Vienna cemetery celebrates 150 years with graveyard concerts

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 07, 2024 3:25 pm

VIENNA, Austria — Hundreds of revelers flocked to Vienna's Central Cemetery on Friday to attend a graveyard concert commemorating the famous site's 150th birthday, doing justice to the local expression 'Death must be a Viennese.'

The vast cemetery on the outskirts of the Austrian capital is Europe's second largest, comprising around 330,000 graves spread out over 2.5 square kilometers (620 acres).

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