Thursday, June 30, 2011

In whose Steps: Lovers' Bridge (3)

This is the Bridge of Locks. There's an imitator in Krakow, but the original is apparently in Wroclaw.

Young couples (there are A LOT of them in the student ghetto north of the Oder) will buy a lock if they think they're serious enough, attach it to the bridge, and throw the key in the river. Their love is supposed to last as long as the lock remains on the bridge.

Most people just use ordinary padlocks and carve their names into them...



but others go the extra mile with the foof and the glitter glue.



This one looks like someone made it in metal shop.



Apparently you can buy special locks intended specifically for this purpose. Here is an embarrassingly elaborate one.



If you're cheap as fuck, you can use your bike lock.



And for those of a more realistic mindset...

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