When you ask people what they think about New Zealand, many will answer: Lord of the Rings. Today we visited one of the main LotR tourist attractions. The movie set of Hobbiton.
The whole set was actually demolished after the LotR movies. The sheep farmers who own the land didn't want any rubbish to be left. However, a storm stopped the demolition for a couple of months. Then the first fans and tourists came to see the site. When Peter Jackson asked again if he could use their land for the Hobbit trilogy, the farmers new better and demanded that all houses must be build out of permanent materials.
So here it stands: Hobbiton, officially home of around 300 Hobbits living in 44 Hobbit Holes. Depth of details in these houses and gardens is amazing (and so is the amount of work and money they spent).
The tour is very well worth it. Highly recommended:
Sunday 22.05.2016
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