November 06, 2012

central cemetery

I've never been to Vienna's central cemetery which is one of the largest cemeteries in the world. Being proud of our morbid Viennese habit we went there around All Saints. The church in the centre of the cemetery was built in 1908–1910 in Art Nouveau style. The crypt of the Austrian Federal Presidents is located near the church. There are also a lot of honorary graves at the cemetery (i.e. Beethofen, Schubert, Brahms, Salieri and the Strauss family). Viennese refer to the Zentralfriedhof 'half the size of Zurich and twice as much fun'.