We Asked Tourists to Cut Love Locks: Check Their Surprising Reactions!
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0:00 Tourists Hanging a "Love Lock" in Prague
1:07 Starting a New Tradition
2:44 Cutting Love Locks
4:10 Couples Therapy
6:36 Hold My Trdelník
8:10 Love Lock vs Grafitti
8:51 Czech Word
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Janek Rubeš & Honza Mikulka, Prague based journalists
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In Poland we do same with bike locks when somone left his bike for more than 5 minutes.
How many of those bikes are then stolen? Sounds like a Polish joke.
Cleaning up the streets, couldn't expect less from poland
😂🤣😄
Aah, so that's what they do in Italy, it's a tradition!💀
We do this in London
If you do this every 3 months and film it, you will start an actual tradition that can actually spread to other cities.
I hope it will happen at least once a year if not every 3 month
Tax padlock sales. Use the money to fund daily padlock removers and make a profit too.
Lol try that in Köln (Cologne)... i think they went to replacing the fence pieces in total because there is no way you can cut all of those.
with tiktok and instagram..this video has the power to do it without doing it every 3 months
It's annual, not tri monthly 😢
I hope this "tradition" spreads to other countries.
@@lylecoglianese1645No, they are not. These locks are really heavy and could cause heavy damage to the bridges longterm.
@@lylecoglianese1645 you can put up as many locks as you want in your house. To see how nice they are.
@@lylecoglianese1645 In Köln we have the Hohenzollern bridge with more than a half million locks on it. They have an estimated weight of more than 40 tons and they will not break down the bridge because it was build for heavy trains.
And I also think it would be a longterm tradition to cut them all off 😂
@@lylecoglianese1645 In previous videos he's shown this exact same spot of the bridge having been damaged by the locks (part of the fence fell into the river due to the weight)
@@lylecoglianese1645 Did you actually watch the whole video, or you are just stupid?
The girl from Paris was actually wrong.
The city of Paris had to cut of most of the barriers that were full of lovelocks because the bridge (pont des arts)became too heavy and was about to fall down...
finally somebody explained why
It started on Pont des Arts and parts of the railing have collapsed on at least two occasions. The vandalism has since spread to eleven other bridges and the Eiffel Tower.
I mean she was kinda right people don't cut the locks the government does
@@VancofeThe removal is ordered by the City of Paris and operated by the Municipaliy Agents. Nothing tondo with France's gov 😊
@@testman9541municipalities are part of government.
“It’s not love, it’s vandalism” that quote sums up this whole video lol
Why?
I mean its romatic gesture to do it yes but tbh its still a kind of vandalism from long range spectrum bcs the weight of so many locks can actually cause some damage long term
@@ondrejhasak476 bc it seems to underline the sentiment that inspired the video. A sentiment I agree with
Putting on a lock: Its not love, its vandalism.
Taking off a lock: Its not vandalism, its love. 😅
@@ondrejhasak476 Because they're destroying the railings. All these locks add up to an insane amount of weight which the railing is not designed for. It also scratches the sh*t out of it and will make the railing corrode. Also, it looks stupid.
Here's an easy way to get rid of love locks. Make a regular competition who can cut most love locks in 2 minutes. You'll have ten cutters and ten contestants at a time. Even more. Each participant will have a designated section. Winner will get a certificate that he helped to maintain Prague's architectural heritage and battle vandalism and your book. Second and third place will get a t-shirt with your signature. The rest will get a diploma. You'll clean the fence in no time, no effort and minimal cost.
that is something I'd totally do. heck even with out the book prize. that's some fun bragging rights to be the fastest lock cutter.
Yes, such a cool Idea :)
Or a lock picking contest. Bosnian Bill and LPL would approve!
Only thing is someone rushing might accidentally knock the actual fence or scratch it is all. All for cutting but also gotta be careful
To protect the fence!
@@AGRACUTA that fence is not a historical object as far as I know, it gets painted every now and then and all the locks have already scratched it so I don't think it would be a major problem. Of course being careful should be demanded so as to not do any damage that you could avoid.
I find it interesting that people think buying a cheap padlock from a street seller and putting it on some random bridge in a city you may never return to, is somehow an eternal symbol of neverending love 🙄
I remember walking over a bridge in Cologne with a lot of these bullshit locks and there was one really memorable graffiti on the ground: "Was ist denn das für eine Gesellschaft, in der das Symbol für die Liebe ein Schloss ist?" (What sort of society has a lock as a symbol for love?)
It's just a photo op.
@@DarthLenaPlant that is... surprisingly deep
Something they talking about before is that they are often over priced.
I mean it can be symbol, symbols after all are just symbols
Cutting locks is also a tradition in Chicago when you leave your bike unattended for more than 5 minutes
also a polish thing! we can both agree that its fun.
It’s also a thing in the hood
In the suburbs the Police come it's a tradition... yes I know it's a bad jaoke
Its also a Washington traditionb
yo why did u steal this from top comment old man brother
If tourists put the €10 they would normally invest in vandalism into cleaning up the city, that would be a great world.
If tourist do this the local politicians steal money anyway and let city rot :D
You already pay taxes
@@KimYoungUn69 Tourists don't pay taxes.
@@francescoaiazzonesales tax
@@francescoaiazzone They do. They pay taxes on their hotel stays, they pay taxes for everything they buy and sometimes they pay idiot taxes when they fall for obvious scams.
If your love is influenced by a lump of metal that can destroy something, you're an idiot anyway. Keep up the good work!
your love not you're (=you are) 😬
@@prplt easy mistake when typing quickly on a computer ✌️
Like a wedding ring?
@@well_i_liked_itexactly like one; those have always been a scam.
I am just curious, how can a lock destroy something?
THe concept of having your Prague souvenir be someone *elses* love lock that you chopped off the bridge is just hilarious to me XD what an excellent way of promoting good behavior - sure some of them still put locks on, and non tourist is going to travel with bolt cutters so its a hard trend to spread, but you brought a little awareness, and got them involved in a cleanup effort instead of just selfishly messing up a bridge for a photo op.
Plus it's gotta be satisfying to anyone going through a messy breakup lol
You need to set up a life-size picture of a Prague municipal worker (in ‘traditional uniform’, of course) holding some lock-cutters and with the face cut away so that tourists can poke their own faces through and have their photo taken.
😂😂 that's a great idea
I say next time you guys should do a collaboration with the Lock Picking Lawyer and get him to get them off for you without the danger of grinders or bolt cutters!! 😂
Do it multiple times so you will know for sure it's not a fluke 🙃
Looking forward to this Collab!
Good idea, or make a picking/opening competition out of it... with some shims you can probably open most of those locks in seconds.
Nah McNally is where it's at!
"With this tool from Bosnian Bill...", "got two, three is binding...", then entire fence is cleared of locks and the video ends in under a minute.
Janek, Destroyer of Bonds.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
The city should restrict selling locks in tourist areas
Now I am become divorce, the destroyer of bonds
@@NYrenderYes please, so breaking in houses can be much easier.
And breaker of chains. 🔗
Before visiting Paris with my boyfriend, I wanted to get a love lock for us to hang in the city. But after doing some quick research, I realized how harmful they are! I am sad that others do not do the same research before deciding to do it in cities they travel to. But I am so happy that you have created this new tradition to get rid of them, I hope it spreads all over Europe!
thankfully ive never put on a lovelock anywhere!
ive never been in a relationship 🥲
Honestly, plant a tree. There are charities doing that and a living tree is a better symbol of love than a lock
yes i don't understand why the streets sellers doesn't get arrested for promoting degradation of historical heritage with their lovelocks
One couple I knew wanted to do one. They went to a nice little place in the middle of nowhere and discreetly placed it on a bridge where nobody will likely notice in their lifetimes and nobody else is likely to get the same idea.
Not saying it is a good idea, but it is better than putting one among thousands that will be removed in the near future and potentially damage a historical structure.
the best part was when you asked the tourist if he'd be willing to graffiti, and he said no, not understanding at all. glad you're doing this!
It’s crazy… people don’t understand how heavy these locks are, and that they damage the hell out of these very old fences. Any tourists that puts one of these up is basically saying, “I don’t care!!”
Sounds like the city needs to add a spot for people to hang them up without damaging anything. People buying the locks still helps the local economy, and creates a reason for more tourists to come in the first place, so in my opinion it's still very important but there should be more consideration put into where people can hang these up without damaging anything.
@@myopiczeal A lot of traditions are dumb, doesn't mean they can't be enjoyable. I feel like this could be adapted to be non-destructive, that was the point of my comment before.
This fits so well into our current era. It's satirizing the original tradition and letting everyone laugh about it. The jokes that "we're breaking up a couple somewhere", give a new understanding of permanence and love so I like this on a symbolic level as well as a practical one.
there is no original tradition and never has existed.
It would be nice to see how many love locks a professional lock picker could remove in one hour by just using the lock picks. If LockPickingLawyer ever visits Praque that would be a nice challengefor him. A lock picker vs a guy with cutting tools.
I considered doing this (picking a shitload of the locks to take away) on my last visit, but wasn't sure about the local laws around carrying my lock picking tools in public - the laws vary a lot country to country.
Maybe next time I visit...
@@FullSpectrumDev when I went to cologne I actually had a pocket set of lockpicks on me, and decided to remove some on the bridge there. good practice :)
@@FullSpectrumDev "stop right there, criminal scum"
He wouldn't stand a chance😂 such a stupid comment
The thing is LPL doesn't want to reveal his identity/face, so I don't see that happening.
This should be a Valentine's Day tradition for those who are frustrated by cheesy love gestures :D
Y’all have got to let the Valentine’s Day hating go, man
Though I guess it’s best to channel that hateration into something productive like cutting off love locks
YES!
Even better the day after Valentines, aka on Valentines people put on locks, the other day others take them down.
@@MiyaMam948 Valentine's day is not a Czech tradition so I guess it would be lovely to replace it by a lock-cutting tradition :D
I would totally do it
Makes me so sad to see graffiti too. I remember a graffiti free Prague. I don't understand people destroying such beauty.
graffiti can be amazing when it's done in run down areas etc but I agree with you.. those taggers are really dumb if they thought they can improve on the beauty of prague !
Yea. No. During pandemic I saw one that said “I was bored!” I agree. They need to have a place in city where you can legally do it that is big enough. It can be art when done correctly. I think of wynwood in Miami and in Berlin too.
Graffiti occurs from some mix of boredom, wanting to be remembered, artistic talent, lack of socially-acceptable space to express that talent, a society that isolates, does not care for, and even actively persecutes some of its people, finding community via graffiti art/tagging, lack of respect for one's society/town, and difficulty surviving at all.
I don't condone graffiti, but a lot of the root cause could be eliminated by better social policy, and I can at least understand rebellion when you're being trampled by society.
...Having said that, I don't think love locks are in any way justifiable unless there's a designated place for them; otherwise it's just selfish, thoughtless, stubborn litter/vandalism.
@@IstasPumaNevadagraffiti too is litterin in a way, do you know how many toxic gases/liquids are put in the environment with graffiti?
@@jezzaRTWwe have such places in prague... But yk, its not such a fun for them
"from Holland"... "Holland? I'll give you an easy one then" 😂😂
A nice thing to do the next time, would be putting all locks from a cleaned part of the fence to a box, so people can try to lift it and learn why it's bad to put locks on bridges
This is a brilliant idea
In Latvia, many cities have made love-lock trees where people are allowed to put their locks on. Those usually are near bridges. As I know, when trees are full of locks, those are replaced with new trees.
Or if u wait enough tree absorb all locks, making love hidden inside and nightmare of future woodchipers
@@mateuszzimon8216 Those are metal trees :)
Sounds like they need that everywhere! Love locks still benefit the local economy and I don't think the people hanging them up are trying to "vandalize" like the creator of this video leads on.... tourists just need a good spot to put them without damaging infrastructure.
This should be a monthly thing instead of annual!
What's stopping you? Do it daily.
What's stopping you? Do it hourly.
Let`s make this a tradition!
Next time announce it a few weeks before and everybody brings his own bolt cutter an the group will go from spot to spot and get rid of the love locks everywhere ;-)
"Unshackle your love day" 😛
Make it a race :D how many locks in one hour :D
And heavy locks get Bonus points
I remember walking over a bridge in Cologne with a lot of these bullshit locks and there was one really memorable graffiti on the ground: "Was ist denn das für eine Gesellschaft, in der das Symbol für die Liebe ein Schloss ist?" (What sort of society has a lock as a symbol for love?)
And honestly, that's such a powerful quote and all the power to everyone who cuts those ugly locks and I hope every couple that puts a lock in places where locks don't belong, breaks up quickly and messily.
Dumb consumers that will buy and do anything they think is popular, that's who.
You are an Machiavellian of an influencer. I love the new tradition against stupidity. Keep going Janek, you do the right thing ❤
Unfortunately, because of the common presence of scammers, if I werrn't familiar with Janek & Co, I would probably have run away when I get invited to cut the locks. I would have assumed that it's another con to make me do something and demand money from me later on for "causing damage" 😂
Also I'm wondering how come no one called the cops on them? Maybe they announced it beforehand?
@@leves777 every one in Prag knows them , incl all cops. And if someone will call cops, they will just be thankful that someone is taking over this hard work.
calling the cops for people removing vandalism ? @@leves777
Looks better without the locks. Great job!
Agree. Yet you can see it's not in pristine condition anymore due to all wear and tear done by those ugly meaningless objects.
Honestly as much as I dislike this stupid tradition I gotta admit it looks waaaaay better WITH the locks
@@Ajee02 Probably because the locks caused damage and the railing now looks awful. To me the locks make it look tacky and cheap.
I bet if we saw the railing BEFORE any locks were put on, it would look 100x better.
@@Gobbbbb No I just like the look of the locks, so many pretty colors
@@Ajee02I'd rather have a pretty undamaged fence than a damaged fence
The locks have to be removed anyway every year
Janek Rubeš, former member of HONEST GUIDE, is a new member of the lock-cutting team and is a love bond-breaking expert.
Seriously, that's His Last Name? Freaky coz I am looking for two people called Janek and Hrubeš that lived in Prague. Guess I found them
I love it! Tired of tourist’s ruining beautiful bridges and fences! Hope that it becomes a mainstream thing. Man, I loved it when you said why don’t you paint a graffiti on the bridge, as well as this is not love but vandalism. Completely agree.
This is such a great message though. Cut off the toxic love and feel empowered in your strength! 💪
Legends says 1000 couples suddenly broke that day.
Seems like a good place to hold a lockpicking convention
Lockpicking beginner's heaven, free locks to practise with.
If your love is defined by a lock that is pretty sad, especially on such a pretty bridge.
I'm genuinely considering revisiting Prague just for this.
I would gladly holiday in Prague, and spend most of it cutting off them damm annoying locks. Such destruction. In the name of love, just buy jewelry as a sign of love like regular people. Stop destroying beautiful places.
Go do it then instead of saying it in here. Post a video when you do and I'll be happy to donate 😂
The only ones who benefit from these love locks are the companies that make the padlocks
I remember when people used to scratch their names into trees
In Romania there's the same tradition except we use it on bikes.
I wonder how many love locks the *LockPickingLawyer* could open in 10 minutes...
Could have a competition... LPL at one end, McNally at the other, and the tourists of Prague with a pair of bolt cutters in the middle (cut a lock and then pass the cutters to the next tourist).
Ten minutes, who can get the most locks in their box?
He has a video where he does exactly this.
Now a saw love locks. This would be more then regular looks.
That would actually be a crazy cameo
@@damionlee7658get McNally a dozen picks to kamikaze zip these locks with, I’d love to see how fast he can destroy them.
@@Chroniclerope I imagine the commentary would be something along these lines:
"I have just zipped this Masterlock #3 padlock. Here we see a couple used a Brinks laminated padlock. It can be opened with this Masterlock #3 padlock. This couple selected a Nu-Set sliding bolt padlock. It can be opened with this Masterlock #3 padlock. We see this couple made use of a Kingsley 4 dial combination lock. It can be opened with this Masterlock #3 padlock..."
2:04 "In Paris, they do it the other way around" "Never heard of it" After spending so much time chasing scammers, Janek finally became one himself (at least this "scam" is a chaotic good one) 😂 If it depends on the people who get schadenfreude (6:24 "I wanna cut love"), you might be able to actually make that a tradition 💔
Whether or not love locks are considered ritual deposits or destructive vandalism depends on the culture (cities like Verona, Pécs, and Moscow have erected metal structures for the sole purpose of accommodating love-locks), but at the very least it's something that needs to be kept under control (the weight of the locks presents a safety issue, since it can cause the structures they're on to collapse).
someone else on comment section noted that the person from Paris was kinda wrong since they also had to remove locks from the one of the most famous love lock bridge - the weights from the locks made it dangerous to cross over.
6:35 Trdelnik and cutting love locks. True Prague traditions come together... 😂😅
If your love needs to have a love-lock hanging somewhere, then your love is not strong enough, I'd say.
People don;t have a need to put a lock as a secure move to make their love survive. It's just a cute gesture and it'd be dead fantastic for a couple to return after a few years and find the lock anew exactly as they left it. Still a vandalism.
Love is forever
Janek, in the future: Hold my trdelnik
you need to do every year one week of cutting love locks tradition, imagine the tourist coming this week to cut love locks. Tell me when you will make this one week official and I will be every year in prague cutting love locks. Great video as always making every sunday great. :)
Wait until lovelockers hear about this thing called marriage. The wedding ring can be locked on your own finger!
I love the line... "its not love, it's vandalism" .... perfect!!
PS... love your videos 😃🖖
"It's not love, it's vandalism" I'm gonna use this from now on
YES! Please keep doing this! It's helpful for Prague AND helps educate the public.❤
They should be selling locks with the same key everywhere near the bridge. This way you can easily remove them with the key and even resell them
I couldn't stop smiling watching this.
Love *useful* traditions!❤ Hope it'll become one
They do this in Romania as well! People put locks everywhere these days. Especially at houses!
This can definitely be a tradition if there were a few more cutters so a few couples can cut the locks at the same time
The money people spend on love locks should be be used towards adding more bells to the churches. They could be called love bells. A new Prague tradition.
That sir is a good point. Should have an honest guide video and QR code there to say hey no love locks. Just a donation to make more bells. Or just another honest guide video.
Amazing idea
They could recycle the metal locks & put the little bit of money they get towards it.
actually good idea
2:35 that was savage ❤
Those lovelocks is a pathetic "tradition", it's monkey-see-monkey-do taken to an extreme level. This is a great action!
7:08 little dudes glasses😂
Love the "hold my tredelnik"-guy.😂
😂😂
Good job too Janek, absolute eyesore, hope other cities follow your lead!
i couldn't help but smile the whole video, 2 dudes who love their city, gotta love it!
YOu should start a lovelock cutting contest, the person who cuts the most locks in 30 seconds gets a free trdelink
Maybe not a trdelnik but great idea!
even better idea, trdelnik crock jibit
If you want to lock your love just marry and love each other. Putting a lock doesn't make any changes if two persons don't love each other from the bottom of their heart ❤
Now I want to come back to Prague to partake in this lovely tradition. Though I could also start it in my city
Legends of Prague 🎉 keep it up guys ❤
scammers are going to now charge to remove locks since its now a FUN thing for Tourists.
I was there on Thursday and 2 boys where going to town on the locks! Loved it! They even had a magnet which they used to fish out the fallen metal from the river
Not sure who had the most fun. Honest Guides or the tourist? Great fun!
And you need a crowfunding for some more bolt cutters.
And a wheel barrow, hahaha!!
We need Lock Picking Lawyer to put on a Love lock.
This was so satisfying to watch. Amazing new tradition! 😄
"So where are you from? Holland? Let me give you an easy one."
Emotional damage.
We Dutch love to cut locks :D I'll bring some cutters on my next Prague visit
Prague is lucky to have you and your team.
Yeeees, thank you for making another one of these. So satisfying to watch and a good cause.
this was a really cool thing to do. i admire your social skills. you made lots of ppl feel happy and special with so little effort 😄👍
I LOVE this !! Way to go.
Wow, this is awesome! I live in Prague, and I would love to volunteer to cut off love locks! I wanted to ask, can anyone do it? Or dor you need some sort of permit, or wear some sort of uniform? Otherwise, I'd love to go ahead and start! I've been wanting to cut love locks because of your channel for years now!
Same here, as a Prague resident, I'd love to do this on the regular!
You are free to go do it.
You do however need to be careful of people around you. And you should not go do it in the evening (if your're using noisy tools)
So get to work!
Considering people who put the locks there didn't have a permit to do so, it's safe to assume removing them does not require one either lol. It's just keeping your town clean and removing crap that does not belong there. But yeah, as others said - be careful with those tools.
Yes you can do it - if you want we can manage to make meeting - I have my own bolt cutters...
The only thing - the love locks should not fall into the river otherwise it is ok.
Just yellow vest 🦺 and u are ready to go even with cordless grinder.
Thank you for what you are doing for every tourists visiting your beautiful city. I never visited Prague, but i can feel how much you love your city. It's beautiful.
Super video, vypadá to, že jste si to všichni užívali :)
Nene, tak vy jste to posunuli na úplně jinou úroveň. Palec hore!! Omg, you´ve taken it to a other level! Thumbs up!!
Ok, let's have an actual event created here or on Facebook, have 5-10 bolt cutters ready, and we can make it a REAL tradition.
Your videos of cutting love locks is what brought me to your channel, great to see you do some more!
This man loves is city and behind every sarcasm he made, their is so much anger in it.
this video just keeps escalating into more wholesomeness
Turning community service into a tradition. Love it.
You wouldn't need to trick me into cutting love locks! Your video about the love locks back in 2019 got me interested in your channel and Prague as well :)
The real love here is my love for this content. This is fantastic!
That's hilarious. I wish I had come across this "tradition" while I was in Praha. I would have worked my way down the line.
I wish I was one of the tourists because I’m sure it’s such fun! 👏🏽
It's wonderful how the bridge looks in comparison with how it looked at the very beginning of this series(if you want to call it that)
Excellent example of awareness. Great job !
Should've done it on valentine's day, such a missed opportunity!
This was one of the most entertaining videos I've watched from you guys
100pct agreed
I keep telling myself, I need to explore other parts of the world. Every new Honest Guide I watch, Prague keeps calling me back.
That's beautiful...I got tears in my ears. 🤗Love this tradition! ❤❤❤
Next time try ticking them by saying its tradition if you put one love lock on, each person in the couple has to cut another love lock off for a total of 2 to be cut off.
TO be honest I am tired of Tourist going to other countries and ruins it for the locals but donkeydroppings like those locks (OR putting graffiti on historical buildings) It have gotten very bad over the last ten years.
And I fully understand why some cities are taking steps to crub how many Tourist that come to they beautiful villages. There is a village in Switzerland that a population of around 6.000 but can have up of 200.000 tourist come by per day.
Yeah, some tourism is good, but over-tourism is destroying places for the people that actually live there. AirBnB is a good example, and it's why some cities are now regulating it. My city (Edinburgh) has about 10% of the city centre properties as short term lets. We're sick of it.
@@kjh23gkHere in Denmark we have a number of small villages were the Centers are totally owned by people from other counties that's using them solely for Summer homes (and then NOT all summer) the rest of the year they just stand Empty and Dark which attracts a lot of burglars as the risk of being seen is minimal. On top of that those empty houses also scare away new people from moving to the villages starting a death Spiral.
Love this! Hope it spreads. I was doubtful it would work but everyone seemed to be having a great time.
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