Thousands of cocktail umbrellas were placed on the beach to create a colourful mosaic in the North Sea resort town of Esens-Bensersiel on Sunday in an attempt to set a new world record. As volunteers helped line the mini paper umbrellas in the sand, donations were also collected in the East Frisian seaside town for the children’s hospice in nearby city of Cuxhaven, reported the local tourist office. By Sunday evening, around 23,000 umbrellas had been placed on the beach, according to the resort area's website. The initial plan was to attempt to lay down 30,000 umbrellas but the volunteers later in the day decided against it. They had started working at around 11am but by around 3pm, only about half of the umbrellas had been set down, he explained.

Source: The Local September 11, 2017 10:30 UTC