Blogue d'un québécois expatrié en Angleterre. Comme toute forme d'autobiographie est constituée d'une large part de fiction, j'ai décidé de nommer le blogue Vraie Fiction.
Sunday, 19 October 2025
Halloween in Vienna
For today's countdown to Halloween post I come back to my very first post of the month, when I shared the picture of a display window in Vienna. Because the display was gorgeous, for one, also because I was so glad to see that Halloween is getting traction on the continent. Austria is a great place to celebrate Halloween, I thought, but I also always thought Austria and Vienna especially are great places for old fashioned horror stories. It has been in the past, of course, I know of at least one anyway. Because of the architecture, the history, the atmosphere (not to mention the music), the city deserves its own critters and iconic supernatural villains. When I was in Vienna, I could not help but imagine what I could do with the setting, imagining malevolent presences and hapless victims. What do you think? And do you know of any horror stories, old or new, set in Vienna?
I have been to Vienna but unfortunately for me, did not experience any horror just beautiful architecture and yummy food.
ReplyDeleteI know that a White Lady ghost is supposed to haunt some of the buildings and castles of Vienna (The Hofburg Palace / St. Stephen's Cathedral)....don't know much about the place though, and I've never been!
ReplyDeleteIt's a great photo!
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