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Photoblog: 23 May 2012

why are people leaving these on Millennium Bridge?


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Taken by Joe D on 2011-10-04 12:49:38 with: NIKON D90 at 40 mm f/10.0 0.003 sec (1/400) ISO 200


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Arkadyevna

2011-10-23 21:16:07

Couples leave them, it started in Italy apparently, something to do with a book. It hasn't been translated into English, but the craze has caught on: www.nytimes.com/2007/08/06/world/europe/06rome.html

Chris Hammerton

2011-10-24 18:23:26

There's a bridge in Paris covered in them, near the Louvre.

gloskeith

2011-11-10 18:44:34

...and I saw loads of them on a bridge in Seville.

J e n s

2011-11-20 21:24:39

Thanks for the link. I thought this was an old thing being rediscovered, seems it's rather new...

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