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Know about Longyearbyen, Norway where it's illegal to die

New Delhi: Longyearbyen is a small town (rather a frozen island) in Norway. It is the world's northernmost city. It was founded by an American John Longyear, started the Arctic Coal Company and set up

The ground in the city is permanently frozen round the year.

The perpetually frigid temperatures prohibit corpses from properly decomposing.

Following the influenza epidemic of 1917, Longyearbyen banned burials in the town's graveyard.

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