Cost of burials in Poland

Hi

Hoping to get some advice. My gran passed away and the time has come to finalise her grave. I've been ringing around for quotes. Apparently the standard price is between 7-8000 zlots.

I know someone who paid 4,500 zlots.

Does anyone have any experience in these matters?

Thanks so much.

Adrian

My friend father passed away in covid,govt gave them 4500pln,plus they had to pay for the casket and tomb stone and they had to dish out of pocket almost 15000pln.All depends what you want to spend.

Exactly. A simple casket costs 1500 PLN, while the sophisticated one - twice as much.


That`s a state of the art funeral.

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Thanks for the advice. Sorry, I should have made my post a but clearer. Gran - may she rest in peace - already buried in the casket. Just need to sort out her grave site. We want something decent.. but 7-8K for a bit of stone seems a bit too much

I would say this price is average. 17 years ago I paid for a standard tombstone and it cost me 3.5 K. I suppose prices have gone up since then.

Cheers Pawian.

FYI - Costs have gone up by approx 30% due to supply issues connected with corona.

That`s capitalism - if there is an increased demand for goods or services, prices go up.

Agreed.
But we have not yet found a system, that for all it's faults, works better.

Cremation could be the cheapest way (it costs about 800-1000PLN now in Poland), even though Poles are sort of opposed to it.

It depends.
In 2013-2014, there were 38 crematoria in Poland, and the percentage of cremation burials was 16% in 2013 and 21% in 2014. In 2020, there are over 60 crematoria in Poland and the percentage of cremation burials is between 20 and 70%, depending on the region of the country .

I cremated my mother in early 2000s.

Did she specifically ask for cremation or you did it to save some money ;)?

No saving. That was the time when cremation was still in its infancy stage and cost the same as a traditional burial.
Also, she didn`t ask for it coz she had no chance.

There was another reason. Guess what.

Still a small number, however it's a positive thing.

Most funerals I've been to in PL over the past decade were interments of ashes. What I haven't seen in PL yet is "pure cremations", where there's not a funeral of any sort. They're getting more and more popular in the UK since nobody except the morbid actually like attending funerals and it's better to make a donation to a charity or take a nice holiday rather than pay a clergyman or clergywoman that happens to be on crem duty that day and who never met the deceased to talk for 15 minutes.

I also buried my father in Poland through cremation, but he did ask for it. I guess it doesn't matter at this point, it's acceptable from a Roman Catholic tradition too.

We haven't buried mine yet. His ashes are in a bag in the spare room. He requested no funeral and in any case, the family were grieving and had no appetite for one.

Cremation is the norm in the UK and someone would only be buried if they specifically request it or have a family plot in a centuries old village churchyard.

Scattering is popular. The 'Garden of Remembrance' that most cities' crematoria have in the U.K. have one where you can scatter ashes and remember the person. Some people's are just stored by the city for a few years then disposed of unless the family don't want that (though this is increasingly rare) and some people scatter ashes in a favourite place like a park, a beauty spot in the countryside, a nice beach or so times a sports ground if the deceased was a sports fan.

Why not sth more solid? Like an urn...

@pawian
He'll be scattered or buried under a tree or whatever when I finally do it so no need. An urn might be used by someone If ashes are kept on display (a guy I knew who was a Bishop kept his mother's ashes in an urn on an altar) however an undertaker wouldn't supply one other tha; a very basic jar unless asked. I suspect there's a box of some sort inside the bag but I've not looked and don't much like seeing the bag on the windowsill when the door to that room is left open.