Paris Officials Ask Tourists to Ditch the ‘Love Locks’ and Take a Selfie Instead
Ever since 2008, lovers from around the world -- about half of whom, statistically speaking, have probably broken up by now... -- have pledged their eternal love to each other by attaching a lock to the Pont des Arts bridge and throwing the key in the Seine.
It's sweet. It's romantic. It's symbolic. Unfortunately, it's also starting to put an unacceptable strain on the bridge, and so Parisian officials are launching a campaign that seeks to replace love locks with a fleeting 21st century alternative: the selfie.
