Sheffield street art has some of the highest standard of quality that I’ve ever seen, and deserves to be more well-known globally as a definitive street art destination. There you go. I’m sorry to be so abrupt, but that’s genuinely how I feel about this city and its visual prowess, and if I beat around […]
Sometimes, when you can’t travel somewhere, it’s comforting to know that there is media that exists solely to transport you and your imagination to places your body can’t go. For us, as dark tourists, many of these places can be found in documentaries, historical drama series, or suspenseful recreations of noteworthy events. We love to find TV shows that really immerse you in the subject matter[…]
Ljubljana feels like a street artist’s playground. Wandering around the streets of Slovenia’s capitol city, it’s hard to find a building that hasn’t been painted, drawn or written on in some way. There is so much street art in Ljubljana, in fact, that it’s almost distracting. Which I LOVE, by the way[…]
Brestovac Sanatorium could be your typical Scooby-Doo-style haunted house. A large, abandoned former medical complex, located deep in the forest high up on a nearby mountain? All you need is the occasional lightning strike and the picture would be complete. However, despite its potentially off-putting appearance, Brestovac Sanatorium (sanatorij brestovac in its native Croatian) has […]
Cementerio de Ceares is the “official” cemetery of Gijón, Spain. Founded in 1876, Cementerio de Ceares was the main burial centre and thus the most important cemetery in Gijón until 1999, when the Deva Municipal Cemetery was created. Cementerio de Ceares is also known by another name; “El Suco”, which means “the mound of earth” or “the wrinkle in the ground” in the local language of the region of Asturias, where Gijón is located[…]
Like many places in the Balkans, Croatia has a turbulent history. War and discord have provided the backdrop for many of its recent tragic events, with a large number of its citizens carrying the recent memory of conflict with them in their day-to-day lives. Zagreb, Croatia’s capital city, has born witness to many of these acts of violence and oppression[…]
The Salaspils former forced labour camp is one of the most important dark tourism destinations in Latvia. Created as part of the Nazi’s Final Solution plan during WWII, it was intended that the camp would hold approximately 15,000 Jews – the last to be deported from Germany[…]
Krakow is one of my favourite cities in the world. Because Krakow has it all: history, character, a chill vibe, a WEALTH of cafes, museums and green spaces. But, most importantly for me, the street art in Krakow is diverse and abundant[…]
Lucky for us the history of Prague’s statues goes way back. For hundreds of years, many of these statues were used as navigation tools by the illiterate. And why not? After all, as you’ll see, some of these statues are pretty unique! Who wouldn’t know what you mean when you say, “Meet me by the statue that looks like an evil knight?”[…]
Our visit to the Katyn Museum occurred on a particularly gruelling day. We planned to fit in several dark tourism sites, with some Warsaw street art viewing (for me) and reading (for Dagney) planned for the late afternoon to balance the overall mood[…]
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