Durmstrang: (was: British actors ... in the last two films)

[Steve]

---  "zanooda2" <zanooda2 at ...> wrote:
>
> ---  Maria Holub <sopraniste@> wrote:
>  
> > It occurs to me somewhat belatedly that Grindelwald is not 
> > supposed to BE British. He went to Durmstrang, which is 
> > presumably in Bulgaria 
> 
> > <SNIP>
> 
> > Maybe I should toss this over to the main list and see 
> > what happens?...
> 
> 
> zanooda:
> 
> I think they discussed this many times on main, and if I'm 
> not mistaken, most people think Durmstrang is somewhere in 
> Scandinavia(sorry if I'm wrong :-)). Gellert Grindelwald 
> sounds German to me. I think Durmstrang and Beauxbatons are
> the two best European schools, and kids from different 
> countries can go there. Lucius Malfoy wanted Draco to go to 
> Durmstrang, remember? Maybe only small schools (or none) 
> exist in Bulgaria  and Krum's parents wanted him to have 
> the best education available.
>

Bboyminn:

I think Durmstrang is in Russia. Most people write off 
Russia because the only place in Russia they can think of
is Siberia which is all wrong for the school. However, there
is a section of Russia North of St. Petersburg and East of
Finland; the Kola Peninsula which is perfect. It is 
Scandinavian-ish, and it easily services all of Eastern 
Europe which naturally includes western Russia.

Details here-

"Where in the World is Durmstrang?"
http://bluemoonmarket.homestead.com/files/murmansk/pg1.htm

Click on the first image to see close ups.

It is a unpopulated region of Russia, it has mountains,
forests, and lakes. It seems a perfect fit in my book.

Likely Hogwarts services Great Britian/UK. Beauxbatons
services western Europe (Spain, France, etc...), and 
Durmstrang services Eastern Europe. I'm not sure how Italy
and Greece fit into the picture yet. 

Just passing it along.

Steve/bboyminn