Dark Tourism

Learning from darkness with ethics, empathy and care

We reflect on suffering; we don’t use it as a spectacle.

Photo of four skeletons hanging in a queue at the Siriraj Medical Museum, in Bangkok, Thailand. Foto de quatro esqueletos pendurados em uma fila no Museu Médico Siriraj, em Bangkok, Tailândia.

Spooky! Five best places for dark tourism in Bangkok.

Photo of the black gate of the poison garden in Alnwick, Northumberland, England. Foto do portão preto do jardim venenoso em Alnwick, Northumberland, Inglaterra.

What to know before visiting the poison garden in England.

Photo of Nana Plaza, a prostitution shopping centre in Bangkok, Thailand. Foto do Nana Plaza, um shopping center de prostituição em Bangkok, Tailândia.

Nana Plaza: the contradictions of Thailand.

Photo of a colourful mural painted by Kobra, with Anne Frank's face, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Foto de um mural colorido pintado por Kobra, com o rosto de Anne Frank, em Amsterdã, Holanda.

The remnants of Nazism and what we can learn from it.

Photo of a statue representing a prostitute at the Red-Light District, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Foto de uma estátua representando uma prostituta no Distrito da Luz Vermelha, em Amsterdã, na Holanda.

The Red-Light District: what happens behind the scenes?

Photo of real corpses of Siamese twins in the Siriraj Medical Museum in Bangkok, Thailand. Foto de cadáveres reais de gêmeos siameses no Museu Médico Siriraj em Bangkok, Tailândia.

Real corpses and organs: a visit to Siriraj Museum in Bangkok.