It shows themes and characters recognisable to fans of the show but in contemporary times: crowds are illuminated by stadium lights, tower blocks rise and wind pylons turn, perched on the gates of Braavos.
On Tuesday night, as fans were recovering from watching the last episode of Game of Thrones season seven, a trailer emerged on YouTube. That's what Westeros the Series argues, at least. Both a lot colder than they’re meant to be in the show, we’d imagine.What if Game of Thrones was freed of its medieval shackles, and set in 2019? How would the great houses of Lannister, Stark, Targaryen and, erm, Greyjoy, fare in an internet age? Sure, civilisation has progressed beyond bear pits but with global warming and international political turmoil, the slings and arrows of fortune between author George RR Martin's time scale and that of modern life aren't so far removed. Portstewart Strand is used for a stretch of sunny Dornish coast in season five, and Binevenagh represents a region of the Dothraki Sea. Far to the north of the country you can visit the region that houses Pyke, but in the north-west are perhaps the two most unlikely Northern Irish locations. On the other side of the country you could visit Tollymore Forest, where in the show the Stark children find their direwolf pups. You could travel to the southwest of Northern Ireland to see Pollnagollum Cave (which is very much a real name) where the fight between The Hound and Beric Dondarrion was shot in the underground base of the Brotherhood without Banners. We’ve collected them in the above map, and it actually wouldn’t take you very long to see all of them. Many of the show’s iconic locations are abroad – King’s Landing is Dubrovnik in Croatia and Beyond The Wall is Northern Iceland, for example – but there are plenty of Game of Thrones filming locations that you can see right here in the UK. Because of the winter filming schedule of the new series, the huge HBO fantasy series won’t return until summer 2017 – but that doesn’t mean you can’t sate your craving for more Thrones. Game of Thrones season seven is far away.
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