If you are a fan of the universe created by J.K. Rowling or is one of your children, we give you one more reason to visit Madrid or take a magical tour of the Paseo de la Castellana.
Until December 15 you can enjoy 'Madrid, Magic City', an initiative of Warner Bros Spain and the Madrid City Council. Recreate some of the most representative passages in the world of Harry Potter in five emblematic spaces of the capital.
Is it so located outdoors, from Atocha to Santiago Bernabeu, and serve as an aperitif to the premiere of 'Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald', the second installment of the prequels of the saga 'Harry Potter'.
In Espinof'Animales Fantastic: The crimes of Grindelwald 'presents its epic final trailer: Harry Potter fans are going to hallucinateMadrid is a city with magical and picturesque places that evoke the universe created in the Harry Potter books.
Therefore, the outdoor places where the five works of the imaginary world of Rowling, have been selected to link literature and cinema with several of the most iconic monuments of Madrid with which they are somehow related.
In addition, each representation includes an excerpt from the Harry Potter books, and refers to the places where the writer was inspired. It is accompanied by curious data of the Madrid location in which it is located.
First stop: Atocha
At the gates of the famous station you can see the platform nine and three quarters, through which you access the Hogwarts Express train that takes the magicians to the magic school.
Second stop: Botanical garden
There are the pots with the mandrake plants that do not stop squealing and bring young wizards upside down.
Third stop: National Library
Here awaits you the 'Monstrous Book of Monsters' that appears in Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban "and that you have to open carefully so that it doesn't attack.
Fourth stop: Museum of Natural Sciences
This is where Newt Scamander, the protagonist of Fantastic Animals, has left his suitcase full of magical animals forgotten.
Here it is interesting to stop for a while, since in the museum it offers the Visit-workshop "Fantastic Animals in the Museum", a collection with the fantastic animals that accompany Newt Scamander in all his adventures, besides the real animal on which they have been based .
Last stop: Santiago Bernabéu
Hard not to remember any of the Quidditch games, the sport king of the magicians. This time the field is located in front of another great sports field, and has the broom 'Nimbus 2000', which accompanied Harry Potter in his early years at Hogwarts.
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The exhibition will be included in the loyalty program 'Come back to Madrid'.
So who takes a picture with the sculptures and publish them on social networks With the # MadridCiudadMágica, you will receive points to get leisure and restaurant discounts for the next time they visit the city.
It is an initiative of the General Directorate of Innovation and Promotion of the City, with different companies to maintain the strong commitment to cinema, culture and international projection of the city.
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