US trend for sticking chewing gum at tourist sites lands in Europe's historic cities - but doctors warn visitors they're creating 'walls of bacteria'

A single piece of gum stuck to a wall in Seattle in the early 90s quickly became Gum Wall, now an official tourist attraction - and the germ-ridden trend has now hopped across the Pond to Europe.

  Travel   Jul 31, 2026   0   5  Add to Reading List
US trend for sticking chewing gum at tourist sites lands in Europe's historic cities - but doctors warn visitors they're creating 'walls of bacteria'












A single piece of gum stuck to a wall in Seattle in the early 90s quickly became Gum Wall, now an official tourist attraction - and the germ-ridden trend has now hopped across the Pond to Europe.
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