Something happened at Amsterdam’s De Nieuwe Ooster crematorium that no one forgets. A couple who had run a nightclub in the famous red-light district for decades were saying goodbye to the world, but not in just any way.
He had died in 1993. She, recently. Their children decided to exhume the father’s body to cremate him alongside their mother, and as a final tribute to the life they had built together, they hired a professional pole dancer. The woman danced right between the two coffins, to the rhythm of “The Show Must Go On” by Queen.
Iede Hoorn, the funeral director who shared the video on Instagram, said that the family hesitated for several days before making the decision, and that the scene was “intimate and dignified”, intended only for the deceased. The clip, recorded last year, went viral this week and has already amassed more than 5 million views.