Graveyard coffee? Cemeteries are being reimagined as vibrant public spaces


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Autumn leaves lie on graves at Cologne's Melaten Cemetery. Changing mourning practices are redefining cemeteries. — OLIVER BERG/dpa

Cemetaries have long been seen as quiet places of reflection, but changing mourning practices are redefining them as spaces not only for the dead.

"Above ground, a cemetery is also a place for the living," says Christian Jager, managing director of a funeral directors' association in Germany.

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