A
Norwegian newspaper is reporting that peripheral footage of the Hogwarts Express riding its way through Scotland in
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was filmed in the villages of Bjorli and Lesjaskog.
Quote:
While the others in the team turned their back to the journalists before the weekend, Woodburn could confirm that it is the ''plowing edges'' (bad English by me) from Bjorli and Lesjaskog that will be seen through the train windows in Scotland, when Harry Potter & Co again is on their way to Hogwarts, in ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood-Prince."
With their own helicopter whipping over the treetops, and from big platforms [monitored] on vans, have the film photographers secured the snow-takes from Lesjabygda. Many have reacted on the low-flying helicopter.
The article states that the the area was chosen specifically for its snow to depict a wintry scenery from the windows on the Hogwarts Express (loosely translated):
Quote:
On Lesja the film people [had] used a big moving-van with windows like in a train compartment. When the Harry Potter-movie comes, it's the snow on Bjorli that flashes past.
Source:
MuggleNet 
Half-Blood Prince Hogwarts Express scenes shot in Norway? 
I can't wait for the movie! ;D
I love learning those little behind-the-scenes tricks that they pull to make the movie believable {and financially efficient!}.
