Photo: Getty. St Mary Whitby’s Church is Dracula’s church perched on the edge of a cliff in the town of North Yorkshire, where fishermen specialize in fishing. Adjacent to it is Whitby Abbey, which has been abandoned for decades. This monastery is located very close to the cliff, which has become ruined after a landslide and contains ancient tombs. Based on this graveyard, Bram Stoker’s horror novel Dracula was born in 1897. Stoker describes Dracula moving through graveyards and loitering over villages and kidnapping women and children… Dartmoor, Devon Wistman’s Wood, located at 1,200 feet at Dartmoor in Devon, is the precious remains of the ancient forest that covered much of the wasteland, believed to be 9,000 years old, with the remains of ancient forests. rough, stunted oak trees, growing from among moss-covered granite boulders, are now a nature reserve, where visitors feel like they’ve stepped back to centuries ago and completely unaffected by the modern world. Castle Dunluce, Ireland You will feel like you are stepping out into a surreal world when crossing the bridge to Dunluce castle. Dunluce Castle is perched on a ledge next to the edge of a cliff in Northern Ireland, always engulfed in small, fluttering raindrops. Although the castle was once majestic, today it is only the ruins of gothic architecture, with the north wall collapsing into the sea in the 18th century. Castlerigg Stone Circle, Cumbria Castlerigg Stone Circle in Keswick, Cumbria is where the ancient British met in rituals more than 5,000 years ago. These giant rocks are located in the Lake District near Helvellyn, this is one of the oldest stone circles in England, built around 3200 BC and it has now become a holy place. Hambledon Hill, Dorset In addition to being a place of scenic beauty that seemed wild and sunny, Hambledon was also a burial ground for aristocratic families before becoming a fighting fortress in the heart of ancient England. Today Hambledon has become the finest example of an Iron Age hill, with amazing natural vistas and some of the best preserved prehistoric architecture in Europe. This fortress was abandoned around 300 BC. But for 2,000 years it was one of the most important settlements in the West. It is now a National Nature Reserve with many rare species of wild plants and 28 distinctive butterfly species. St Nectan’s Glen, Cornwall For thousands of years, the Trevillet River has carved into the hard cliffs forming a majestic waterfall that cascades down into the valley below. This dramatic landscape has become legendary and attracts many peoples including the Romans who flock to sacrifice and worship the spirit of the river. According to legend King Arthur and his knights were blessed in holy water from this waterfall before searching for the Holy Grail. Up to now, Glen waterfall is of special interest to scientists because of the rare flora and fauna that grow around it. Glencoe, Scottish highlands Waterfalls and rivers flow through this wild, windswept volcano and down below, making Glencoe one of Scotland’s most romantic valleys. At the same time, the mountain is also one of the best ski areas in the country. Although very beautiful and majestic, Glecoe is also a place with the most gloomy legends. The howls of the wind through the valley resemble the groans of the 80 souls of the MacDonald family, slaughtered here in 1692. The murders are thought to be related to a long-standing rivalry between the two families. the MacDonalds and Campbells.

Sunomata Castle (Gifu, Japan): Also known as Ichiya, meaning “castle built in one night”, Sunomata was built in the mid-16th century by General Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the city of Ogaki. Legend has it that this is a stronghold that was silently built in the heart of the opponent, by pre-hewing columns and pre-built walls, then moved to assemble in the night. The current castle was reconstructed in 1991, modeled after the nearby Ogaki Castle. Image: Hide-sp. Bran Castle (Transylvania, Romania): This castle is often associated with Dracula. Vlad III, prince of Wallachia – aka Vlad III Dracula – is considered the prototype for the character of the vampire count in Bram Stoker’s classic novel. According to legend, the real Vlad the Third was briefly imprisoned in Bran Castle in 1462. Fans of the character flocked here to tour the legendary castle. Image: Archeotraveller. Tower of London (London, England): One of England’s most famous castles, the Tower of London – with the White Tower at its center – has a dark history, revolving around prison, torture and death. Convicted people are locked up here and subject to terrible punishment. The shady beheadings and murders taking place here make the castle become an obsession. By the 19th century, this place ended its role and opened to visitors. Image: History. Neuschwanstein Castle (Schwangau, Germany): This place was built in 1869 by Ludwig II, king of Bavaria, as a private retreat. Despite having no real power, Ludwig II maintained a romantic view of a king. He dreamed of living in seclusion in a large castle on top of a mountain, surrounded by art and architecture. That’s why Neuschwanstein was built. In 1886, the king mysteriously drowned, before the castle was completed and admired by millions. In it, Walt Disney liked this place so much that many people believe that he created the castle “Sleeping Beauty” at Disneyland according to its architecture. Image: Wonderful Engineering. Alnwick Castle (Northumberland, England): This place is more famous for being the setting for Hogwarts Castle in the two Harry Potter films. This ancient and massive castle has also appeared in many other hit movies, from Elizabeth to Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Image: Englishcoast. Jal Mahal (Jaipur, India): Located in the middle of Man Sagar Lake, Jal Mahal is like a real fairy tale. In the evening or moonlit nights, the splendid white castle reflects on the water, creating a surreal scene for the guests staying here. Interestingly, below this palace there are also 4 secret floors, equally beautiful as the architectural wonder above. Image: Pinterest. Mont Saint Michel (Normandy, France): Located on an island off the coast of Normandy, this castle attracts more than 3 million visitors a year. At high tide, the entire surrounding area is flooded, creating a magical and unique scene. Image: Big Seven Travel.

Australia is always hot, because many tourists see at Christmas people wear bikinis to swim in the sea. But the truth is not so. Sydney Beach on a Christmas Day. Because it’s in the southern hemisphere, winter in Australia is summer in many other countries. Photo: AAP “Many tourists still think that Romania has vampires. Perhaps they are obsessed with the famous novel about Dracula. In fact, in 700 years, we have not seen a single vampire,” a Romanian citizen shared. “Kenyans are all track and field athletes, live in tents, don’t speak English and keep wild animals as pets,” is a misconception that foreigners have about this African country, according to the Kwnet account. “Finland does not exist. God,” shared Lawwi’s account. “I am from Serbia but people keep thinking that it is part of Russia. They are mistaken for Siberia,” said one tourist. Many people have been confused between two lands: Serbia (a country in the Balkans and Siberia (a large land of Russia, approximately the size of Canada). When someone introduced them to being from Belgium, a lot of people assumed they could speak French. In fact, the main languages ​​in Belgium are Dutch, French and German. Many tourists often confuse different European countries as one. For example, they often mistake Switzerland/Sweden, Belgium/Belarus or Slovakia/Slovenia. “Many people think Greece is just beaches and islands, and summer. But we also have beautiful places to visit in winter, like the mountains. And we also have land,” explained one Greek resident. Referring to England, many people think that they are guests who like to drink afternoon tea and love football. In fact, not all British people have this passion. “When I say I’m from Brazil, everyone thinks I know how to dance samba and am passionate about football. And Rio de Janeiro is the capital. But all three are wrong.” Many visitors mistakenly think that Canadians all drink maple syrup, there are a lot of elk and “sorry” is everyone’s catchphrase. According to Bright Side/VNE

The laboratory where Frankenstein’s monster was born in the movie released in 1931. Photo: Universal Studios Licensing LLC. On a stormy, rainy night, the mad scientist is trying to revive an inanimate monster he created by piecing together parts of an exhumed corpse. After receiving a high-voltage electric shock, it suddenly moved its long, bony fingers and raised one arm. “It’s alive! It’s alive! It’s alive!” shouted the doctor. It was a memorable scene in the Universal Pictures film adaptation of Mary Shelley’s horror novel Frankenstein (or The Modern Prometheus) (first published 1818), starring Mary Shelley. by Vladimir Karloff as the monster. The work became a blockbuster at the box office when it hit the public’s taste for horror cinema, and paved the way for Universal to release a series of iconic monster movies later, including The Mummy (Mummy), Dracula (Vampire), Creature from the Back Lagoon (Creature from the Black Lagoon), … Whether emerging from the swamp, lying in an Egyptian stone coffin or patched up like Frankenstein, … all these monsters are the product of fascination (and sometimes even fear). ) of the community towards science. More than just the creative work of the design and makeup team, the knowledge (which may still be limited) about amphibians, mummification, anatomy … has been borrowed to bring to mind. aghast. Frankenstein movie poster. Photo: Universal Studios Licensing LLC. Shelley was only 18 years old when she wrote Frankenstein while on vacation in Lake Geneva. A special lover of science, she often attends lectures to keep up to date with new trends and research, including the relatively new field of electrophysiology. She was very interested in the work of 18th-century Italian scientist Luigi Galvani, whose initial experiments showed that electric currents could cause (dead) frog legs to twitch, and then used it as inspiration for Dr. Frankenstein. It was also during this period that scientists began to learn about the nature of resuscitation techniques—sometimes bringing back a person thought to have drowned by manipulating air into their trachea and squeezing their abdomen. Shelly’s own mother had experienced such an emergency when she jumped off the Putney Bridge on the Thames, two years before she was born. More than a century later, Universal adapted her novel into a Frankenstein movie, and then released another monster classic: The Mummy (1932) – also starring Boris Karloff as the monk Imhotep, a master of mummification; The film tells the story of a soul punished by being buried alive and accidentally released to return to earth to cause chaos. Before that, in 1922, a team led by British archaeologist Howard Carter opened the tomb of the famous King Tutankhamun, which has remained a mystery for 3,000 years. The event ignited the curiosity and imagination of millions around the world, and sparked a passion for ancient Egypt – decades after the original release of The Mummy. “Monsters have always been a mixture of conscious and unconscious fear.” – Leo Braudy, author of Haunted: On Ghosts, Witches, Vampires, Zombies and Other Monsters of the Natural and Supernatural Worlds , Witches, Vampires, Mummy and other monsters of the Natural and Supernatural worlds) commented. For example, the fear of vampire bites in the movie Dracula (released in 1931) was based on Bram Stoker’s medieval horror novel (published 1897) and the play Dracula ( performed in 1924) by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston. Vampire legends existed for hundreds of years before Stoker published the novel, but researchers believe it was deadly mid-19th-century epidemics like cholera and tuberculosis that inspired and spread vampire myths. “In the absence of science, vampire theory is easy to accept. If someone gets TB and spreads it to other family members, they’ll blame the vampires instead of the bacteria.” — Sarah Crawford, longtime curator at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles , identify. In the movie Creature From the Black Lagoon (released in 1954), designer Milicent Patrick did a lot of research on prehistoric animals and sea creatures to shape the vision for the character “Gill-Man”. She is especially fascinated by the illustrations of reptiles and amphibians that lived about 400 million years ago on Earth. Director Jack Arnold drew inspiration for Gill-Man from the story of the long-extinct coelacanth and thought to be the ancestor of land animals, with unusual fins (which look like like limbs) allowing it to crawl from the ocean to the land. The connection between the sea and land animals, along with the story that the producer heard at a dinner party about a half-human, half-fish creature living in the Amazon River, … all have been brought into creation by Patrick. Figure. Designer Milicent Patrick sketched the sea monster Gill-Man in Creature from the Back Lagoon. Photo: Universal Studios Licensing LLC. Science has not only inspired characters on screen, but has also led to technical experiments and inventions in the field of filmmaking. While staging Dr. Frankenstein’s lab, designer Kenneth Strickfaden – who spent many years as an electrician – devised techniques to simulate ball lightning and electrical discharges. And artist Jack Pierce – the head of Universal’s makeup department – spent eight hours with Karloff on The Mummy, using a mixture made of fuller’s earth and more than 150 feet of ice. gauze. It was the science behind Hollywood’s iconic monsters that made the movies of this golden age even more “horrifying”. In terms of perception, perhaps most viewers know those creatures do not exist. But the thrill and excitement of watching the dramas on the screen made them think, What if they really existed? “Horror movies have been continuously produced, more than any other genre. Because they (monsters and horror things) are, to a certain extent, born within our selves, and as such can never fail,” Braudy said.

Bran Castle – a popular tourist attraction in Transylvanian, Romania – which is considered the inspiration for the famous novel series “Dracula” by Bram Stoker, has set up a Covid-19 vaccination center and visitors come to These can be vaccinated for free. Doctors and nurses at the center will be in charge of injecting Pfizer injections for visitors to the castle, built around the 14th century. Bran Castle in Brașov District, Transylvanian, Romania is considered the inspiration for the famous novel series “Dracula” by Bram Stoker. Photo: Getty. According to the announcement from the management, anyone can come for free injection every weekend in May without an appointment. In addition, tourists coming here will also be able to visit the castle’s gallery of 52 medieval torture instruments at no extra cost. Fernando Orozco, a 37-year-old renewable energy market developer, thinks this is an interesting and unique idea: “I’m going to the castle. I think it’s a very rare occasion.” Regarding the Covid-19 vaccination program, the Romanian government expects to complete the vaccination of 10 million people by September. However, according to a survey published in April from the research organization Globsec, Romanian people tend to be the least vaccinated among the member states of the European Union (EU).

Bran Castle. Photo: AP The AP news agency (USA) reported that a COVID-19 vaccination center has been set up at Bran Castle in the Transylvania region. This castle is the site where Irish writer Bram Stoker inspired Dracula’s “vampire’s home” in the 19th century horror novel “Dracula”. Accordingly, every weekend of May will take place the “vaccine marathon” program at Bran Castle. People who come for injections do not need to book an appointment. Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine recipients will receive free admission to the castle’s torture chamber, home to 52 medieval torture instruments. At the end of the first week of May, nearly 400 people went to Bran Castle for a COVID-19 vaccine. However, there is a rule that only Romanian people can get the COVID-19 vaccine for free. The program at Bran Castle is part of a series of initiatives by the Romanian government to promote the COVID-19 vaccine campaign in this country of 19 million people. The Romanian government hopes to be able to vaccinate 5 million people by June 1. From May 8, all vaccination centers in Romania apply the rule that no reservations are made after 2pm. According to the statistics of worldometers.info, as of 9 am on May 11, the total number of COVID-19 infections in Romania is over 1 million cases, of which 29,034 have died.

Every weekend in May, a special vaccination event is held just outside Bran Castle. People wishing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine can attend without an appointment. This is part of Romania’s vaccination campaign. A COVID-19 vaccination center has been established at Bran Castle in Transylvania. (Photo: AP) Anyone who attended the event was given the Pfizer vaccine and received a “vaccination diploma” as a souvenir, illustrated by an image of a canine medical worker brandishing a syringe. In addition, the torture chambers containing a collection of 52 medieval torture instruments at Bran Castle are also open to the public free of charge. In the first days of the campaign, the medical staff at the “blood-sucking demon castle” vaccinated nearly 400 people. The castle also receives a large number of requests from foreigners wanting to experience COVID-19 vaccinations in the spooky rooms. However, this campaign is only for the people of Romania. In parallel with the Dracula castle campaign, the Romanian government also issued a series of other initiatives to promote vaccination of more than 19 million people. Romania’s goal is to vaccinate 5 million people against COVID-19 by June 1, the first step to bringing the country “back to normal”. On May 8, Bran Castle opened its first special vaccination event. Similar events have also been kicked off in several cities across Romania. Since the COVID-19 pandemic appeared, Romania has recorded a total of 1,066,731 infections, including 29,034 deaths.

Bran Castle – a popular tourist attraction in Transylvania, Romania – which is considered the inspiration for the famous Dracula novel series, has set up a Covid-19 vaccination center. According to a notice from the management, visitors can come for free injections every weekend in May without an appointment. Photo: Getty. In addition, tourists coming here will also be able to visit the castle’s gallery of 52 medieval torture instruments at no extra cost. However, vaccination is only available to Romanian citizens. Marketing director Alexandru Priscu said the campaign was meant to “make vaccinations more fun”. Photo: BBC. In the US, people can register for the Covid-19 vaccine when attending sports matches. On May 10, each audience present at the hockey game between the Philadelphia Flyers and the New Jersey Devil team had the opportunity to get a shot of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The campaign is also held at games by the Seattle Mariners baseball team or the Seattle Sounders football team. Photo: AP. On May 11, in the opening match at the home of St. Paul Saints in Minnesota, this baseball fan was vaccinated and given 4 vouchers to watch another game. Manager Derek Sharrer said: “This is a great opportunity for the audience to be vaccinated in a favorable way.” Photo: AP. In addition to fixed health stations, British people can register for vaccinations at churches. Twice a week, about 800 citizens can go to Poet’s Corner at Westminster Abbey (London, England) to receive medical staff’s help with Covid-19 vaccination. On its website, the monastery said that this vaccine site will accept individuals who make an appointment through the National Health Service, which is expected to operate until at least the end of June this year. Photo: AP. Salisbury Church in England is also part of the country’s vaccination campaign. After vaccination here, people have to stay for 15 minutes for medical staff to monitor the response. According to data from Our World in Data, more than half of the UK population has received at least one dose of the vaccine. Photo: Sky News. Since May, David Richardson, City Commissioner of Miami (USA), has launched an initiative to establish non-permanent vaccination points in the South Beach area. “We want to reach beachgoers and encourage them to change their mind about vaccination,” said Richardson. By the second day of the campaign, the registration points had consumed 125 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine and also used up 50 additional doses. Photo: Getty. Mr. Richardson said the campaign was heavily promoted on media and social networks. In addition to the target group of tourists coming to the Miami beach to relax, the city government also wants to mobilize neighboring people to come here to get vaccinated. “Some people come here in bathing suits, there are also people who come here to get vaccinated.” Photo: Miami Herald. The new vaccination site that is receiving attention from New York City public opinion is the bottom of a more than 28,000-meter whale model at the American Museum of Natural History. Those who register for vaccination here are given a voucher to visit the museum for free the next day. “This is the newest, hottest vaccination site right now,” New York City Councilmember Mark Levine wrote on Twitter. Photo: New York Times. On May 9, 200 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine were delivered to storage at the Arapahoe Basin ski area in Summit County (Colorado, USA). Visitors and Colorado residents will not need to register in advance to make a reservation. “Hopefully this will help the community continue the process of vaccination to overcome the pandemic,” said Tony Cammarata, head of the Arapahoe Basin patrol. Photo: Arapahoe Basin.