The Local Switzerland

Swiss family buries wrong person after morgue mix-up

Tue, 19 Jul 2016 12:28:46 +0200

A family in the canton of Valais who held a funeral for a loved one were told they buried the wrong body after a blunder by an undertaker.

Sion’s deathly history brought to life in new exhibition

Wed, 13 Apr 2016 13:26:18 +0200

Visitors to Sion will be able to explore the history of funeral rites in Switzerland over the past 7,000 years in a series of exhibitions and events starting this spring.

Bumper bodies can only burn in Bern

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:00:00 +0200

Swiss crematoriums are increasingly facing the problem of what to do with overweight corpses – only Bern has the facility to deal with the obese deceased.