Collections - Largest Collection of Penguins

Collections - Largest Collection of Penguins: "Largest Collection of Penguins

WHO:
Birgit Berends
WHAT:
5,098
WHERE:
Germany
WHEN:
April 2006

The largest collection of penguins belongs to Birgit Berends of Germany, with 5,098 different items, as of 12 March 2008, which she has been collecting since 1990.
Birgit started her collection at the age of 18 because of the animated series “Pingu”, although her very first penguin dates back to her days in elementary school. Her favourite penguin is a real living penguin named Alfred whom she has adopted in the Cuxhaven Kurpark in Germany."