Nora shire lord of the rings new zealand hill greens grass flowers home. Tolkiens fictional middle earth described in the lord of the rings and other works. In the languages invented by tolkien its name in westron was suza shire or suzat the shire while its name in sindarin was i. Any of the rolling green hills could be the shire. As soon as you start to leave the cities in new zealand it is completely obvious that this is middle earth.
The lord of the rings is a trilogy consisting of high fantasy adventure films directed by new zealander sir peter jackson. About the lord of the rings trilogy set in the fictional world of middleearth the lord of the rings trilogy follows the story of a very brave little hobbit. The shire refers to an inland area settled exclusively by hobbits and largely removed from the goings on in the rest of middle earth. It is located in the northwest of the continent in the large region of eriador and the kingdom of arnor.
My all time favorite travel movie is the lord of the rings trilogy. Where was the lord of the rings filmed in new zealand. The shire is a region of j. These movies spoke to my wandering soul long before i even knew i was a traveler.
Then you are in for some spectacular lord of the rings scenery as you approach the grand mountains and forests in the south island. Architectural flowers grass greens hill home lord new nora rings shire the zealand 1920x1200. Shire from lord of the rings has now turned into a tourist spot located in the waikato region of new zealand near the little town of matamata the hobbiton movie set was as close to middle earth as one can be. Therefore you are probably not surprised to hear that visiting the emerald fields and rolling hills of hobbit shire in new zealand had been on my bucket list since i first started traveling the.
Near twizel in the mackenzie country peter jackson filmed the epic battle of the pelennor fields where thousands of orcs bred by sauron clashed with the men of gondor and rohan.