Hobbitses Village (Hobbiton)
It's Bilbo Baggins village, The Shire (Hobbiton) "In the hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort." -J.R.R. Tolkien, the f irst sentence of The Hobbit. The Hobbiton movie set was a location used for the lord of the rings film trilogy and the hobbit film series. It is located in Matamata-Piako District, Waikato, New Zealand. Now it is a Tolkien tourism destination, offering guided tours of the set. Hobbiton is actually a farm since 1978. It is still farmed the same today and is run by the Alexanders family. Hobbiton runs approximately 13,000 sheep and 300 Angus beef cattle hence. The major sources of income are mutton, wool, and beef. Peter Jackson, the director of the films, chooses the location for the hobbit village, The ...