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=== Filming locations ===
Principal photography for the first season of the series was scheduled to begin on July 26, 2010,<ref>Martin, George R. R. (2010-07-16). [http://grrm.livejournal.com/164794.html From HBO], Not a Blog, LiveJournal.</ref> with the primary locations being the Paint Hall Studio in the Titanic Quarter of Belfast, Northern Ireland,<ref>
Northern Ireland Executive (2009-04-21). [http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/news/news-ofmdfm/news-ofmdfm-210409-hbo-to-film.htm "HBO to film TV pilot in Belfast, Northern Ireland"]. Press releas</ref> and the city of Mdina, [[w:Malta|Malta]]a change in location from Morocco.<ref>Martin, George R. R. (2010-07-16). [http://grrm.livejournal.com/164794.html From HBO]. Not a Blog. LiveJournal.</ref> For the initial shooting of the pilot in 2009,<ref>Ryan, Maureen (2009-10-13).  [http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2009/10/game-of-thrones-hbo.html  "The 'Games' afoot: HBO's 'Game of Thrones' gears up"]. Chicago  Tribune. Retrieved 2009-01-13.</ref> additional filming locations included Carncastle,<ref>[http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/northern-ireland-fans-queue-to-meet-scifi-guru-george-rr-martin-14548637.html "Northern Ireland fans queue to meet sci-fi guru George RR Martin"]. Belfast Telegraph. 2009-11-04.</ref> Shane's Castle,<ref>Maggie Taggart. (March 3, 2010).[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8548527.stm Fantasy epic to be filmed in Belfast]. Belfast: BBC News.</ref> [[w:Castle Ward|Castle Ward]],<ref>McCausland, Nelson (2009-11-05). [http://theministerspen.blogspot.com/2009/11/game-of-thrones.html "Game of Thrones"]. Nelson's View – The Minister's Pen. Blogger.</ref> [[w:Magheramorne|Magheramorne]]<ref>[http://www.larnetimes.co.uk/news/Extras-needed-for-new-TV.6382643.jp Extras needed for new TV show - Local], Larne Times, 2011-05-11</ref> and [[w:Tollymore Forest Park|Tollymore Forest Park]],<ref>Maggie Taggart. (March 3,  2010).[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8548527.stm  Fantasy epic to be filmed in Belfast]. Belfast: BBC News.</ref> all in Northern Ireland. [[w:Doune Castle|Doune Castle]] in southern [[w:Scotland|Scotland]] was also used.<ref>BBC News (2009-10-23). [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/8322843.stm "Medieval keep becomes film set"]. Press release.</ref>

For the second season, the city of [[w:Dubrovnik|Dubrovnik]], [[w:Croatia|Croatia]], was used instead of [[w:Malta|Malta]] for scenes in King's Landing and elsewhere.<ref name="winter-is-coming.net 21 August 2011">[http://winter-is-coming.net/2011/08/dubrovnik-filming-locations-revealed/ Dubrovnik filming locations revealed],|Winter-is-coming.net,  accessed 21 August 2011</ref> Scenes set north of the Wall were filmed in Iceland, on the [[w:Vatnajökull|Vatnajökull]] glacier, in November 2011.<ref>[http://winter-is-coming.net/2011/10/iceland-filming-location-revealed/ Iceland filming location revealed] accessed 28 October 2011, [http://www.witnter-is-coming.net winter-is-coming.net],28 October 2011</ref>