragside estate, Northumberland, where 1,000 multi-coloured lights and oversized bows decorate the giant tree, boosting festive interest.
- Guinness World Records framed Cragside and Josef Kardinal's feats as seasonal creativity, with Craig Glenday, Editor-in-Chief at Guinness World Records, saying `This time of year often brings some of the most memorable and imaginative record attempts, and these two titles are no exception.
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Josef Cardinal opened the doors of his home to the organization of World Guinness Records to show the 11 thousand globes that are part of his collection since 1984 - and that give him the title of the person with more snow globes since 2002, when he first applied. The man who lives in Nuremberg, Germany, showed several collections to Emma, one of the organization's officials. The pieces are from one globe with the form of a call from the Coca-Co…
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Man extends world record for largest snow globe collection
German collector Josef Kardinal has expanded his world-record snow globe collection to 11,017 pieces, transforming a once-simple gift into a meticulously maintained, multi-room archive of miniature, swirling memories.
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