Even funeral announcements can have a great design. They can be modern and airy. But sometimes you don't have time to do it yourself. That's why we've prepared modern templates. You can choose one and we'll finish it together. We can then print the announcement on high-quality paper and send it by post, email, or SMS. Check out our funeral announcements here.

The ceremony is a picture, and the place is a frame through which we will remember the ceremony. We have prepared many places that are beautiful and will allow you to have a deep experience. In a park, by a forest, by the water, at the confluence of rivers, on a rock, in a meadow... But it's still best to choose places that had special meaning for our loved one: were they a fisherman? A tourist? A yachtsman? Or did they simply have a favorite hill they looked at from the window?

If we want to stay inside for the funeral, it could be a historic villa with a terrace and garden (so we can finish the ceremony outside), a church or chapel, a lounge (in a theater, gallery, restaurant, or hotel), a gallery or museum, a funeral hall, a community center, a library, a loft or rooftop, a cafe, bar, or club, a botanical garden, a planetarium, or even a sports hall.

In what indoor spaces can we hold a farewell?

Together, we'll write a great eulogy. A very personal eulogy. What they loved, what they hated, what they lived for... We'll ask you to open your hearts and tell us as much as possible about your loved one. From your story, we'll write a speech and share it with you. You'll be able to edit it, add to it, delete from it... Of course, you can also write the speech yourself and we'll just deliver it.

After a great eulogy, we usually invite guests to share their memories. Some are happy to join in. Some have a carefully prepared speech, others just say a few words of thanks or a funny story. The deceased deserves it, but so do the bereaved. It's often the nicest part of the funeral: seeing how many people cared about their loved one, hearing what mark they left on their lives.

There's always something we didn't manage, couldn't, or didn't want to say… Or there just wasn't an opportunity. So now we'll write it down: on boats, on balloons, on the Coffin, on the urn, or simply on pieces of paper and burn them in a ceremonial vessel. We'll let the boats go down the river. We'll release the balloons into the sky – we call it sky mail.

Simple elements have a strong effect on adults and children alike. Fire is an ancient symbol of death, but also of purification. For humans, fire is an essential condition of earthly life: it gives warmth, it gives light, it brings pleasure, joy, but also pain. Without it, there would be no life. Water symbolizes the cleansing of the soul and freedom. The river, the flow of life.

It's really great when you can get guests involved in the ceremony. It helps them experience the ceremony and start grieving: to realize that our deceased is no longer here and that a slightly new life is beginning without them. It's the same as with learning: you need to see, hear, write down, touch things... It only takes a little: write a message on a piece of paper, release a balloon, say something, throw a flower or a few petals into the water... But we also welcome musicians, singers, reciters, sculptors, florists...

Sometimes we plant a tree, a garden, sometimes we build an urn out of Lego, sometimes we carry the Coffin, urn, or "just" place the urn in the grave together.

We can place the Coffin or urn in the grave, we can scatter the ashes in places that mean a lot to you – where the deceased loved it, or where you will have them close to you.

We can scatter ashes practically anywhere if we have the landowner's permission. We'll try to arrange that. The same applies to burial in the ground. For a river, we need the permission of the water authority.

Our "specialty" is scattering ashes into the sky in a balloon: we watch the balloon rise for up to 12 minutes... But we can also arrange for the ashes to be fired in a rocket.

We can easily divide the ashes into several parts and scatter part of them into the sea, for example (but we don't recommend this to believing Catholics).

When we send someone off on a long journey, we often give them a gift at the last moment. Let's try it at the funeral too. Shall we sing to them together? Don't worry, we'll print out the lyrics for you. Or we can just hum along to recorded music. Or shall we compose a little poem for them? Say a short prayer? Or a parable?

Music can tune us in, comfort us, make us cry, remind us of a memory, a feeling... That's why we carefully select a funeral playlist with you to support and enhance the entire ceremony. We bring portable speakers to every ceremony, powerful, high-quality, but discreet. But we also know that live music resonates more with us. That's why we offer, for example, a funeral violinist, cellist, piano/electric organ, harp, violin + piano, singing and accompaniment, string trio or quartet, and, of course, an organist in the church. Or a friend with a guitar can join in!

We say that a funeral should be personal, so let the bouquets be personal too! An enthusiastic gardener had cherries, pears, poppy heads in her wreath... A grandfather who worked in a brewery all his life had hop variations, a Scotsman had Scottish thistles and ribbons with Scottish checks...

Our florists can handle the decorations with real love and care.

Take a look at how our floral arrangements look.

After the ceremony, we don't recommend just getting up and going home. Let the experience sink in, let the guests chat a bit about the deceased, about the ceremony, and start building new relationships without the deceased. A little refreshment will help them with that. Some people see each other at the funeral for the last time: typically colleagues from work and family. So let them have one last toast together.

Our care doesn't start or end with the funeral. We'll advise you on how to prepare for death and things immediately after death. From very practical advice (unfortunately, we already have more experience than many general practitioners) to the existential framing of it all. We'll come up with a basic "grief strategy" for you and advise you on what to do with the children.

In life after loss, we can help you create rituals to support you when the deceased would have celebrated a birthday, during Christmas, All Souls' Day, and the like.

It can happen that some families can't afford a funeral. Especially when the breadwinner of the family has died, the bereaved may not find enough money to arrange a funeral. There's no need to be ashamed – we have a solution: we'll collect money for the funeral on one of the online platforms (like Donio) and put the information on the funeral card. Guests usually bring flowers to the funeral that cost over a thousand crowns. If they send money instead, they'll also help the environment a bit, and it's easy to raise enough for the funeral even with a small number of contributors.

Why a photographer? Because the funeral should be a celebration of the deceased's life. A celebration that will not be repeated. And we always take photos at a celebration! Photos are also a memento of the meeting. Some of us meet for the first time at the ceremony. And maybe even for the last time. We deserve to have a memory. Our own memories fade, but photos last. It used to be common: many of our grandmothers and great-grandmothers have albums full of photos from funerals.

We try to photograph every ceremony "somehow with a mobile phone", but photos from a photographer will always be better.

Sometimes people who simply can't make it in person want to see the funeral. They live on the other side of the world, or maybe they're in the hospital. But they need the funeral and it would help them. Even without that, the bereaved often have feelings of guilt (unwarranted), and not being able to attend the funeral only makes it worse. So, we make it possible for them to attend the funeral online. Technically, it's manageable for everyone: most often we do a "private broadcast" on YouTube. But we can also arrange professional streaming with multiple cameras, or a tiny, discreet stream from a single camera, mobile phone, or gimbal. Guests watching online can also participate in the ceremony: we're happy to read their messages or answer questions.

We always try to have a plan B. We do a lot of funeral ceremonies outdoors, so we have to be prepared for bad weather. We often arrange a backup location inside. We carry a lot of umbrellas with us. Instead of wish lanterns, we can release balloons. Instead of boats, we can burn the messages and scatter the ashes...

We work with several funeral services. If one can't handle what we need, another can take care of it right away. The same goes for musicians, florists, or catering, for example. And there are already ten of us, so we can cover for each other.

We do everything legally and work with the authorities on everything: with the municipality, city district or department, with the flood authority, with the fire department, city police, or even with the local airport or air traffic control. Most ceremonies are very intimate, but we still prefer to bring a fire extinguisher to those too :)

We may encounter tired, weak, and sick people at funerals. And our ceremonies often last an hour or longer. We therefore try to make the ceremony as comfortable as possible for them. This starts with chairs, blankets, umbrellas, and water, and ends with outdoor gas heaters, for example.