so today we're going to talk about Game of Thrones filming locations now season
8 is about to drop in less than a month so who's excited about that I know I am
I am Yeah!
You got it
So today we're gonna start off in probably the country that has the
most Game of Thrones filming locations which would be Ireland
yeah Northern Ireland is the place where Game of Thrones has shot the most for
sure first of all they film the main set in the Titanic Studios which is located
in Belfast so when you go to Belfast and you're checking out the Titanic Museum
which is downtown on the waterfront the Game of Thrones studio is just down the
street just a few hundred meters from Titanic museum you'll get to see the
Game of Thrones studios well we're finishing up the Titanic tour here got
to play a little bit on our segways and now we're off see ya
one of the first places you have to go is definitely Castle Ward it's not too
far outside of Belfast and it is the home of Winterfell
you can book day tours from Belfast to Castle Ward and you get to dress up as
Jon Snow and Robb Stark and all the starts with their fur coats and that's
the most fun thing you get to check out swords and you get to shoot a bow and
arrow I'm about to learn how to shoot a bow properly so let's see how good I did
just the stance okay left hand look so this is your whole arm
this URL which I like this on the table they're going to the corner of your
slide lift on the arrow to the pointy end on an p.m. and let go
not a bad grouping I got going on here I was distracted I thought I saw a wildly
all right yeah and then and then I realized I didn't and it could've been a
raven and I just got all confused and I just well it not kissing you gotta go
sorry so we're gonna bring you right in here to your beheading block Debbie do
not look at me while I'm talking to you or the script your skills in archery
Debbie hobby and fine wanting I therefore see use a liability in the
Nights Watch and certainly not fit the guard to start falling I must banish you
to the afterlife goodbye
there's a lot of other scenes there there's the hanging tree that you can go
see there's the twins now this is funny because the twins we know they're big
CGI and they point out on a hill over there and say hey the twins were filmed
there and then you look and go I don't see it but it is a place where they have
filmed a lot of the different seasons and a lot of scenes around the game of
Thrones the next place to check out in northern iron is Balon toy Harbor which
was Pike's Harbor in the game of Thrones this would when Theon Greyjoy went home
to the Iron Islands I'd say that three times the Iron Islands and this was
support and it's really cool because there's a picture of sea on with the
scene so you can look out and imagine all the Game of Thrones that you saw
during that time valetroy harbour isn't far from curry curry bridge so if you
are going to that there was some scenes filmed about all of the islands and the
cliffs of curry bridge as well it's a really cool place to visit they don't
use the bridge in the game of Thrones but they use all of the scenery and then
just down the way is balanced or a harbor I can't say it balint I harbor
blah blah one of the most visited Game of Thrones sites is definitely the dark
hedges now this doubled as Kings Road there's
actually a scene in The Game of Thrones where Arya is leaving and she's on a
wagon and she's going through these beautiful hedges it's it's a beautiful
scene definitely even if you're not a fan of Game of Thrones it's always been
a big attraction in Northern Ireland but now it's even bigger and we recommend
going early in the morning we had it all to ourselves before the tour buses came
and we were taking photos and running around the dark hedges and pretending we
were in the game of Thrones I can't help it I love it
another place to visit on your Northern Ireland Game of Thrones road trip is the
must send an Temple now this is where the red woman Melisandre remember when
she burnt all of those statues if it's the statutes of the seven on the beach
that was to get Stannis to change over to her religion well that was a really
memorable scene and it was shot right here and it's another great place that
you just have to visit anyway regardless it's definitely really because you can
walk out to this temple and look down the cliffs and the views down there the
beach down below are just absolutely stunning and another cool place to visit
is Merlot Bay and this was the backdrop of when Theon and his sister were
actually riding to their father's castle so in that scene it's pretty
identifiable that this is that this is more Labe so definitely stop there and
if you look across the water you'll see Scotland so it's worth going to anyway
a place that not too many people recommend in Northern Ireland is marble
arches caves now this is a really cool cave system but the scene that you'll
remember most is when beric Dondarrion first came back to life remember when
the Hound and him had that sword fight and then Hound killed him of course and
then beric Dondarrion he just grows up and we found out that the red which gave
him the gift of second life and I remember going that's how John Snow is
gonna come back to life she's gonna come and she's gonna save him and guess what
she did I couldn't believe it that was such a pivotal scene in the game of
Thrones and it's a really cool place to visit
Iceland is another place where they filmed a ton of stuff for the game of
Thrones a lot of stuff around the wall and all that kind of stuff was filmed in
Iceland and the beauty is that it's easy most of them are located within you know
just short walking distances off of the Ring Road so it's very easy to visit a
lot of sites in one trip so if you want to visit all of the Jon Snow locations
north of the wall locations the wildling locations this is the place to be and
these are the top ones that you shouldn't miss not far from Reykjavik is
pingvellir Gorge I think I'm saying that right I'm not very good my Icelandic is
not that good quite terrible I'm sure somebody will tell me that for sure so
this is like white Walker Central you'll see where a lot of scenes with any of
the white walkers were filmed all in that area and it's a very cool place to
visit as well and if you want to go and see the cave where Jon Snow finally lost
his virginity once and for all well this is the place if you go to the
gorge you'll be able to go inside that cave just a word of note it is pretty
popular so you know don't don't try and react it while you're there
a really amazing landscape in Iceland are the lava fields when we were driving
through this I was just blown away and then to find out the game of thrones was
filmed here I can understand why this is we're in the game of thrones where the
wildlings had their camp set up so when you see them trudging through those
mounds of rock and dirt this is the lava fields of Iceland it's also where so you
know that scene where they're all with the wildlings and they got attacked by
that one white Walker that was all filmed right there on the lava fields I
was super excited to see Arrowhead mountain now this was such a huge scene
this is where Jon Snow and the Hound and all the gang faced the night king yeah
it was the huge battle remember and they were surrounded by all of the White
Walkers and they were breaking the ice and they were stuck there and era had
mountain is jutting out of the mountain it's a really cool place to see in one
of the most photographed places in all of Iceland when you're there you
actually feel like you are in the game of Thrones so definitely visit this
place if you're a fan I think on that note it's a good thing about Iceland is
the whole time you can identify every drink you're looking at glaciers the
snow the lava fields the rocks it really does feel like you're in the game of
Thrones you feel like you're north of the wall when you're in Iceland one of
the most popular places on the Ring Road to visit is yoga Saarland glacier lagoon
there haven't been as far as I know any scene shot there but I do know that the
place that we stayed on the Ring Road is where the cast and crew of the Game of
Thrones made their base so they stayed there for months and they have a lot of
stories to tell they told us that you know whether it's bad a lot of times in
Iceland days are short a lot of times in Iceland so they'd just be hanging out at
the hotel waiting for you know some good weather to come in
you have to check out the black beach in Vic in Iceland not only because there
were a lot of beach scenes film there from the game of Thrones but because
it's so unique this volcanic beach with this black sand it's pretty cool to walk
on and the formations out in the water are just unbelievable
when you go to Vic you're gonna go oh yeah I remember that scene there's just
a lot of really notable rock formations that you're gonna notice
if you're traveling to Spain and you're a Game of Thrones fan there are a lot of
places all around the country that they are visiting all the way from Girona to
Seville and everywhere in between Girona in Spain is a medieval city and it is
definitely a great place to visit in the game of Thrones
walking the wall of Girona is something you have to do when you come here it's
only about a half an hour and gives you an amazing view of the city
the Girona bell tower was used as the great Sept of Baelor Girona has also
been doubling as a free city of Braavos and King's Landing so those steps are
pretty famous you'll see it throughout that season
Girona is perfect for Game of Thrones lovers because when you walk through
those medieval alley ways you can really picture the back streets I envisioned
fruit sellers and the peasants just complaining about those awful lands
Basque Country is another region in Spain that's feature prominently in
season seven is actually Dragonstone you know when you see Jon Snow coming
walking down from the castle down to the beach that's all done in just outside of
Bilbao in Spain what's really cool about this is there's actually a long
zigzagging step leading out to an island I thought that was all CGI but it is
real and you can visit it in real life and if you're heading up to Bilbao or
Pamplona or source and Sebastian make a detour to go out to this island and see
it
and there's a lot of other places in Spain that were featured in scenes of
Game of Thrones like Guadalajara Cordoba Barcelona so they really really love
this part of the world and I can't wait to see all the other places that they
film in season eight
Croatia is another country that's used a ton in all seasons of Game of Thrones
it's probably most famously known as King's Landing
when they do those big wide shots of the castle you know that is Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik is a great place to stay obviously at once again to explore it's
a medieval village so naturally it makes sense for the game of Thrones and a lot
of Daenerys Essenes were taking place there as well
Dubrovnik is also where Cersei did her walk of shame the very famous one where
she stripped down naked and prance through the streets of King's Landing
maybe that was not the turn she would have used but she was pelted with rotten
vegetables and spit upon but that's where this scene was filmed so if you
want to reenact that one just start looking for the narrow streets of
Dubrovnik walking from the castle and starts just throwing fruit and
vegetables at the one you love try not to get arrested probably most famously
is those walls of dubrovnik were used in the Battle of Blackwater so all those
scenes you see from the water looking towards the castle that was all done in
Dubrovnik oh my god that was such a memorable scene I think it was the most
epic battles ever on television at the time and the game of Thrones has topped
it again and again I can't wait till the battle what did they say the last season
the final seasons battle took 40 days to shoot 43 nights I believe whoa that's
gonna be epic and down and split Croatia is where a
lot of the scenes with the unsullied and Daenerys took place yeah this was where
she freed the unsullied and where she was plotting her revenge and a lot of
the Dragons growing up and Dragons flying overhead all of those scenes were
shot in split another excellent place to visit in Croatia and another great place
to add your Game of Thrones world tours
when we visited meteora in Greece we thought it was really cool to find out
that the game of Thrones actually was modeled after the
monasteries that are in the sky there now because it is a world heritage site
in its a protective area of the world they couldn't shoot there but the team
went down and took a lot of photos and videos of the place and then they built
the castle in the clouds remember that really memorable scene where the lady of
the Vale was pushed through the moon door by Lord Baelish
and then remember when Tyrion thought he was gonna get pushed through the moon
door but that he was champion yes and then that was when we were introduced to
Bronn so so much happened in this facade that was of meteora so you gotta go see
them and picture it totally would make the perfect castle in the clouds okay we
are going to go across the pond now to our hometown of Canada because they have
filmed a lot of scenes of the Game of Thrones in Alberta they use vamped and
Calgary studios one very fun fact is that the direwolves that they use are
Canadian roof now you won't be able to meet the actual direwolves but we know a
great place where you can have a wolf experience in Canmore Alberta just about
40 minutes outside of Calgary and that's called the yum mooska wolf sanctuary so
put on your fake fur cape and head on out and meet these wonderful wolf dogs
of the youngness the wolf ship sanctuary all your proceeds help find the Wolves
new homes and you'll be surrounded by the mountains that are doubling a lot
now as the north
now our tour continues and we head to Morocco
now Morocco was used a lot for the scenes with the unsullied and with
Daenerys
so especially you know that big scene where she asked them to fight for him
while that was filmed in Morocco yeah she this is where she asked them to they
have a choice they you know she freed them and said you can fight for me or go
free and naturally because she's just so beautiful and enthralling they all chose
Daenerys Targaryen actually the port city of a swara was used in season three
and it doubled as a stupor Morocco was used for filming seasons one through
three for most of Khaleesi storyline but from season four they moved on to
Croatia it's still great to visit all these places from seasons one two three
especially it here a die-hard Game of Thrones fans like we are now we can't
leave out Malta because Malta is another place where they film but mostly it was
just during season one in season one mulch I was used mostly for Daenerys
storylines they're always in the nice warm weather with the beautiful medieval
walls and it was used for King's Landing as well and the walled city of Medina
was definitely used for King's Landing it just is the perfect setting once
again I don't know why they left Malta to go to Croatia must have been cheaper
for the budget also when Malta was the Azer window where they filmed drago and
Daenerys ha's wedding now unfortunately that fell down and crumbled into the sea
so you can't see it anymore they're gonna have to bring in the Game of
Thrones crew to rebuild that arch because it's just absolutely stunning
and believe it or not this International Game of Thrones tour can even take you
to Los Angeles yes I'm shocked that they mounted the LA
Studios the offspring of Bart the bear was used Bart the Bears famous for the
movie the bear that was shot in the 80s remember when Brienne had to fight the
bear to save her and Jamie so that they could get out and then we saw them oh
and which repelled us oh my gosh they were in LA one minute and then they were
in Winterfell the next in Ireland so the game of thrones goes all over the world
what a fun experience for the cast and crew
oh the game of drones you've been on for so long and made us wait for so long in
between each episode we've watched all of these guys grow from young kids with
I couldn't even grow a beard hair to Lord and Commander yeah it's pretty cool
to see these guys and girls grow up and have a career and move on to other
things I'm really interested to see how everybody moves on after the game of
Thrones but I am more excited for Game of Thrones Season 8 because I want to
see how it all ends who's gonna die and of all we wait for
the ending with bated breath I hope you enjoyed this video taking you all around
the world to cool Game of Thrones filming locations make sure to try to
hit as many as you can or even if you're just in one country go check it out get
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