This video was shot on June 4th, 2023 at 09:08am using iPhone 14 Pro Max.
Edinburgh is definitely one of the most charming, low-profile cities I have ever been to. Marrying history and nature, the city has a lot to offer. When in the city, one can enjoy the water, hike in Arthur’s Seat, have spectacular views from Calton Hill, and visit the highlands if one were to drive for an hour or two. Edinburgh has the most fortified castle in the UK. The king was enthusiastic about the latest and greatest in warfare, so the castle was equipped with a lot of the newest and strongest canons. This could only be amplified by the strategic placement of the fortress on a hill.
This video features walking through some of the parts of Edinburgh where some of the characters and places from Harry Potter might have been inspired.
13:20 George Heriot’s School, that may be the inspiration for #hogwarts is a school with four houses: Greyfairs, Castle, Raeburn and Lauriston. It was intended as a charitable school for fatherless children – orphans. That may be an inspiration for the character of #harrypotter
16:30 Greyfriars Kirkyard is a cemetery where some people having the same names of the characters in Harry Potter novels were buried. Thomas Riddell, the name of #voldemort is inspired. In the cemetery, there are also Robert Potter, William McGonagall, Elizabeth Moodie and Margaret Louisa Scrymgeour Wedderburn.
27:30 Victoria Street is a steep-sloping street where buildings merge into two streets with one overlooking the other. It is very similar to #diagonalley from the novels.
00:00 A700
01:14 The Meadows
11:40 Lauriston Pl.
13:20 George Heriot’s School
15:00 Forrest Rd.
15:45 National Museum of Scotland
16:00 National Cycle Rt. 75
16:30 Greyfriars Kirkyard
25:20 National Cycle Rt. 75
27:30 Victoria Street
29:05 Victoria Terrace
29:15 Upper Bow
30:00 Castle Hill
30:45 Ramsay Lane
32:00 Mound Pl.
32:55 The Mound
35:30 Princes St.
36:30 Edinburgh Castle
36:50 National Cycle Rte 75
38:15 George Street
40:15 St. Andrew Square & Scott Memorial
40:50 Princes Street Gardens
43:15 National Gallery & Edinburgh Castle
44:40 Princes Street
47:20 A1
49:45 Steps to Calton Hill
51:00 Calton Hill
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