Comments on The graveyard rabbit of Utrecht and Het Gooi: Graves to be removed

Space is scarce here, and thus costs money. We can...

2011-08-25T18:19:01.942+02:00

Space is scarce here, and thus costs money. We can't forever expand our cemeteries, certainly not in the urbanized, densely populated, western part of the country.

It is not a new practice, btw. It has happened since there are cemeteries. And before that most people were buried anonymously anyway (except for the elite).

Perhaps this is an example of the phrase "use...

2011-08-25T17:46:28.032+02:00

Perhaps this is an example of the phrase "use it or loose it!". If people visited the grave and saw the notice they could pay and keep the grave. Alternatively, we could see this as a green alternative to the problem of burial space and a good recycling of grave space?

I never knew such practices exsisted. What do the...

2010-03-16T14:02:31.432+01:00

I never knew such practices exsisted. What do they do with the headstones. This practice saddens me. There is no place for those removed to be remembers since future family members can not locate them.