( CNN ) -- Imagine the size of the box this one came in -- a Lego tower stretching 36 meters into the sky above the Hungarian capital Budapest . The 34.76- meter ( 114 feet ) tower , which was completed on Sunday , has been certified as the world 's tallest toy brick structure by Guinness World Records . It beat the previous record holder , a 34.4-meter structure constructed last year with the help of U.S. students from a school in Delaware . A spokesman for Guinness World Records confirmed that the tower qualified as the `` tallest structure built with interlocking plastic bricks . '' He said the record was officially registered to Lego Store Budapest on May 25 . The Budapest tower , topped by a Rubik 's cube -- a Hungarian invention -- was also built with the help of Hungarian primary school children , according to local news websites . The structure , built in front of the city 's St. Stephen 's Basilica , used hundreds of thousands of blocks . CNN Travel 's series often carry sponsorship originating from the countries and regions we profile . However , CNN retains full editorial control over all of its reports . Read the policy .
Lego tower in Budapest confirmed as world 's tallest by Guinness World Records . Tower reaches 34 meters over city 's St. Stephen 's Basilica . Score: 6