: Tuesday, May 11, 2021, 5:52 PM IST
Visitors set to leave Dracula s castle in Romania with puncture wounds as it begins offering free COVID-19 vaccines
Amid Romania s Carpathian mountains nestles the beautiful and terrible castle of Count Dracula. Bram Stoker described this residence in his novel as a crumbling, inaccessible structure that housed his rather terrifying titular character. In the present day, Bran Castle is somewhat less whimsical, displaying art and furniture collected by Queen Marie of Romania. Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic however, you are at least more likely to exit the castle with puncture wounds on your person now.
Vlad III Dracula, better known as Vlad the Impaler was a ruler of Wallachia in the 1400s. He was a figure made larger than life through his terrifying and often brutal acts of way, and eventually served as the inspiration for Bram Stoker s titular character. But while history indicates that King Vlad never set foot in this castle, this has not