This disembodied head sits on a small patch of grass next to the quirky but charming CitizenM hotel at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport (AMS).
Behind it: the Schiphol Mortuary.
I was walking to the hotel behind a couple who also stopped to take a photo. And then overheard the man say to the woman: “Well, dear. If I die tonight at the end of this trip you can leave me here and get a refund on the return part of the ticket.”
Not sure if that’s the way it works, but I thought the statement was alarming, romantic and creatively frugal all at the same time.
And maybe even a good travel tip?
Perhaps because it’s the Halloween season. Or maybe it’s the fact that my early morning flight required an even earlier and very dark walk past the disembodied head. But I was really glad that my view out of my tiny hotel room was onto the busy airport street and not out to the … mortuary.
Other airports no doubt have mortuaries as well. And we’ll ask the Stuck at The Airport life and death team to do a roundup. (Let us know if you’ve seen any).
But in the meantime, should we make the Schiphol Mortuary the Airport Amenity of the Week?
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