Die Hard Soccer Fans

04/15/09 08:39 PM Filed in: Trivia
What separates a soccer fan from a die-hard soccer fan? A grave location. The German fans of the Bundesliga Club in Hamburg, Germany can be buried within ear shot of the stadium they loved. With room for up to 500 graves, they are arranged in a semi-circle on three ascending terraces to resemble a stadium. How did they come up with this idea? Why, at the request of the fans. They kept inquiring about having their cremated remains scattered in the stadium after death, and even asking if they could be buried in caskets on the field behind the goals. And what does the entrance look like? It’s a concrete replica of a soccer goal, of course.

Here’s the 5 minute video of the story:



Note that the German funeral home displays caskets in their front window. I’ve never heard of window shopping for a casket before!
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