Visiting Beethoven's final resting place in Vienna


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St Charles Borromeo Cemetery Church in Vienna Central Cemetery, one of the largest graveyards in Europe and the final resting place of many famous folks. — SEBASTIAN BURZIWAL/Wien Tourismus/dpa

Rock singer Falco and composer Ludwig van Beethoven are buried here, near running paths and a dedicated bus route: Vienna Central Cemetery in Austria is no ordinary graveyard – and that’s not just because an estimated three million people have found their final resting place at this site.

Vienna’s biggest cemetery turned 150 recently and the city’s Tourist Board explains why you should add the famous cemetery to your itinerary when visiting the Austrian capital.

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