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Museum Friedhof Ohlsdorf

The beautiful 400-hectare park cemetery at Ohldorf has 12 chapels and a little museum in its well-kept grounds. It is one of the few European museums to deal with death and dying. Among other things, you can learn about old and new styles of funeral and those available at Ohlsdorf cemetery. The museum has old maps and tools, as well as particularly nice tombstone sculptures, urns and some of the cemetery's oldest tombstones. You can even see where Hamburg's celebrities are buried and visit their graves.

As you walk up Park Row from Leeds City Station, you're bound to notice this eye-catching architectural masterpiece. Built in 1672 on the fringe of Leeds town, and ministered by Joseph Priestley (the man who discovered oxygen), the chapel was modernised in 1848. The ostentatious redevelopment of the chapel in a Gothic style received a fair amount of criticism and prompted the departure of many members of the congregation. Inside, the chapel is just as much a denial of its disestablishment genesis as the outside, with a typical stone pulpit and an abundance of stained glass. Admission is free.
At the end of the 18th century this elegant square was the most fashionable and salubrious residential area of Leeds. Typically late Georgian in style and character, its secluded garden and surrounding terraces of red-brick houses remain largely unspoiled by later development, making it a popular lunchtime spot for local office workers. It is especially lovely in the spring and summer when the attractive flower beds burst into a riot of colour and fragrance.



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