23 Harry Potter Memes to Enjoy On an Express Train Ride to Hogwarts

Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor

Jun 27, 2025 11:00 AM EDT

There's nothing like a nice, sunny day of shopping during summer vacation. You pack a bag, take some Floo Powder, and off you go to lovely Diagon Ally. But beyond the bustling main thoroughfare, you venture down a narrow, cobblestone side alley in the magical alley.

Here, the shops are smaller, more specialized, and perhaps a little dusty. You stumble upon an intriguing, dimly lit shop filled with antiques and peculiar ink bottles that seem to glow faintly. The shop owner, a wizened witch with spectacles perched on her nose, looks up expectantly. She offers you a quill that writes on its own, and a parchment that changes color according to your mood, her eyes glowing with every item she takes out from behind her desk.

However, what you really want is something mysterious. An adventure that will take you to new places you never knew of before, to explore and find out more secrets the Wizarding World is hiding.

Which is why, after you tell her what it is you are looking for, the only thing the shop owner hands you is a dusty, golden key, with an engraving in a foreign language you do not recognise.

'Good luck,' she tells you.