In a 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.
Vse odkar so bili Hobiti in njihov način življenja, predstavljeni v Gospodarju prstanov, knjižnem romanu J.R.R. Tolkiena in svojo vidno podobo dobili v filmski uspešnici režiserja Peter Jacksona, ki po svoji podobi spominja na Hobita in s katerim praznujeva na enak datum rojstni dan, me je zanimalo kakšen je občutek vstopiti v zemljanko, ali je ta res tako udobna, kakor je bilo videti v filmu in prebrati v knjigi, konec koncev Hobiti so miroljubna bitja, katerim je udobje zelo pomembno.
Nova Zelandija, kjer so snemali obe trilogiji, tako Gospodarja prstanov ter Hobite, in držim pesti, da naredijo še trilogijo o Vilincih, je scensko prizorišče spremenila v uspešno in oblegano turistično atrakcijo, kjer se lahko podoživi pravljičen svet, pri čemer se lahko pridružiš posebnemu praznovanju, saj je 22. september razglašen za Mednarodni dan Hobitov. In glede nato, da je med Hobiti in Štajerci toliko podobnosti, od imena pokrajine (Hobiti namreč živijo na Šajerskem), pa do navad, je ostalo samo še vprašanje časa, kdaj bodo vznikle hiške pod zemljo. Ta, ki sem jo obiskala sicer nima bivalnega dovoljenja, je pa nastala in potrebno dokumentacijo dobila zaradi zelišč, ki jih tam sušijo. In res je prijeten občutek, ko vstopiš v prostor, ki deluje toplo in hladno hkrati, predvsem pa čarobno, kakor se za pravljičen svet tudi pričakuje.
(Slovenian above | English below)
Ever since Hobbits and their way of life were introduced in the novels of J.R.R. Tolkien and presented in the films of Peter Jackson, who looks like one of the Hobbits and with whom I share the same date of birth, I was interested in that type of houses that were introduced by Hobbits; what was the feeling like and were they comfortable as they look I wonder, after all, Hobbits are peaceful being and to the comfort is very important.
In New Zealand, where they recorded both trilogies, the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbits, and I hold my fingers cross to make the trilogy of the Vilins, the film industry joined their forces with tourism and so the scene stage become one of the most known and visited touristic places, where you can re-enact the life of Hobbits and join their special celebration as on 22. September is International Hobbit Day. Because New Zealand is not next to my door I visited a similar place in a region that I live. And it is really a pleasant feeling when you enter a space like that, it is warm and cold at the same time, and above all magical, as it is expected from the world of fairy tales.
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Almira Ćatović 
Pozdravljeni,
Niste napisali, kje se ta hiška nahaja. Ali jo je možno videti, obiskati?
No, pod predpostavko, da govoriva o Štajerski :) Iz opisa je namreč zaznati, kot da se hiška nahaja nekje na Štajerskem…