When I Thought It Was Good Idea to Visit Cemetery for Fun

As I had been already in Copenhagen and have enough time to spend, I decided to visit H.C. Andersen's grave. I went at 12 p.m., in the peak of the day.

Assistens Kirkegård

Not only a cemetery, this place is the largest green space in its area. This cemetery has bodies of Danish famous, including H.C. Andersen, H.C. Ørsted, Niels Bohr, etc.

I have doubt in the beginning, as I have always been scared of the dead. But with below considerations:

a. according to Google, this cemetery has a 'park' function for people live around there. They say people sunbathe there in the summer, between the tombstones,

b. compared to one in Indonesia, graveyard in the Western World are so tidy and neat, clearly reducing its creepiness,

c. zombie apocalypse is not going to happen instantly when I visit the cemetery,

I decided to go.

Main road of the cemetery. I walked through one side to other one within, probably, 15 minutes. Slow walk anyway.

But when I came near, I felt that gloomy atmosphere surrounding the place. I came in, looking at the map, wondering which way to go to Andersen's, and gladly they put signs to where he was laid.

Here's the famous grave!

I wanted to visit Bohr's as well. In fact, I passed through the whole family's tombstones, but I couldn't just see his name. It was near the main road, with big memorial stone.

I didn't take too much pictures, I was so afraid to take one actually. Didn't spent too much time there, just came, take picture of Andersen's grave and some others around, I walked through the main road and left.

There is no fun of visiting graveyard. Instead of happiness, they give this creepy and sad feeling.