Parisian undertaker aims to introduce bicycle hearse in France

Undertaker Isabelle Plumereau cycled around Paris on a recent autumn day with a bicycle hearse that she hopes will soon bring a new 'green' way of conducting funerals to the French capital.

Funeral home director Isabelle Plumereau poses on her bicycle hearse, an alternative to the traditional motor vehicle, in Paris, France, November 2, 2022. REUTERS/Yiming WooPARIS, Nov 3 - Undertaker Isabelle Plumereau cycled around Paris on a recent autumn day with a bicycle hearse that she hopes will soon bring a new "green" way of conducting funerals to the French capital.

While bicycle hearses already exist in a few other countries, including Switzerland and Denmark, hers would be a first in France, according to the 51-year old undertaker. "Everyone walks at the same pace and we hear each other, we hear the sounds of nature around us, the wind in the trees, the birds. In my view this is the best way to console yourself."

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