[HPforGrownups] Where's Durmstrang?

[Janet Anderson]

No: HPFGUIDX 48432

>This therefore begs a completely different question: why does Krum, from
>southern Europe, attend a school in northern Europe? The Muggle cultures
>involved have very little in common, and it's likely that the wizarding
>cultures would be equally incompatible. It seems likely that there is a
>sizable wizarding community in southern Europe: enough to warrant
>maintaining a school. So I repeat: why does Krum attend a school such a
>distance from his home turf?

Just because it's likely that there's a sizable wizarding community in 
southern Europe (and I think so too) doesn't mean there's a school there. 
Hogwarts seems to be it for the United Kingdom; perhaps Durmstrang is the 
closest school to Krum's home.


Janet Anderson

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