10 Scariest Places in Europe You Should Never Visit
7. Dracula’s Castle
It looks idyllic as it does macabre — the Bran Castle which sits on a rocky cliff surrounded by a dense forest. Home to myths of undead curses and literary legends of blood-sucking creatures of the night — Bran Castle is also known as Dracula’s Castle. Count Dracula is a creation of Bram Stoker’s gothic horror Dracula novel, which has become a staple image whenever people think of vampires. In the eerie outbacks of Transylvania, Bran Castle is also a fortress that started off in the 13th century as a wooden citadel. There are viewpoints to this day of mountainous peaks that you can see when you visit. Each year the Transylvanian castle throws a Halloween party with Romanian DJs and vampires a flock (dressed up that is). While no real fanged-feeding creatures of the undead have been spotted here, who knows what could happen when you celebrate Halloween at the castle or even visit it during a full moon.
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8. The Black Forest’s Slender Man
The name may be eerie already, but the Black Forest got its name from the Romans who had set eyes upon thick, almost impenetrable lush conifer trees that made up the mountainous forest in southwest Germany.
Since some parts of the forest become so dim due to the denseness of its trees, there has long been local folklore and legends about what may have happened in the Black Forest. From demonic dances to devil worshipping and sites where witches would have been free to come out to act their blasphemy — there is one tale that locals say still could potentially lurk on in the darkness behind the branches today. Der Grossmann is German for the Slender Man, a tall lanky entity that tip toes through the Black Forest. Somewhat disfigured with arms as long as its legs, one look into its bulging pupils and the tortured face will be embedded into your mind whenever you close your own eyes. Parents of the nearby villages have long taunted their children that if they misbehave, they’ll be sent to the Slender Man. Those who actually were mysteriously had never returned from the forest.
