St. Peter's Hill in front of St. Paul's Cathedral (between St. Paul's and the Millennium Bridge) reccently hosted several giant wands from the world of "Harry Potter". The giant wands are all unique to each character's wand in the films, and a television screen near one of the entrances to the tunnel of wands shows information about them. Each wand is also placed on a plinth with the name of its owner. Music is also played at various intervals to immerse the viewer into the world of "Harry Potter". Special events took place on various days, such as its opening day in October. The marketing attraction is known as "Fantastic Beasts: Wizarding World Wands".
The wands will be on display until the film "Fantastic Beasts" premieres in cinemas in the middle of this month; some lucky people received freebies, including tickets to the premiere, when the wands had their "opening party". The "Fantastic Beasts" film due out is the second part to the multi-part "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" story. I saw the film shortly after it was released in the middle of November, and it is building up to the next film.
Getting photographs of the wands was nearly impossible due to the large crowd that the wands attracted, and I saw a few fans dressed up as well. The visitors were definitely not ordinary muggles; a couple of them even commented that they recognise Millennium Bridge from the original "Harry Potter" films. On another night, Potterheads (fans of the "Harry Potter" franchise) lesbian couple got engaged under the wands and were congratulated by the author of the franchise J.K. Rowling. Awww.
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