It's all in a quarry just outside Belfast. It's a real set, and the even The Wall is real.partly. On this same Northern Ireland tour you're sometimes allowed to see Castle Black, but they were filming when I was there so it was off-limits. Northern Ireland is also home to much of what you see in The North, including the opening of the show in the first episode, where Eddard Stark lops off the head of a deserter. This is right down the road from the rather cool looking Caves of Cushendun, where Melisandre gave birth to the shadow spirit in Season 2. When I visited it was cold, wet and windy. If you have your own car, don't miss the amazing Giant's Causeway.īallintoy stands in for Pyke. In Belfast, you can take a 'Game of Thrones' tour of several famous locations, while you a great look at the stunning NI countryside. A lot of the show is shot here, both on location and on soundstages. T he far side of the Westerosian world, and the northwest corner of Europe, finds the real location of the Iron Isles: Northern Ireland. Behold the haunting decay of Gunkanjima, Japan's 'Battleship Island'.From James Bond to 'Game of Thrones,' the impossible and incredible monasteries of Meteora.The real-life Minas Tirith from 'Lord of the Rings': A tour of Mont Saint-Michel.
