There is a website that tells you whether or not you can bring a selfie stick to attractions

8 months ago

There is a website that tells you whether or not you can bring a selfie stick to attractions

8 months ago

Many tourist attractions including Disneylands around the world and London’s O2 arena have followed others by banning selfie sticks this year.

So if you love taking selfies when you’re out and about, it’s worth being aware that not every attraction allows them – usually due to “health and safety risk”.

But don’t panic peeps… There is a new website that has got your selfie-loving backs.

And it’s called CanIBringMySelfieStick.com, which is pretty easy to remember.

Tourists taking selfies with a selfie stick at Big Ben in London as we look at where selfie sticks are banned and allowed — (Hannah McKay/PA)

The site lists more than 100 attractions from around the world and if your favourite venue isn’t listed you can request for it to be added.

Places including museums, theme parks, sports stadiums and palaces are listed and categorised by type and location, then marked as “Yes!”, which means selfie sticks are allowed, or “Yes…”, which means there’s a but, such as Buckingham Palace, which is a yes but not in the palace itself.

Or there is the big fat “No”, which just means don’t bring your selfie stick.

Simon Applebaum, of AttractionTix.co.uk, which created the site, said: “People taking selfies using selfie sticks has become a common sight in the UK and around the world, whether it’s at theme parks or at tourist hotspots like the Eiffel Tower.

Tourists using selfie sticks as we look at what attractions allow selfie sticks — (John Stillwell/PA)

“But it was when Walt Disney World announced in June that they were banning selfie sticks at their parks that we realised there was no source for people to find out which attractions they could bring their selfie sticks to or if they would have to leave them at the entrance and pick them up when they leave, leading to the creation of CanIBringMySelfieStick.com.”

Here are some of the places where selfie sticks are banned

Sydney Opera House, where selfie sticks are banned — (Chris Radburn/PA)

Anfield Football Stadium
Colosseum, Rome
Hammersmith Apollo
Mecca
Royal Opera House, Sydney
Wimbledon
White Hart Lane Stadium
Wembley Arena