The small Belgian city of Limburg now can boast of having the Best Flemish Graveyard, announced recently at the annual Funeral Awards. You've got to be good at something: we in the U.S. have Emmys, Pulitzer Prizes, and Oscars. Here, they've got Best Boneyard.
It was evidently a hot contest between Limburg and two other cities in northern Belgium. I'm sure they were all dying to win. Sorry; it was there; I had to use it.
Nearly all cemeteries here are stand-alones, not affiliated or collocated with any particular church, so funerals are always held elsewhere. So, just what then are the criteria for this coveted award, you ask? Awards are given in the categories of services (you dig a hole, you fill it - this one seems like a no-brainer), suppliers (of what? Dirt? Shovels?), quality of website (you haven't lived until you've checked out a cemetery site), and - I'm not making this up - best idea for the disposal of crematory ash.
What I've been wondering about is just who they get to MC this annual gala event?
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