Dom St Petri

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Lonely Planet review

What's most unusual about Bremen's cathedral (Dom St Petri) is what lies beneath. In the incredibly dry air of its Bleikeller (lead cellar) corpses mummify, and you can still spy eight preserved bodies in open coffins here. The figures include a Swedish countess, a soldier with his mouth opened in a silent scream, and a student who died in a duel in 1705. It's slightly macabre and uncomfortable viewing, though, and not for the very squeamish.

The Bleikeller has its own entrance, to the south of the main door.