The stunning relocation of Netflix's *Wednesday* to Ireland's gothic landscapes, including the haunted Charleville Castle and versatile Wicklow woods, masterfully reshapes the show's eerie aesthetic and narrative depth.

When fans tuned into the second season of Netflix's Wednesday in 2025, they were transported to a visually distinct and eerily beautiful version of Nevermore Academy and its surroundings. The shift was more than just narrative; it was geographical. The most significant behind-the-scenes change for the hit series was its migration from the forests of Romania to the lush, haunting landscapes of Ireland. This move wasn't just a logistical decision; it fundamentally reshaped the show's gothic aesthetic, transforming the American northeast setting into a tapestry woven with Irish mist, ancient woods, and historic stone. The production's journey to the Emerald Isle was like a vampire seeking new hunting grounds, finding fresh life and a richer, more verdant darkness.

Nevermore Academy Finds a New Home: Charleville Castle

If the iconic school for outcasts seemed to breathe with a deeper, more vibrant gloom in season 2, that's because it was. Nevermore Academy was transplanted from its Romanian foundations to the historic and reportedly haunted Charleville Castle in County Offaly, Ireland. The supervising locations manager, Maria O’Connor, noted the woods surrounding the castle were eerily similar to the original Romanian location, yet possessed a unique, untamed quality. In the show, CGI was used to add extra towers and rooms to the castle, but its real-life ghost—a girl named Harriet who died 160 years ago—provided an authentic spectral ambiance no special effects could replicate. The castle stood as a perfect, gothic sentinel, its silhouette against the Irish sky like a crown of thorns.

The Wicklow Woods: A Versatile Backdrop for Mystery

A common theme emerged in the filming of season 2: the extensive and versatile use of the forests in County Wicklow. These woods served as multiple, distinct locations:

• Camp Jericho & Nevermore Cemetery: The trip to Camp Jericho in episode 3 was filmed on the sprawling, 47-acre wooded grounds of the Powerscourt Estate in County Wicklow. The same ancient trees and mossy paths doubled as the solemn grounds of Nevermore Cemetery, proving the location's chameleon-like ability to shift from a summer camp to a resting place for the supernatural.

• Rotwood Cottage: Morticia Addams's temporary home, Rotwood Cottage, was nestled within the Cloragh Woods of County Wicklow. Interestingly, the cottage itself wasn't a real building; it was a miniature constructed in the woods, with interior scenes filmed elsewhere. It was a cinematic illusion as delicate as a spider's web, looking utterly real until you got too close.

Gothic Interiors and Urban Sets

Not all locations were rural. The production made clever use of Ireland's architectural heritage for its more institutional settings.

• Willow Hill Psychiatric Hospital: The grim facility holding Tyler Galpin was filmed at Clonliffe College in Dublin. Maria O’Connor praised the location, stating its inherent gothic style made it a perfect fit for the show's aesthetic. Its corridors held a cold, institutional dread that felt as tangible as iron bars.

• The Studio Heart: Ashford Studios: The vast majority of interior scenes—from Orloff's lab and the Founder's Day bonfire to the interiors of Rotwood Cottage and Tyler's cell—were filmed at Ashford Studios in County Wicklow. This soundstage was the show's beating heart, where the intricate, detailed worlds of Nevermore were built from the ground up.

• Miscellaneous Locations: Other key scenes found unique Irish homes. The airport in the season premiere was created at the historic Trinity College in Dublin, while a serial killer's home in Kansas City was actually a house in Newcastle, County Wicklow.

A Cast of Characters in a New Landscape

The move to Ireland coincided with significant cast changes and new additions. Percy Hynes-White did not return for season 2, but the show welcomed a host of new faces, including high-profile stars like Steve Buscemi and Lady Gaga, whose characters brought fresh mystery to the halls of Nevermore. The core cast, led by Jenna Ortega's relentlessly deadpan Wednesday, adapted to their new surroundings, with the Addams family—Gomez, Morticia, and Uncle Fester—playing a more integral role in the Nevermore narrative.

The relocation of Wednesday's production to Ireland for its second season was more than a change of scenery; it was an infusion of new atmosphere. The Emerald Isle's landscapes acted as a silent character, its ancient woods whispering secrets, its historic buildings holding centuries of stories, and its pervasive green gloom providing the perfect canvas for the Addams family's unique brand of macabre adventure. The result was a season that felt both familiar and refreshingly new, its visual identity as intricately crafted and deliberately unsettling as one of Wednesday's own cello compositions.

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