Fork of Vevey (French: La Fourchette de Vevey) is an 8-metre-tall (26 ft), 1.3-metre-wide (4.3 ft) stainless steel fork on the shore of Lake Geneva in Vevey, Switzerland. Fork of Vevey is a part of the Alimentarium, a Vevey-based museum with a permanent exhibition on food and Nestlé's history.[1][2]
| Fork of Vevey | |
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 Fork of Vevey, 18 July 2020 | |
| Location | Lake Léman, Vevey, Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 46°27′28″N 6°50′47″E / 46.45776°N 6.84627°E |
| Governing body | Alimentarium (museum of food) |
| Website | Fork of Vevey |
The fork was initially created in 1995 by the Swiss artists Jean-Pierre Zaugg and C.Toda to mark the Alimentarium's tenth anniversary.[3] The fork was removed in 1996 but reinstated about a decade later, following a public petition. The Alimentarium claims that the Fork of Vevey is the world's largest fork,[4][5] and since 2014 the Guinness Book of World Records has listed it as such,[6][7] but there is a larger fork (11 metres (36 ft) long) in Springfield, Missouri,[8] and an even larger one (12 metres (39 ft) long) in Creede, Colorado.[9]
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Alimentarium (museum of food) in Vevey, Switzerland -
Fork of Vevey
References
edit- ^ "The world's biggest fork is in front of the Alimentarium". Alimentarium. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ "That great big Fork of Vevey". Wordpress blog by Exxtracts. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ Balibouse, Denis (5 June 2008). "A giant fork sculpture on the shores of Lake Leman in Switzerland". ABC. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ "The world's biggest fork is in front of the Alimentarium". Alimentarium. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ "The Fork". Alimentarium. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ "Fork records in The Guinness Book of World Records". The Guinness Book of World Records. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ Records, Guinness World (September 2015). Guinness World Records 2016. p. 91. ISBN 978-1910561065.
- ^ Mauricio Venegas (13 June 2019). "World's largest fork in Springfield is the site of a million selfies". Columbia Missourian. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ Terri Cook (31 May 2016). "Only in Colorado: The World's Largest Fork". 5280. Retrieved 26 January 2021.