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Within the fictional universe of Harry Potter, constructed in the writings of J. K. Rowling, exist fictional locales serving as the settings for the events in her fantasy novels. These locations are listed below categorised in accordance to either being a Dwelling, School, Shopping Districts, or Government affiliated locale.
Durmstrang Institute for Magical Learning is a fictional magic school first making its appearance in Goblet of Fire. The school has existed for at least 700 years when they began participating in the Triwizard Tournament. Dumbledore welcomes Durmstrang's students as "our friends from the North." Durmstrang students wear heavy furs with blood-red robes.
Durmstrang is known for placing an emphasis on the study of the Dark Arts. While other schools of magic in the series limit the study to Defence Against the Dark Arts, Durmstrang students actually learn them. In Deathly Hallows, it is revealed that the Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald attended Durmstrang. He also carved the symbol of the Deathly Hallows onto one of the school's stone walls. Although Durmstrang teaches the Dark Arts as part of its curriculum, it apparently does not allow magical experimentation or torture, only limiting its study to theory. Grindelwald was thrown out of Durmstrang for performing such acts on his fellow students.
The name "Durmstrang" is likely to be an allusion to the German phrase Sturm und Drang.
In the book The Hidden Myths of Harry Potter, David Colbert says, "The name of this wizarding school suggests sympathy for Voldemort's hatred of all Muggles and any wizards with Muggle ancestors. It is a twist on Sturm und Drang, the name of a German art movement of the 1700s that later became associated with Nazi Germany's ethnic hatred. In Goblet of Fire, Durmstrang students arrive at Hogwarts in a magical ship because of a famous work associated with Sturm und Drang, Richard Wagner's opera The Flying Dutchman, which tells of a ghost ship, doomed to ride the oceans forever.
Hogwarts
Diagon Alley
Azkaban, is the wizard prison in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling. Wizards who violate the laws of the British wizarding world are sent there. Only one other such prison, Nurmengard, is known to exist. By the start of the series, Azkaban is guarded by the Dementors, working under the British Ministry of Magic. Generally, only very severe crimes are punished with a term in Azkaban. Many of the prisoners were supporters of Voldemort, though some misunderstandings have resulted in others' imprisonment. Hagrid, for example, was sent there in Harry Potter's second year at Hogwarts because of a crime he did not commit.
According to Half-Blood Prince, Azkaban is located "in the middle of the North Sea".
Azkaban has a reputation of evil and fear throughout the series. The large presence of Dementors renders the inmates incapable of happiness and forces them to relive their worst memories, as they become gradually helpless and often severely insane. According to Sirius, many inmates simply stop eating and eventually die of starvation. As Dementors are extremely difficult even to injure - the only spell effective against them is the Patronus Charm - Azkaban was long considered impossible to escape, until Sirius escaped (although Barty Crouch Jr had previously broken out with the help of his parents); however, Dumbledore claimed he could break out of Azkaban if he wished to do so.
Performing any of the Unforgivable Curses on a human is punishable by an mandatory whole life tariff in Azkaban, although several characters throughout the series have performed the curses and not been punished accordingly. Other crimes which merit imprisonment here include assaulting the Ministry (for example, the Death Eaters detained in Order of the Phoenix), being an unregistered Animagus and impersonating an Inferius.
In Order of the Phoenix, ten of Voldemort's most dangerous and loyal followers escape, including Bellatrix Lestrange. Dumbledore was always vocal in declaring that it was a mistake to guard Voldemort's greatest supporters with Dementors, who have the most to gain if Voldemort returned to power. He is proven right as the Dementors leave their posts at Azkaban and join ranks with Voldemort. The prison is still in use, but greatly weakened by the revolt of its wardens. Presumably, Aurors are the only ones who stand between the convicts and their freedom. By the start of Deathly Hallows, there had been another mass breakout from Azkaban, and several Death Eaters escaped.
Following Voldemort's ultimate demise, Kingsley Shacklebolt sees to the end of use of Dementors at Azkaban, their use having always been a mark of the underlying corruption of the Ministry.
Ministry of Magic
Platform Nine and Three Quarters
The ride on the Hogwarts Express starts from King's Cross railway station platform 9¾, which is invisible to Muggle eyes and is reached by walking through the barrier between platforms 9 and 10.
Rowling discovered after the books were published that she had confused the layout of King's Cross with that of Euston station, and that platforms 9 and 10 at King's Cross were not the ones between which she had meant her magical platform to be placed. There is no platform between tracks 9 and 10 at King's Cross. To solve this, the filmmakers re-numbered platforms 4 and 5 for the duration of filming. In reality, at both King's Cross and Euston, platforms 9 and 10 are separated by train tracks.
Perhaps coincidentally, a local legend claims that Queen Boudica fought her last battle near the site of King's Cross Station, and her body is said to be buried somewhere between platforms nine and ten.
Today, King's Cross Station still has no Platform 9¾, but it does have a ‘Platform 9a’ and a ‘Platform 9b’. The secondary building containing platforms 9 and 10 has been decorated with a ‘Platform 9¾’ sign, complete with a luggage trolley ‘stuck’ halfway through the wall as tribute to the book.
St Mungo's
St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries is a fictional hospital within the universe of Harry Potter. Medics at the hospital are not called doctors, but are known as Healers and wear lime-green robes. Founded by famous wizard Healer Mungo Bonham, St Mungo's is located in London. It was established to treat magical injuries or illnesses endemic to the Wizarding World. To enter the premises, one has to step through the window of what appears to be a derelict department store called Purge & Dowse Ltd. The exteriors of the hospital are red-bricked and dirty, which is the complete opposite of the interiors. Inside, everything is very neat and looks exactly as a hospital should. There are six floors. The emblem of St Mungo's is a magic wand crossed with a bone. This is the hospital where Arthur Weasley, Ron's father, was sent after he was attacked by Voldemort's snake, Nagini, in the Ministry of Magic and also Professor Minerva McGonagall was hospitalised from severe stunning when Hagrid was forced out of Hogwarts. Harry and his friends also met Neville and his grandmother while they were visiting his parents.
Dark locations
Knockturn Alley
Knockturn Alley (a play on the word "nocturnally") is a fictional location leading off from the more savoury Diagon Alley, Knockturn Alley is a dark and seedy alleyway in London to which Muggles have no access, and which is frequented largely by Dark Wizards. Many of the shops in Knockturn Alley are devoted to the Dark Arts; the largest is Borgin & Burkes, which sells sinister and dangerous objects.
Nurmengard
Nurmengard is the prison that Gellert Grindelwald built to keep his enemies and Muggles. The entrance of Nurmengard was marked with the symbol of the Deathly Hallows, along with the legend "For the greater good". After Dumbledore defeated Grindelwald, the prisoners were released and Grindelwald himself was imprisoned in the top-most cell. Nurmengard first appears in the final book when Voldemort arrives at the prison looking for Grindelwald and information about the Elder Wand. After Grindelwald refused to give Voldemort any information, he was killed in his own prison by the Dark Lord.
Filming locations
The following are locations used by Warner Bros. to film the fictional locations in the Harry Potter film series.
- Australia House, The Strand, London (Gringott's Bank)
- Alnwick Castle, Northumberland (Hogwarts, outside scenes)
- Bodleian Library, Oxford (Hogwarts interiors)
- Martins Heron, Berkshire (Privet Drive)
- Christ Church, Oxford (Hogwarts interiors)
- Durham Cathedral (Hogwarts interiors)
- Gloucester Cathedral (Hogwarts corridors)
- Goathland railway station, Yorkshire (Hogsmeade Station)
- King's Cross Station, London (King's Cross interior)
- Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire (Hogwarts interiors)
- Leadenhall Market, London (Diagon Alley)
- London Zoo (Reptile House)
- St Pancras railway station, London (King's Cross exterior).
- Scottish Highlands, Scotland (Outdoor scenes in Prisoner of Azkaban and Half-Blood Prince)
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