Harry Potter in Edinburgh — The City That Inspired a Magic World
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Harry Potter in Edinburgh — The City That Inspired a Magic World

J.K. Rowling wrote the first Harry Potter novel (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone) in Edinburgh between 1991 and 1995, primarily in the Elephant House café (George IV Bridge) and Nicolson's Café (now closed, Nicolson Street), while living in Leith as a single mother: the Edinburgh cityscape, street names, and architectural atmosphere are visible throughout the early Harry Potter books, and Edinburgh has become a major destination for Harry Potter fans drawn to the city's associations with Rowling and the fictional world she created.

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