Harry Potter fan articles

Old family lines play a major role in the world of Harry Potter. Few are as notorious as the Black family - proud, ancient and convinced that pureb...

Are you a master brewer or are you simply looking for an iconic container for filling and serving your favorite drink? Either way, the Harry Potter...

Gringotts is anything but a normal bank and harbors many a secret. Fans of the Harry Potter story will remember many a speedy journey through the u...

As always, when we get a hankering for the world of witches and wizards, we should remember how dangerous it actually is. As Muggles, we are unlike...

Nerds are known to tend to be introverted. This also means that spontaneous visitors can quickly cause panic and sweating. With the Harry Potter De...

We've all been there: you just want to Apparate home, but something goes wrong and you end up stranded in the middle of a Muggle neighborhood! Good...

Alohomora - a simple spell that opens many a door. And now it can help you solve the real mystery of everyday life: Where are my damn keys again?! ...

What the Ministry of Magic is in Great Britain, the MACUSA, the Magical Congress of the United States of America, is in the USA. It has been in exi...

Do your thoughts sometimes take you back to the 90s, the heyday of video cassettes? Although the first Harry Potter film wasn't released in cinemas...

School at Hogwarts is undoubtedly one of the most formative years for many witches and wizards from Harry Potter. During their time at the legendar...

At the edge of the Forbidden Forest, where the trees stand so densely that barely any light filters through, lies a very special spot. Here, lumino...

If you've ever wanted to feel like you're shopping at the honey pot in Diagon Alley, then the Harry Potter Bertie Botts Beans candy jar is your mag...

There are moments at Hogwarts where it is not strength, but courage that decides the outcome. When Harry faces the Basilisk in his second year, a s...

Have you just tried to get hold of one last Chocolate Frog card on the Hogwarts Express, but the frog has already jumped out of the window again? N...

It's actually just a cake. Pink icing, a few bumpy letters - and yet it makes fans all over the world smile. Because this moment, when Hagrid prese...

The small, inconspicuous London pub "The Dripping Cauldron" is a secret link between the world of Muggles and that of witches and wizards. The Harr...

At first glance, the Talking Hat from Harry Potter doesn't seem particularly impressive, especially not next to the numerous magical creatures and ...

Three objects, more powerful than all others: the Elder Wand, the Resurrection Stone, and the Invisibility Cloak. Whoever possesses all three defea...

Sporting competitions are simply exciting. Whether it's the Olympics, soccer or Quidditch - there's something for everyone and whether you're an at...

Quidditch is not for the faint-hearted: bloody noses, dangerous maneuvers and fierce duels are the order of the day in this sport, and it has put H...

One drop of it - and everything runs like clockwork! Even if Muggles unfortunately don't have access to Professor Slughorn's brewing cauldron, you ...

You know the feeling: you're sitting through a long night, thick book in hand, and then this one sentence appears - cool, almost dismissively throw...

After Voldemort's return, his followers gather again at secret meetings, planning Harry's downfall and the subjugation of the wizarding and Muggle ...

Starbucks ist gut und schön - aber mal ehrlich: Wer will schon einen schnöden Frappuccino, wenn er stattdessen einen dampfenden Butterbierschaum im...

"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good." With these words, it comes to life — the legendary Marauder's Map. Once created by Moony, Wormtail, Pad...

In the last Hogwarts years, "traveling light" was more of a theoretical concept - after all, you had to expect curses, chases and spontaneous tent ...

Some everyday problems could be solved much more elegantly - with a discreet cloaking spell, a handy magic wand or a very specific legendary cloak....

"I'll be back" - one of the most famous movie lines of all time. But what if the unstoppable machine from the future was also the most diligent ove...

I solemnly swear that I am up to no good. With these words, an unremarkable parchment map comes to life in the wizarding world and reveals every st...

"Turning off the light" – what seems like a simple action to most people was an art form for Albus Dumbledore. With his silver cigar-tip-like inven...

Sooner or later every desk gives up for the evening: notes on the left, mug on the right, and somewhere between them the job that has to be finishe...

At Hogwarts everything runs on parchment: essays whose length is measured in feet, detentions on endless repeat and, in the morning, the owl post t...

The rubber duck has had a remarkable career: from squeaky bath toy on the edge of the tub to serious collectable on the shelf. Anyone who owns one ...

Two circles and a zigzag, that is all it takes: round glasses with tape across the bridge and a lightning shaped scar above them. Everyone in the r...

A Quidditch match can drag on, in the wizarding world for days if it has to. Goals, Bludgers, reckless dives through the air: nothing is settled wh...

Below the Great Hall of Hogwarts lies the kitchen, and the only way in is to tickle the pear in the painting of the fruit bowl. Inside, more than a...