The reason behind it is, ultimately, everyone’s safety.
If you ’re an avidTikTokuser you probably love about the viral escalator trend . You know , the one where you place your telephone set on an moving stairway going up , front camera facing , and you show yourself dancing as your background inevitably moves . Bonus direct if your background change to an unexpected " whoa " view — like , say , it goes from a underground station to a gorgeous , key view ofBarcelona ’s iconicSagrada Família church .
by the way , thanks to a tube station exit located just in front of the noted church , that ’s what many TikTokers who found themselves in Barcelona get going doing — until they were literally told to stop via an real forbiddance .
" POV : they put a polarity saying no filming with a human telling you off for doing it , so you ca n’t do the viral TikTok moving stairway video , " read the overtext of a recent TikTok outing the ban . " This is the result . " In the TV in doubtfulness , the background and the background change remain dead on target to the trend , but alternatively of the headphone being station on the escalator , it is held by the bill ’s hand .
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Pretty risky that they ’d do that , right ? We agree — so we investigated . The prohibition was never an idea of the Basílica of the Sagrada Família itself . interpreter told Thrillist the Christian church had " nothing to do with the determination , as it ’s something that happens outside the premises . "
As it turns out , it was the call of Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona ( TMB)—the way which is responsible for public shipping in the metropolis . A spokesperson enjoin Thrillist that the ban was a direct response to the viral TikTok phenomenon .
" To invalidate a security problem and any accident , because there are many visitant around the Sagrada Família , the sign has been put up and protection personnel office have been place on land site , " the voice state in an email correspondence with Thrillist . " The sign was put up last calendar week . "
The good news is that you wo n’t have to pay a mulct if you ’re get stress to reenact the TikTok trend , but you will be told to terminate . And the tough news is that there will be no viral Sagrada Família version of the escalator trend for you .
The TMB tell no injuries were report so far , and the ban is a way to keep the stripe get . Plus , it ’s a style to confine traffic on the escalator , since other users reported " inconvenience " brought on by the TikTok trend due to the presence of crowds .
