Edinburgh a true magical City on its own with imposing Castle monuments Cobblestone roads Old Stone buildings narrow dark Alleyways Eerie graveyards no wonder this is a rightful place for the birth of the magical Harry Potter please stay tuned to know how this magical City inspired J gay vling to create the Epic Harry Potter story [Music] magic started here at this humbled Nicholson's Cafe this Junction between Nicholson Street and Drummond street is where JK rling started writing philosopher stone and created The Immortal character Harry Potter this place was earlier co-owned by Ring's brother-in-law much of the first Harry Potter book was was written here you can see a plaque stating that JK ring used this establishment for her early books a short walk from Nicholson's Cafe you will find brista square a small underpass here seeks your attention which Bears the name of the world's favorite wizard local Edinburgh Potter fans swear that this was the inspiration for the world famous name JK rling never confirmed this fact but hey you never know known as a Harry Potter Cafe in Edinburgh it's hard to miss this bright red eery on George the fourth Bridge the elephant House Cafe is one of the most popular destinations for Harry Potter fans in Edinburgh it's even branded itself as a birthplace of Harry Potter Joe wrote many of our early books from here the main highlight in this Cafe is um strangely it's toilets every inch of the toilets are filled with with graffiti by Potter fans from across the globe unfortunately a fire in October destroyed this building it is currently under renovation and we hope Harry's magic War brings back this establishment to its former Glory Days Victoria Street in edinburgh's Oldtown is truly a magical street with a cobblestone paved Street colorful shop fronts and a lovely curved Street it will suit any magical story no wonder this was the inspiration for Diagon Alle in Potter books where Wizards and witches do their shopping you can do the same there are many shops where you can buy Scottish gifts sweets handmade souvenirs and even wands yes a shop called Museum context sells magical items like wands and Broomsticks for budding magicians this place used to be called Robert cr's brush shop and functioned from 1873 selling all kinds of brushes including broomsticks now you can collect Harry Potter items from the shop and it also serves as a tiny museum with interesting displays [Music] [Laughter] the next important stop for Harry Potter fans is gray fries kirkyard Cemetery this lies just next to the elephant House Cafe this graveyard is one of the most famous and attracts curious visitors all over the world world day and night many tombstones in the centy served as an inspiration for many of the characters in her book watch out carefully for names you might recognize [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Laughter] [Music] [Music] you can see Hogwarts from the corner of great Fri kirkyard well not exactly Hogwarts but George Harriet School a popular independent School in Edinburgh you might feel like the towers and turrets are very familiar no wonder as this was a true inspiration for JK Rowling when she visualized Hogwarts similar to Hogwarts the school has four houses and the house colors match with the magical School Hogwarts coincidence what we call this [Music] inspiration do you see gring's spank up there actually this is a former head office of one of the oldest banks in the World Bank of Scotland the imposing facade and the Dome of above will surely remind you of grots as the pter books gained popularity JK Rin could not find a quiet place to the latter part of her Series so from Humble cafes she moved to this Grand Hotel room 552 in the balmore hotel was her home where she completed the last scenes of her final book Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows the room renamed as the JK Ring Suite in her honor and still holds her writing desk and a few more meilia the suet door is painted purple and has an owl door knocker you can also book The Suite and a mercer St in pter Mania for a cost of about £2,000 a night walk down into City Chambers where the Edinburgh city council functions from just look down whilst walking in the quadrangle of this imposing building you will find hints of famous people from Edinburgh on the floor here you can see gold Prince from JK ring this was produced in 2008 when she received the Edinburgh [Music] award how could we Miss butterbeer when we talk about Harry Potter there are a few establishments in Oldtown that serve butterbeer The Dog House in Clark Street is one among them famous for its quirky interior this place serves butterbeer and Cocktails remember Scotland has got a strict age restriction and only over 18s are allowed here how it tastes haha I'll leave it for you to decide butterbeer is basically a homemade kind of like butter beer recipe that's made in house and then we top up with a lagger it's normally Fosters but today we're going to use hinin all right what has a bit more flavor plus [Music] the I hope you like this video and thanks for watching please subscribe for more interesting videos see you next time with another interesting video Until then bye and take care oh [Music]