Last Days

Sun City, built in 1960, was the very first village in the world exclusively for over-55s. Lieve is almost 55 herself and wondering if she would fit i...

Death often means forgetting, but not for the Toraja tribe on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. There they live together with their dead. Lieve can h...

How do you become 100 years old? For the answer Lieve goes to the Japanese island of Okinawa. This is where the oldest people in the world live. The i...

In Ghana a funeral is the 'place to be'. Lieve travels from one funeral to another, and tries to find out why the Ghanaians want to outdo each other w...

Cuba has the highest number of people over 60 in Latin America and the figures continue to rise. Lieve visits Santovenia, Havana's largest retirement...

In India there is one place where every Hindu wants to die: the spiritual capital Varanasi. Pilgrims come from all over the country to cremate their d...

On All Saints day, Mexicans celebrate Dia de Muertos: The Day of the Dead. During the festival, the living together with the dead have a party in ceme...

Lieve watches over the shoulders of the employees at the Pues funeral parlor in Herent, Belgium, a family business that has been taking care of our de...