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I've had some lovely picnics in beautiful cemeteries in Germany, they're often walled, which dramatically reduces traffic noise, and resemble botanical gardens
by EdwardDiego 5y ago
I've had some lovely picnics in beautiful cemeteries in Germany, they're often walled, which dramatically reduces traffic noise, and resemble botanical gardens with their mixture of trees and flowering shrubs, in contrast to the "lawn with headstones" I'm familiar with in New Zealand.
They're real sanctuaries in busy cities.
- camillomiller 5y agoConfirmed. In Berlin we have some really beautiful ones. If you want to read a book in a park in perfect quiet they’re the right place.
- EdwardDiego 5y agoThe one right behind the Berlin Wall memorial was one of the ones I had in mind, absolutely gorgeous.
- lm28469 5y agoIf you're into that kind of stuff I'd recommend taking the train to Potsdam and visit the suedwestkirchhof (easily accessible by bus), it's especially nice in winter when it snows
- saiya-jin 5y agoWe have one here in Geneva, Suisse (Cimetiere des rois, aka Cemetery of kings), used to work very close to it. Few majestic tombstones of rather important figures (I don't think kings per se, swiss don't have those), spread apart in lush greenery, walled from noise. People go there sit on benches, eat their lunch and forget about hectic lives for a minute or two.