Historic cemeteries can be interesting places to visit at Halloween. Many have beautiful stone figures and the graves of famous people. Entry is often free.
Travel app Saily made a new list of places in 30 European cities. It looked at five things: famous people buried there, beauty, protection for important historic places, space away from crowds, and travel from the city centre. Each part had a different weight in the final result.
In Paris, Père Lachaise has about 70,000 graves. Singer Jim Morrison is among the famous people buried there. Entry is free, and the cemetery is 15 minutes from the centre. In Oslo, another cemetery is just 10 minutes from the centre. Writer Henrik Ibsen is buried there.
Edinburgh’s Dean Cemetery has large stone monuments from Victorian times. Architect William Playfair is buried there. Prague’s Olšany Cemetery has old tombs and paths with plants growing over them. Writer Franz Kafka is buried there.
London’s Highgate Cemetery usually charges for entry. Karl Marx is buried there, and it has about 950 notable graves. Its old buildings include an Egyptian Avenue.
