New kissing couples record set on Petřín hill

Over 700 couples set a new Czech record on Saturday for the number of people kissing in the same place at the same time. The record was set on Prague’s Petřín hill, where many couples visit on May 1 to kiss at a statue of the Czech romantic poet Karel Hynek Mácha, author of the epic poem Maj. The previous Czech kissing couples record of 390 was set in the town of Šumperk in 2006. Czech tradition has it that women must be kissed under a tree on May Day; otherwise they will “dry up”.