Study of Ancient Runes: Madam Pince was well versed with the study of runes, as she could use a Rune Dictionary to translate ancient runic symbols. [7] [40] In the GBC version of the game, the library has two floors, the lower (accessed by the second floor) being a very large room filled with labyrinthine paths between bookshelves. The lower floor is where the Restricted Section and the librarian's desk can be found. The upper floor (accessed by the third floor) consists on a very large balcony, overlooking the lower floor. The Turf Tavern is not an Oxford Harry Potter filming location but was a location where the actors and crew would visit for a drink or dinner after filming. I studied and wrote about real fairytales pretty extensively in college, and I’ve always been interested in how they reflect (and shape, in all honesty) the way that a culture thinks. Rowling does this so well here. As a historic pub, it has been a favourite haunt of many famous people over time like Thomas Hardy, Ernest Hemingway, Stephen Hawkin, C S Lewis, and Elizabeth Taylor!

You look lovely tonight, Irma. Not that you don't always look lovely." — Argus Filch talking to Madam Pince at the Valentine's Day Ball [src] Last but not least, ah yes, we have the Hogwarts Owlery, outside of which Harry awkwardly gets rejected by Cho Chang for the Yule Ball. The following were all different locations used to film different interior scenes at Hogwarts, particularly for the first few films.

Hogwarts Library

One of the bonus Harry Potter things to do in Oxford has to be to watch a game of Quidditch. You read that right, did you know that there is an Oxford Universities Quidditch Club?! It is requested that this article, or a section of this article, should be expanded - HM story moments featuring the library need all including here.. Please help the Harry Potter Wiki by expanding this article to give more complete coverage of its subject.

As the students often use the library to progress in their academics, it is likely there is at least one section of books concerned with every subject taught at Hogwarts. The upcoming issues are the Hogwarts Monthly Magazine November 2023 Pre-Christmas Special Issue, due on November 30, 2023, and the Hogwarts Monthly Magazine December 2023 Christmas Special Issue, both with more fun topics, lots of entertainment, valuable information and, of course, noteworthy news reported from every corner of the Hogwarts Castle, along with other thought-provoking information.Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 3, "Birds Of A Feather" Achievement - Part 1, Side Quest "Flying Solo" I feel the 30-minute tour is enough for Harry Potter fans as this covers both the Divinity School and Duke Humphrey’s library. During the 1988–1989 school year, Barnaby Lee brought a Leucrotta into the library, which was against the rules (as creatures were not allowed in the library), to help Jacob's sibling and Tulip Karasu research ways how to clean its teeth. The Leucrotta repeated the insults from Kelly about Madam Pince aloud, which Pince overheard, with her giving Jacob's sibling detention in response, believing them to be guilty and not believing the story after their friends scarpered with the Leucrotta. [11] Desk: Madam Pince owned a desk reserved for herself in the Hogwarts Library, where she did her administrative work. She was also known to place odd jinxes and hexes on library books for their protection; for instance, one copy of Theories of Transubstantial Transfiguration, on top of the usual library book spells, was jinxed to hit the reader around the head, should he ever doodle on it. [11] Pince cleaned the dust on the shelves of the library manually, with a feather duster she brandished at students whenever they looked suspicious. [4]

Step onto iconic sets including the Great Hall, the Forbidden Forest, Platform 9¾ and Diagon Alley. What props will I see?The Hogwarts Monthly Magazine October 2023 Halloween Special Issue can be found housed at https://www.hogwartsishere.com/library/book/39979/ and the Hogwarts Monthly Magazine September 2023 Issue can be found housed at https://www.hogwartsishere.com/library/book/39588/in the Hogwarts Library. Lastly, we’re going to visit Christ Church. If there is one place that people associate with Harry Potter in Oxford it’s this magnificent building! Bodleian Library – Divinity School: The gothic vaulted ceiling of the Divinity School was used as Hogwarts Infirmary in Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone. Can you imagine the hospital beds lined up along the walls with young Harry lying in bed after his first big confrontation with Voldemort? Just like in the Wizarding World there are chasers, keepers, beaters and keepers but they stay on ground level. There’s even a snitch! The game of Quidditch is a real-life sport (often called muggle Quidditch) that came to life in 2005 in the United States. It was inspired by the game in Harry Potter.