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Danish Buses Install 'Love Seats' to Encourage Riders to Flirt, Flirters to Ride

by Caleb Johnson on May 12, 2010 at 03:50 PM

The Love Seat Copenhagen residents could find love in a totally new and unexpected place: the city bus. According to The City Fix, transportation company Arriva has installed red "love seats" on about 100 buses that circulate through the Danish city. This stunt, which began May 3rd and will last two weeks, has a dual purpose. First, these seats are really meant to help folks make a love connection during their commute. "We cannot guarantee that you will find the person of your dreams. We are just offering the possibility for people to communicate, to smile a bit more and possibly, to win someone's heart," Arriva spokesman Martin Wex told the AFP. Second, the prospect of meeting a soulmate is meant to encourage residents to use public transportation, which, in turn, cuts down on pollution and congested streets.

We've never thought of the bus as a place to meet a future spouse. In fact, it seems like people don't even want to make eye contact most of the time -- let alone get romantic. [From: The City Fix and AFP/Google]

Tags: bus, copenhagen, green, publictransportation, socialnetworking, top, transportation, web, weird

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