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This Is How 30 Places That ‘GoT’ Was Filmed In Look In Real Life

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We all came to love the famous Game of Thrones series because of its many plot twists, unexpected events, and amazing characters, but have you ever noticed what's going on in the background of all this action? No, not CGI landscapes and well-crafted soundstages, but rather very real and amazingly beautiful views of nature and ancient cities. Visiting those places can leave one speechless because of their grandiosity and the fact that many cruel plot twists happened exactly in those spots.

To make your search of those iconic places easier, we've compiled a list of Game of Thrones locations paired with the scenes that happened there. A great hint if you'd like to reenact them, too! From the age-old fortresses on the shores of Croatia to the breath-taking beauty of Iceland, you'll find all the crucial spots used in filming the cult series. You really don't have to be a super fan to enjoy these views!

Scroll down below to check our compilation of side-by-side comparisons of Game of Thrones scenes and the filming locations as they look in real life. Don't forget to vote for the most stunning ones and tell us what you think in the comments!

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#1

Dark Hedges, Northern Ireland - Kingsroad

Dark Hedges, Northern Ireland - Kingsroad

Season 1 Episode 10 - Yoren helps Arya escape from King's Landing and takes her on the road to Castle Black

injurullumii.info Report

122points

Kristy P 5 years ago

Gorgeous!

15points

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#2

Itzurun Beach, Spain - Dragonstone

Itzurun Beach, Spain - Dragonstone

Season 7 Episode 3 - Jon Snow arrives in Dragonstone to meet Daenerys

joaquin.d.carreras Report

77points

Amazon QT 5 years ago

Those are amazing and I wouldn’t have guess they were real.

4points

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#3

Dubrovnik, Croatia - King's Landing

Dubrovnik, Croatia - King's Landing

Season 3 Episode 1 - Sansa and Littlefinger discusses her escape plans

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71points

Patrick Millet 5 years ago

FINAL EPISODE SPOILERS********************I just realised this is the same dock the stark kids say goodbye to Jon to in the finale!!

5points

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#4

Kastel Gomilica, Croatia - Braavos

Kastel Gomilica, Croatia - Braavos

Season 5 Episode 2 - Arya arrives in Braavos

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68points

Lily Grace 5 years ago

This is cool. Even the water looks different.

1point

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#5

Dubrovnik, Croatia - King's Landing

Dubrovnik, Croatia - King's Landing

Season 2 Episode 1 - Gold Cloaks are given orders to kill all Robert Baratheon's bastard children

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64points

Ed Souza 5 years ago

Color grading makes everything more magical.

3points

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#6

Itzurun Beach, Spain - Dragonstone

Itzurun Beach, Spain - Dragonstone

Season 7 Episode 3 - Jon Snow arrives in Dragonstone to meet Daenerys

joaquin.d.carreras Report

60points

RaroaRaroa 5 years ago

What an amazing looking place

6points

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#7

Dubrovnik, Croatia - King's Landing

Dubrovnik, Croatia - King's Landing

Season 5 Episode 10 - Cersei's infamous walk of atonement

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59points

Amazon QT 5 years ago

But I also have to... “SHAME, SHAME, SHAME” 🛎🛎🛎

1point

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#8

Azure Window On The Island Of Gozo In Malta - Pentos

Azure Window On The Island Of Gozo In Malta - Pentos

Season 1 Episode 1 - Daenerys and Khal Drogo wedding feast

shrimpybimp Report

56points

Jyri Hakola 5 years ago

That’s how the place used to look before erosion.

6points

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#9

Girona, Spain - Braavos

Girona, Spain - Braavos

Season 6 Episode 1 - Arya is blind and begging in the streets of Braavos

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51points

Celtic Pirate Queen 5 years ago

Wow. That's an awful shot of Arya. She looks like a sloth from "Ice Age".

1point

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#10

Trsteno Arboretum, Croatia - King's Landing

Trsteno Arboretum, Croatia - King's Landing

Season 4 Episode 5 - Cersei and Oberyn Martell talk about Myrcella

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49points

louis porter 5 years ago

The magic of cinema, make s****y things nice

2points

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#11

Trsteno Arboretum, Croatia - King's Landing

Trsteno Arboretum, Croatia - King's Landing

Season 3 Episode 6 - Sansa and Loras Tyrell talk about their never-to-happen wedding

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47points

Patrick Millet 5 years ago

they were still in Kings Landing, not in Highgarten. They were talking about how SAnsa would go live there

-2points

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#12

Dubrovnik, Croatia - King's Landing

Dubrovnik, Croatia - King's Landing

Season 2 Episode 1 - Littlefinger tries taunting Cersei

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47points

jarabelero@gmail.com 5 years ago

Backfired!

2points

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#13

Klis Fortress In Split, Croatia - Meereen

Klis Fortress In Split, Croatia - Meereen

Season 4 Episode 4 - Crucifixion of Meereen Masters

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46points

Agnes Jekyll 5 years ago

I love split. It is so, so beautiful

1point

#14

Carnlough Harbour, Northern Ireland - Braavos

Carnlough Harbour, Northern Ireland - Braavos

Season 6 Episode 7 - Arya after being stabbed by the Waif

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43points

Gabriela VK 5 years ago

low tide/high tide

8points

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#15

Trsteno Arboretum, Croatia - King's Landing

Trsteno Arboretum, Croatia - King's Landing

Season 3 Episode 7 - Olenna, Margaery and Sansa discuss her engagement

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42points

Justin Brochhausen 5 years ago

Sansa was never in highgarden. this is kings landing

-2points

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#16

Dubrovnik, Croatia - King's Landing

Dubrovnik, Croatia - King's Landing

Season 5 Episode 10 - Myrcella setting sails to Dorne, shortly before dying of Ellaria Sand's kiss of death

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42points

Lisa Shelton 5 years ago

I think you have that backwards. She was leaving Dorne back to King's Landing shortly before dying from the kiss.

9points

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#17

Murlough Bay And Fair Head In Northern Ireland - Road To Pyke

Murlough Bay And Fair Head In Northern Ireland - Road To Pyke

Season 5 Episode 6 - Ser Jorah and Tyrion are captured by slavers

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41points

Flamingo Flamingo 5 years ago

This place used by Monty Python?

-1point

#18

Skogafoss, Iceland - Dragonstone

Skogafoss, Iceland - Dragonstone

Season 8 Episode 1 - Jon and Daenerys rides dragons

40points

Patrick Millet 5 years ago

Ok I can maybe excuse the constant references to King's landing's gardens as highgarten, but this scene obviously took place right after Jon and DAny arrived in Winterfell. It's supposed to be in the North, not on Dragonstone. Yall really out here believing every Tyrell scene is set in highgarten and every targaryen scene is set in dragonbstone huh

17points

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#19

Trsteno Arboretum, Croatia - King's Landing

Trsteno Arboretum, Croatia - King's Landing

Season 3 Episode 7 - Sansa and Margaery discuss her engagement

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39points

Yvo Nne 5 years ago

Wait, wasn't that in King's Landing in Game of Thrones?

3points

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#20

Minčeta Tower, Dubrovnik, Croatia - Qarth

Minčeta Tower, Dubrovnik, Croatia - Qarth

Season 2 Episode 10 - Daenerys arrives at the House of the Undying in search of her dragons

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39points

Noel Benavente 3 years ago

Just look what a filter can do...

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#21

Fortress Of Kliss, Split, Croatia – Meereen

Fortress Of Kliss, Split, Croatia – Meereen

Season 4 Episode 4 - Siege of Meereen

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39points

Amazon QT 5 years ago

Such a beautiful and barely touched by modernism!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️❤️❤️

1point

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#22

Dubrovnik, Croatia - King's Landing

Dubrovnik, Croatia - King's Landing

Season 6 Episode 10 - View of the Sept of Baelor right before Cersei sets it on fire in series of Wildfire explosions

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37points

Id row 5 years ago

If they created the sept using CGI, where did they film the interior? It was an amazing structure on the inside.

2points

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#23

Mequite Square, Mdina, Malta - King's Landing

Mequite Square, Mdina, Malta - King's Landing

Season 1 Episode 5 - a fight between Jamie Lannister and Ned Stark

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37points

okpkpkp 5 years ago

Funny. You can see the mortar lines of the street pavers in the top picture, through the dirt.

1point

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#24

Dubrovnik, Croatia - King's Landing

Dubrovnik, Croatia - King's Landing

Season 3 Episode 1 - Sansa and Littlefinger discusses her escape plans

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34points

louis porter 5 years ago

Reality bites

1point

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#25

Kastel Gomilica, Croatia - Braavos

Kastel Gomilica, Croatia - Braavos

Season 5 Episode 8 - Arya gets her first mission to kill Lady Crane

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32points

Merri van Te 5 years ago

my 'hood :)

-2points

#26

Dubrovnik, Croatia - King's Landing

Dubrovnik, Croatia - King's Landing

Season 2 Episode 6 - the Royal party travels through a crowd of discontent peasants

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29points

m. b 5 years ago

Croatia it is then

1point

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#27

Dubrovnik, Croatia - King's Landing

Dubrovnik, Croatia - King's Landing

Season 5 Episode 4 - King Tommen goes to see the High Sparrow

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29points

Franck Godard 5 years ago

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#28

Klis Fortress In Split, Croatia - Meereen

Klis Fortress In Split, Croatia - Meereen

Season 4 Episode 4 - Siege of Meereen

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28points

potato 2 years ago

its so pretty! :0

0points

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#29

Split, Croatia - Meereen

Split, Croatia - Meereen

Season 4 Episode 4 - Siege of Meereen

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26points

Underground Studio 5 years ago

it's missing scenes in Essaouira for a complete article

-1point

#30

Trsteno Arboretum, Croatia - King's Landing

Trsteno Arboretum, Croatia - King's Landing

Season 3 Episode 6 - Sansa, Loras, and Margaery Tyrell

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25points

Michele Clarke 5 years ago

I love that these are all real places that pretty much look the same, only a little bit of CGI!

1point

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Vilkas 5 years ago

The entirety of season 8 was filmed in a Croatian dark closet.

10points

Amazon QT 5 years ago

🤔🤔🤔😆😆😆😆😆

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Caley Buxton 5 years ago

This is so cool! Thank you to those who contributed. It's amazing to see what was cgi and what was real!

3points

R.s. Potter 5 years ago

Lots of Croatian scenes. I'm surprised they didn't find a use for "Hitler's Eye", the submarine tunnel in Sibenik harbour.

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Vilkas 5 years ago

The entirety of season 8 was filmed in a Croatian dark closet.

10points

Amazon QT 5 years ago

🤔🤔🤔😆😆😆😆😆

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Caley Buxton 5 years ago

This is so cool! Thank you to those who contributed. It's amazing to see what was cgi and what was real!

3points

R.s. Potter 5 years ago

Lots of Croatian scenes. I'm surprised they didn't find a use for "Hitler's Eye", the submarine tunnel in Sibenik harbour.

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