20 Iconic Locations Where Game Of Thrones was Filmed
It is hard to believe that so many magical places could be real, that is, until it is right before your very eyes.
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The Dark Hedges, Northern Ireland - The Dark Hedges, an avenue of Beech trees, was planted in the 18th century to impress visitors heading towards the Gracehill House outside Ballymoney. While featured several times in the show, the most memorable is at the end of Season One where Arya, Yoren, Gendry and Hot Pie are all leaving the city on their way to join the Night's Watch.
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The Mourne Mountain, Northern Ireland - The rugged Mourne Mountans in southeastern Ireland and their grassy foothills were used to film shots of the Dothraki home land of Vaes Dothrak. The long grasslands were the perfect setting for these nomadic, horse-riding people while the mountains in the distance served as their most sacred of places.
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Minceta Tower, Croatia - The mysterious House of the Undying in Qarth is actually the Minceta Tower located above the walls of Dubrovnik, Croatia (a town that serves as not Qarth, but rather King's Landing). While in Game of Thrones, this tower serves as the prison for Dany's dragons and holds unexpected magical visions of what is, was and will be, in reality the Minceta Tower is an important symbol to the people of Dubrovnik, representing how unconquerable the city is.
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Murlough Bay, Northern Ireland - Introduced in Season 3, Murlough Bay is used as the setting for the home of the Greyjoys, the Iron Islands. It was used when Theon Greyjoy rode to Pyke with his sister Yara and was baptised by his uncle. The area was also used when Davos Seaworth was shipwrecked after the Battle of Blackwater Bay, but that was not set in the Iron Islands.
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Fort Ricasoli, Malta - Those looking for the impressive red rock buildings that serve as the front of the Red Keep in King's Landing need only look no further than Fort Ricasoli in La Valletta, Malta. Various parts of the city have been filmed while representing the seat of kings in Westeros, most noticeably the star-shaped barricades that surround the city and the front gates used as the gates of the Red Keep.
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Castle Ward, Northern Ireland - Castle Ward overlooks Strangford Lough in Northern Ireland and serves as the courtyard setting for Winterfell. The castle is always featured as Winterfell's courtyard, so every scene from when King Robert Baratheon first arrives in The North to the burning of the castle was set there.
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Trsteno Arboretum, Croatia - For those seeking to enjoy the green gardens of King's Landing, they will have to look no further than the beautifully manicured landscape of Trsteno Arboretum in Croatia. The pavilion in the garden serves as the setting where various characters dine and chat with the Queen of Thorns, Olenna Tyrell, while that pathways have served as the setting of chats and plots by the likes of Sansa, Tyrion, Varys, Margaery, and Loras.
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Thingvellir National Park, Iceland - Thingvellir National Park was first introduced in Season Three of Game of Thrones as this sprawling setting of hilly grassland and crisscrossing rivers was used to represent the Riverlands for not just Robb Stark but for Arya and Sandor Clegane's adventures as they walked from village to village looking for someone to sell Arya to.
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Tollymore Forest Park, Northern Ireland - Tollymore was featured several times in Game of Thrones including the show's very first scene where a Night's Watch Ranger encounters a sinister White Walker. The forest was later used as the setting where the Stark family finds their Direwolf pups and much later in the series where Theon Greyjoy was chased through these woods by the psychotic Ramsey Snow.
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Dubrovnik, Croatia - King's Landing is a massive city as the capital of Westeros, so it only makes sense that the different parts of the city come from locations all over the world. The sprawling overview shots of the city as well as the shots that take place in the streets below the castle take place in Dubrovnik, Croatia.
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