Abstract: A method and a device for applying a tape around one or more objects, in which first a tape consisting of two interconnected tapes is passed in U-shaped fashion around the object or objects; thereafter the two tape portions extending beyond the object or objects are moved towards one another and pressed one against the other by means of movable tape strainers; thereupon the tape portions are cut in the contact area and finally the formed tape end portions are interconnected in pairs, in such a manner that the interconnected end portions in the plane of the tape of which they form part.