This is the place where large parts of the Harry Potter films were made. When they finished the last film, they were left with sets and props, and made it into a tourist attraction. According to their website, “It’s full of in-depth information about the Harry Potter film series, including many behind-the-scenes secrets and fabulous photography.” I am a huge Harry Potter fan and have heard a lot of great things about “Harry Potter-land,” so I am very excited!
Report from tour: This was the place I
was most excited to visit when I first that we were going to London. I had
heard a lot of great things about “Harry Potter World” and I was not disappointed
to say it like that! The tour started in a room where we got a video introduction to what Harry Potter was all about. The group then went into what looked like a mini-movie theatre, where we saw an introduction to Harry Potter world itself, held by Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliff themselves (on film, of course). In the video they were standing in front of a door, and when the screen was rolled up, that exact door was right behind it! It was cool, because it felt like we had stepped right into that video. The doors opened, and led us into the dining hall of the Harry Potter movies. It was amazing! But I was surprised at how small it was in real life. In the next room over, all kinds of different sets and props from the movies were set up, for instance Dumbledore’s office, Harry and Ron’s dorm room, the moving stair cases, Harry’s invisibility cloak and the Tri Wizard cup trophy.
We also saw famous costumes, wigs and other things like facial prostheses. TV-screens were set up several places, showing things like how they recorded flying on broomsticks, did the characters’ makeup and built the sets. I was absolutely amazed at how much detail and hard work was put into every single prop, no matter how insignificant!
Towards the end of the tour, there was a huge model of the entire Hogwarts castle, and it was beautiful. It looked so real! I found out that it was this model they actually used in filming a lot of scenes, for example scenes where the characters were flying over the castle. The flying part was recorded on a green screen, and put on top of a film that was taken of the real life model of the castle. To me, this was the best part of the hole museum. I also brought a harry potter T-shirt for my little brother, which is huge Harry Potter fan. Overral it was a unique and great experience, and I am very happy we went there!
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