i don't know where it started, but I remember seeing many, many bridges in Moscow that were just like that. All over the place and HUNDREDS of locks.

I haven't seen one in Geneva, no.

yes! the bridge on the way to louvre in Paris is also full of them:

http://www.google.ch/search?q=locks+bridge+paris&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1464&bih=931

in geneva I never saw...

Rome as well had a specific pilon on a bridge that was so full of padlocks that they had to keep cutting them off to keep the pilon from snapping.

This in Rome specifically came after a movie where two lovers do exactly that.

And I have seen thousands of the things in South Korea and the base of the N Seoul Tower, but I doubt that the Koreans have seen that Italian movie... :-D

Apparently these are useful for "locking your love" to the bed...

spot the hopless romantic..

..and who said romance waqs dead?

The hapless hopeless romantic...

"was"...(obviously)

Theres also lots of these bridges in Prague, and latvia .. nice custom .. they usually have a date inscribed on them . 

ok...I'm totally gonna ask my next boyfriend to do a love padlock thing on the Pont du Mt Blanc  

lol

no wonder we don't see them in Geneva, that just sounds SO rideculous! 

Also these sad sad people waste perfectly good handcuffs....

http://www.insidethetravellab.com/cologne-padlock-bridge/

i suppose its considered bad form if you actually lock your love to the bridge directly right?.. 

Probably only if you throw away the key....

Actually, they are quite common in Italy, and can be spotted on many places near a river or by the sea. 

You write your lover's name and yours on the padlock, lock it, and throw the key in the water.

italy... where love happens for eternity... geneva: where it's consumated in dark corners throughourt the paqius (so i have heard)

brings a whole new meaning to "lock up your daughters"

maybe the swiss are just prudish and keep their locks on their chastity belts :p on second thoughts....

The Omegaman has uncovered the ritual . . . it's all in "thowing away the key".

Guess that excludes using a combination lock !

Hello,

I have seen quite a few of them on my bicycle tour when I passed Калининград (the russian enclave - formerly Königsberg). Attached you will find a picture of a bridge there.

Cheers

I agree! What happens if you break up with your OH? Go and find the lock and open it somehow?

Well the key is thrown into the water. There are serveral possibilties (depending on your personality)

1. You dive into the water and try to find the key (might work for short term relationships only)

2. When you have finished splitting the bed, the table and all other things with your chainsaw you continue with the Love Lock

3. You have saved a spare key as a backdoor and just use it

4. You just try to forget about it and never pass by that bridge again

5. You do not break up relationships

6. You choose the next partner with the same name - so you can keep the Love Lock

7. You have your Ex choose a partner with your name - and leave it to him/her to continue your old live with a new partner

8. You change your name - so you will not be bothered again with that old story

What kind of person are you?

Well if the guy you are with really wants to do such a thing, suggest a place  where there is a good probablility it will get removed for you :-) (I mean if you know the relationship won't last hahah)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/7677377/Paris-to-remove-love-padlocks-from-Pont-des-Arts-bridge.html