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Eeylops Owl Emporium Harry's Snowy owl, Hedwig, came from Eeylops. Hedwig was a present from Hagrid, in honor of Harry's eleventh birthday. Inside the shop it is very dark, and full of flickering jewel-bright eyes. In addition to Snowy owls, Eeylops sells Tawny, Screech, Barn, and Brown owls as well. Ron and Harry visit Eeylops during the summer of 1996 to purchase owl treats for Hedwig and Pigwidgeon.	0	0	-- In: ---- By:
Florean Fortescue's Ice-Cream Parlor Harry visited this shop an awful lot during the summer of 1993 when he was staying in the Leaky Cauldron. He got free ice-cream sundaes every half hour and help with his homework from Florean himself, who was apparently something of an expert on medieval witch-burnings. Unfortunately, Florean went missing in July 1996. From the look of his store, it appears as though Death Eaters dragged him off. Their motive for doing so is unknown, other than the fact that Florean "was a good man" (HBP, p 106). Since Florean's disappearance, his Ice Cream Parlor has been boarded up.	0	0	-- In: ---- By:
Flourish and Blotts This shop was the scene of both an infamous fist-fight between Lucius Malfoy and Arthur Weasley and a book signing by the equally infamous Gilderoy Lockhart. Flourish and Blotts stocks a wide range of books that are stacked from floor to ceiling: some leather-bound and as big as paving stones, some tiny and covered in silk, and some that have to be kept in a cage to stop them attacking passers by. They regretted their purchase of 200 copies of The Invisible Book of Invisibility when they couldn't find them and had to take the loss on the whole lot. They equally regretted stocking the Monster Book of Monsters, which Hagrid required the first year he taught Care of Magical Creatures at Hogwarts. During the summer of 1996, a stall supposedly selling protective Amulets was erected in front of Flourish and Blotts.	0	0	-- In: ---- By:
Gambol and Japes Wizarding Joke Shop Once a favorite haunt of Fred Weasley, George Weasley and Lee Jordan, who used to buy their Dr Filibuster's Fabulous Wet-Start, No-Heat Fireworks there. This joke shop is now direct competition to Weasley's Wizard Wheezes.	0	0	-- In: ---- By:
Gringotts The wizard bank. The Diagon Alley branch is a snowy-white building that towers over the other shops. It has burnished bronze doors, and is staffed entirely by Goblins. Gringotts' differs from other banks in that instead of investing the money deposited by its customers, it simply places it in locked vaults located in a series of catacombs below the building. Therefore, when you return to collect your money, you get exactly the same coins back that you left there, and you don't get any interest. On the plus side, Gringotts is deemed impossible to steal from, although Professor Quirrell did manage to break in (with the help of Lord Voldemort) during the 1991-1992 school year. During the summer of 1996, the Goblins imposed so many new and unpleasant security measures on the bank it took hours for witches and wizards to make withdrawals. Bill Weasley withdrew some of Harry's money for him that summer so Harry wouldn't have to wait in the lines.	0	0	-- In: ---- By:
Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions This shop is the place to buy your Hogwarts uniform, and robes for all other purposes as well. Each set of robes is made to measure, although this process doesn't take particularly long thanks to enchanted tape measures. Madam Malkin herself is a squat, smiley witch with a preference for dressing in mauve. Normally a composed witch, Madam Malkin was flustered and jittery during the summer of 1996, although she did keep her shop open. She did her level best to divert a fight between Draco Malfoy and Harry and Ron when they all went to get school robes at the same time. While nothing happened, the experience left Madam Malkin so flustered she hurried Harry, Ron, and Hermione from her shop, accidentally trying to sell Hermione wizard's dress robes instead of witch's dress robes in her haste.	0	0	-- In: ---- By:
Magical Menagerie Magical Menagerie This is the place to go for any type of pet, including owls, although they have some competition from Eeylops on this front. Inside, the shop is smelly and very noisy, as cages line the walls from top to bottom and very few of the animals inside are of a quiet persuasion. In addition to owls, customers can purchase purple toads, Fire Crabs, Streelers, self-transfiguring rabbits, cats, ravens, Puffskeins, rats and probably a lot more besides. The Magical Menagerie is also the place to go for advice on double-ended newts. Hermione bought Crookshanks at the Magical Menagerie as an early birthday gift for herself in August 1993. Crookshanks is not an ordinary cat, but half-cat and half-Kneazle. This may, incidentally, be against school rules, as the rules make no mention of accepting Kneazles as pets.	0	0	-- In: ---- By:
Obscurus Books Publishers of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by Newt Scamander. Their offices are listed as being at 18a Diagon Alley, London. This confirms Diagon Alley's physical location as being in the London area.	0	0	-- In: ---- By:
Ollivanders: Makers of Fine Wands Since 382BC Ollivanders: Makers of Fine Wands Since 382BC The most popular supplier of wands to the British wizarding population, it seems as though all present and former Hogwarts students got their wands here. Mr Ollivander is a slightly strange old man with silvery eyes, which in Harry's opinion are rather creepy. He also has a remarkable memory, being able to remember every wand he has ever sold. The shop itself is tiny, with walls lined from floor to ceiling with wand boxes. Mr Ollivander attends to each customer himself, handing him or her a succession of wands until the optimum match for the witch or wizard in question is found. Unfortunately, Mr Ollivander went missing in July 1996. His shop did not show any signs of a struggle, so it is uncertain whether he went willingly or was taken by force. As Remus Lupin remarked, "[We'll] make do with other makers…But Ollivander was the best, and if the other side have got him it's not so good for us" (HBP, p 106).	0	0	-- In: ---- By:
Quality Quidditch Supplies Quality Quidditch Supplies This shop is always guaranteed to have a crowd of gawping young witches and wizards hanging around it, as it stocks (amongst other things) the latest and most advanced Quidditch broomsticks that Galleons can buy. In 1991 this was the Nimbus 2000, whilst in 1993 this broom was superseded by the Firebolt. If you needed to ask the price, you couldn't afford it.	0	0	-- In: ---- By:
Twillfit and Tatting's Twillfit and Tatting's A robe shop. Whilst Madam Malkin's appears to be the first choice for the majority of the wizarding population, this must also be an establishment of some quality, as the Malfoys are happy enough to shop there. Narcissa and Draco Malfoy decided to take their custom there after an altercation with Harry, Ron and Hermione in Madam Malkin's in the summer of 1996.	0	0	-- In: ---- By:
Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes The new joke shop set up by Fred and George Weasley to sell their joke products. Located at Number 93, Diagon Alley, Weasleys Wizard Wheezes specializes in Headless Hats, Skiving Snackboxes, WonderWitch products, Portable Swamps, Canary Creams, and a vast selection of fireworks. All of the products have been carefully tested, both on a string of gullible Hogwarts students during the twins' last year at the school (they left late in the 1995-1996 school year) and the twins themselves. More information on Weasleys Wizard Wheezes, can be found here.	1	0	Dec 30 2005, 10:49 PM In: Pygmy Puffs By: Lavender
Whizz Hard Books Whizz Hard Books Publishers of "Quidditch Through the Ages" by Kenilworthy Whisp. Their offices are located at number 129b Diagon Alley.	0	0	-- In: ---- By:
Apothecary Apothecary This is the ideal place to buy potion ingredients, although it does smell of bad eggs and rotten cabbages inside. They sell - amongst other things - silver Unicorn horns (21 Galleons apiece), black beetle eyes (5 Knuts per scoop), and dragon liver (17 Sickles an ounce, which according to at least one customer is rather expensive). There are also barrels of slimy stuff, jars of herbs, roots and powders, along with feathers, fangs and claws.	0	0	-- In: ---- By:
Cauldron Shop Cauldron Shop This is the first shop that Harry saw when he went into Diagon Alley for the first time with Hagrid. It sells all types of cauldrons, including collapsible and self-stirring ones, in copper, brass, pewter and silver.	0	0	-- In: ---- By: