Given the past of the oldest remaining structure in Norway´s capital (dating back to the late 1290s), it´s nort surprising that this fortress (top) is considered to be one of Europe´s most haunted places, with tragic stories to tell as among other things it was a notorious prison which took the lives of uncountable inmates, and the site many executions - most recently by the occupying Germans during World War II (as well as that after the war of Norway´s Nazi puppet ruler Vidkun Quisling. Notable ghosts reported include the Malcanisen, the vicious ghost of a guard dog purportedly buried alive, and the Mantelgeisten, a woman who regularly manifests in the castle´s Margaret Hall. You can of course take a ghost tour.
Read more in Tripatini contributor Victor Martin´s post 10 of the Most Haunted Places to Visit Around the World.
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