Time Out No. #80 | Tuesday 19 October 2021

British ghosts might be polite, but that doesn’t make them any less ghoulish. From north to south and east to west, the UK is packed with rickety old mansions, abandoned castles, eerie cemeteries and post-industrial landscapes that might be more terrifying than anything the undead can throw at you. History is everywhere here, and not all of that history is happy gathering dust in the books. What was that noise? It was probably your imagination, but ‘probably’ isn’t the most certain of terms. These are the most haunted places in the UK and they aren’t for the faint of heart.

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Sometimes when you want a cultural day out, places like the Louvre and Prado don’t quite cut it – they’re good, obviously, but you wouldn’t necessarily want to tell everyone you know about a trip there straightaway. Not weird enough. But do a little research, and you’ll find plenty of places out there that will make you immediately reach for your camera to photograph everything you see. The Avanos Hair Museum in Turkey, the Bread Museum in Germany, the Cup Noodles Museum in Japan: just three of the brilliant weird and alternative museums we’ve included in this world-spanning round-up.

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