![Love Padlocks](http://www.torontomike.com/images/blog/heart.gif)
Love padlock are a custom by which padlocks are affixed to a fence, gate, bridge or similar public fixture by sweethearts at an increasing number of locations in the world to symbolize their everlasting love.
Last week, I saw love padlocks blossoming on the Eiserner Steg bridge.
![2013-03-02 12.33.42](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8089/8520876817_423ecc1d2e.jpg)
![2013-03-02 12.32.38](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8385/8521983780_dcb6dfb7f1.jpg)
![2013-03-02 12.32.30](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8389/8521978946_9fa6d17a1c.jpg)
The most love padlocks I've ever seen were affixed to the Pont des Arts, Passerelle Léopold-Sédar-Senghor and the Pont de l'Archevêché bridges in Paris.
![2012-09-08 13.18.19](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8172/7965626678_e6e897a6c5.jpg)
![2012-09-08 13.17.51](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8295/7965621674_5541a672e6.jpg)
Here in Toronto, love padlocks were removed from the Humber Bridge due to concerns over aesthetics and structural concerns if the bridge were to become a love padlock destination.
Heaven forbid.