Historic cemeteries offer an alternative to haunted houses and ghost tours at Halloween. Many combine impressive sculptures with famous graves, and entry is often free. Travel app Saily compared cemeteries across 30 European cities, considering famous people buried there, appearance, historic protection, crowds, and transportation from city centers.
In Paris, Père Lachaise Cemetery is free to enter and lies 15 minutes from the center. The grave of singer Jim Morrison is particularly popular with visitors. Oslo’s Our Savior Cemetery is even closer to its city center, at 10 minutes away. Writer Henrik Ibsen and artist Edvard Munch are among those buried there.
Edinburgh’s Dean Cemetery has protected historic status and elaborate Victorian monuments. Although it is close to one of the city’s busiest streets, it has just 90 Google reviews. In Prague, Olšany Cemetery offers old tombs, decorative monuments, and overgrown paths. A visit can be combined with nearby Vyšehrad Cemetery, where famous composers are buried.
London’s Highgate Cemetery differs from many of these destinations because most visitors must pay to enter. It contains Karl Marx’s grave and impressive Victorian Gothic architecture. Its features include an Egyptian Avenue, while the entire cemetery has protected historic status.
