Harry Potter's Diagon Alley: visit on Google Street View
Harry Potter fans, can鈥檛 make it to the UK to do the Warner Bros. studio tour?
Not to worry. Google Maps has got you covered.
Through the Google Maps Street View, viewers can now virtually walk through the Diagon Alley set that is part of the studio tour in the facilities in Leavesden, Hertfordshire. The sights available include many storefronts, including those of magical bookstore Flourish and Blotts, Ollivander鈥檚 wand shop, ice cream parlor Florian Fortescue鈥檚, and the joke shop owned by mischief-loving twins Fred and George titled Weasley鈥檚 Wizard Wheezes.
In the Harry Potter novels, Diagon Alley is an area full of shops, located in London, which is only accessible to those who live in the magical world.
According to the site , Google鈥檚 project represents the first time the movie set has been photographed.
Be sure to check out the wanted posters hanging on one edge of the set, which include those for notorious villain Bellatrix Lestrange, a couple for misunderstood convict Sirius Black, and some for Harry Potter himself when the government puts a reward out for his capture. (And if you鈥檙e trying to maintain the illusion when you鈥檙e looking through the street view, keep your eyes averted from the green screen on one side.)
Check out the street view and see how many Potter places you can spot.
