'The idea ... was to show how people got jabbed 500-600 years ago in Europe,' said Alexandru Priscu, Bran Castle's marketing director. Photo: Reuters
Visitors to Dracula's castle are more likely to find puncture marks in their arms than their necks this month, after medics set up a Covid-19 vaccination centre at the Transylvanian attraction.
Doctors and nurses with fang stickers on their scrubs are offering free Pfizer shots to all-comers at 14th century Bran Castle, which is purported to be an inspiration for the vampire's towering home in Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula.
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Bran Castle's vaccination centre
'The idea ... was to show how people got jabbed 500-600 years ago in Europe,' said Alexandru Priscu, Bran Castle's marketing director. Photo: Reuters
A visitor poses with a mock diploma attesting his Covid-19 vaccination at the temporary vaccination centre at Bran Castle, in Brasov county, Romania. Photo: Reuters
People arrive at a vaccination centre during at the Bran Castle (in background) in Bran village. Photo: AFP
Medical workers, wearing protective gowns decorated with bloody vampire fang stickers, wait for patients at the temporary vaccination centre. Photo: Reuters
Medical staff vaccinate visitors during the vaccination marathon organised at the "Bran Castle" in Bran village. Photo: AFP
A view shows passageways and balconies inside Bran castle, in Brasov county, Romania. Photo: Reuters
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