Wroclaw

Wrocław is the largest city in western Poland.From shadowy yards to bars and eateries frequented by apparitions, a spine-chilling air penetrates each edge of Wroclaw, Poland's spookiest city.For hundreds of years, Poland was a military intersection amongst east and west Europe, a battleground pined for by her neighbors.

It's a heritage that has left the nation saturated with legend and legend, apparitions and spooks – and no place more so than Wroclaw, a city that at some time in the most recent thousand years was a piece of Poland, Bohemia, Austria, Prussia, and Germany.

It's a long time since I came to live in Poland, and in that time I've remained in startling Reszel Castle, frequented by the last lady in Europe to be burnt for witchcraft, and also the medieval-themed Torture Room of Lagów Castle.

In any case, these don't approach Wroclaw, a city whose tangled bouleds and shadowy patios, covered in Frankenstein-esque haze, could have been worked on account of a Hammer loathsomeness set.