These are the Breathtaking Real-Life Locations of Game of Thrones

Fictional location: King’s Landing

In real-life: M’dina in Malta and Dubrovnik, Croatia

The well-preserved city of M’dina was used as the setting for King’s Landing for the Season 1 shoot, but HBO had to move to Dubrovnik afterwards due to logistic problems. Also, production had to be faithful to the depiction of King’s Landing as a seaside city in the books.

Fictional location: Winterfell

In real-life: Castle Ward in Northern Ireland’s County Down

You would be amazed to know that the Winterfell scenes where shot at the same country where they filmed the Dothraki scenes. Castle Ward served as the home for the unfortunate Starks. The crew spent eight weeks transforming the location into the Winterfell that we now know.

Fictional location: Castle Black

In real-life: Magheramorne Quarry in Northern Ireland

The unforgiving environment of Castle Black is actually a building in a quarry in real life. If you’re wondering where they shot the awesome Battle of Hardhome, it’s just within the quarry area near the lake.
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