ALL THE CURIOSITIES ABOUT LOVE LOCKS

PHYSICAL LOVE LOCKS: VANDALISM OR ROMANTIC ACT?

In many cities, the act of placing love locks has been labeled as vandalism. In different parts of the world, local authorities and managers of various monuments have expressed various concerns regarding these locks. We at Love You too have collected a series of curiosities about love locks around the world. And remember that any way you can find to show your love is perfectly valid and intriguing. But consider the fact that you can create something that will remain forever in the heart and eyes of your loved one - your own virtual and personalized love lock on the "Love you Too" platform.

• In Algiers, love locks were added in September 2013 to a bridge previously known as the "suicide bridge" in the Telemly neighborhood. However, some youths later took it upon themselves to remove them at night after an imam declared in a video that such locks were forbidden by Islam.
• In Winnipeg, Canada, in 2015, a woman cycling on a bridge was seriously injured by a love lock that got entangled on her forearm, leading her to seek emergency care with the need for 21 stitches.
• Authorities in Canberra, Australia, decided in February 2015 to remove love locks from a bridge that was becoming popular for this purpose and other locations in the city. Justifications included the potential for future threats to public safety due to bridge overload with a mass of locks and potential structural damage caused by corrosion.
• In Melbourne, Australia, municipal authorities began removing love locks from the Southgate footbridge in May 2015 due to safety issues, with approximately 22,000 locks affixed to the railings causing cable sagging.
• In Toronto, Canada, love locks were removed from the Humber Bay Arch Bridge due to aesthetic and structural concerns.
• In the United States, in Norfolk, Virginia, from 2015 to 2017, citizens removed many locks from a scenic pedestrian bridge overlooking the Hague Inlet in Ghent, a historic neighborhood in Norfolk. A delegation forced the Norfolk City Council to remove the remaining locks, as Virginia law considers them illegal obstructions to the right of passage.
• In De Pere, Wisconsin, at Voyageur Park, locks are attached to an observation point called Sunset Point.
• In Canfield, Ohio, the BIG LOCK was installed in 2014 as a community art project at the Canfield Fairgrounds. Visitors are encouraged to add a customized lock to the 12' x 12' steel cage shaped like a rooster. The Canfield Fair is one of the country's largest county fairs, and the rooster is its official symbol. The name BIG LOCK is a play on words, also referring to the Big Rock, another iconic symbol of the Fair.
• In New York City, a group of locksport enthusiasts organized to remove locks from the Brooklyn Bridge in 2013.

• In Las Vegas, a half-scale model of the Eiffel Tower located at the Paris Hotel on the famous Strip has inspired visitors to place love locks on the walkway leading to the elevators at the top of the tower. Visitors are instructed not to throw the key from the tower, and locks sold in the lobby are opened and provided without a key for a fee to prevent this practice.

• In Lovelock, Nevada, people are actively encouraged to leave their locks on chains threaded between the poles at Lover's Lock Plaza. The city's name, although unrelated to love locks, derives from a family that settled in the area in 1860, and the city adopted the practice much later.
• The city of San Angelo, Texas, erected a sculpture called "Forever Love," inspired by "love locks," like the bridge in Paris.
• In Discovery Bay, a town in Northern California, in 2011, a "lovers' bridge" was created by newlyweds Carolyn and Anthony George. The couple, married on 11-11-11, had the idea to create a place where lovers could "unite" by placing a lock on the bridge and throwing the keys into the waterways of the California delta surrounding Discovery Bay.
• In Florence, the city council removed 5,500 love locks from the Ponte Vecchio. According to the city council, the locks posed an aesthetic problem and risked scratching and denting the metal of the bridge.
• Venice is one of the cities where affixing love locks is strictly prohibited, with particular attention to the Rialto Bridge. Adding new locks can result in fines of up to 3,000 euros.

• In Dublin, Ireland, love locks on the Ha'penny Bridge over the River Liffey were removed by the city council in early 2012. The council stated that they could potentially damage the protected structure and that love locks are an eyesore on public structures.

• In Scotland, the Edinburgh City Council launched the "Mark your Spot" campaign on the Forth Road Bridge, where panels on the bridge itself were dedicated to love locks. This charity initiative raised £10,300 for the Queensferry RNLI, a local lifeboat rescue service.
• In Tampere, Finland, in 2012, two artists removed hundreds of love locks from the Patosilta Bridge overlooking the Tammerkoski rapids. They transformed the locks into an art piece called "One Love," a 150-kilogram cube.
• In Recife, Brazil, a love locks project was initiated by Diego Lima on a fence on Aurora Street. However, after the locks were stolen and sold twice as scrap metal, Lima decided not to give thieves a third chance.
• In Bakewell, England, thousands of love locks were removed from the Weir Bridge in 2018 after complaints from locals. Since then, proposals have been put forward for the construction of specially dedicated metal trees.

Any way you choose to express your love is perfectly valid and intriguing. But consider the fact that you can create something that will remain forever in the heart and sight of your loved one: your personalized virtual love lock on the "Love you Too" platform.