HBO scouting Sweden as a possible Game of Thrones location 

has visited Northern Ireland, Spain, Croatia, Iceland, Malta, and more countries during production in its long and well-traveled lifespan. And now HBO reportedly has turned its gaze toward another European country: Sweden.

, the national Swedish television network, HBO has shown interest in filming future episodes of

on Gotland island in Sweden. Nothing is official yet, no contracts have been signed for shooting, but HBO has been in touch with Swedish production company The Line Gotland.

Olivia Munck, executive producer of The Line Gotland spoke with SVT about being approached by HBO. She says she “almost fainted” when she got the call. Afterward, she provided the network with materials on possible locations in the area.

they’ve sent material about Gotland consisting of approximately 300 pictures taken of Visby (a major urban area), as well as photos taken of the more rural areas of the island including “old farms” and “landscape pictures.”

It’s easy to understand why Visby might be of interest to

. The city has well-preserved medieval structures and a long wall around the town center. It’s a UNESCO World Heritage site, with “13th-century ramparts and more than 200 warehouses and wealthy merchants’ dwellings from the same period.” Even from a quick glance (photo up top of the post!), the resemblance to other GoT city shooting sites is there.

What do you say, Swedes? Is Gotland a good match for

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King’s Landing for a colder weather would be my guess 😉

For this season or next and last 🙁 🙁 ????

The old citywall is the most famous of Gotlands medieval structures, pretty neat.

It doesn’t specify. Given they’re shooting well into February 2017, we can’t assume this is for season 8, though I think that’s more likely.

King’s Landing for a colder weather would be my guess

Either that, or maybe Oldtown? Certainly a city in winter time – full on winter.

I’m only surmising but I would think this would be for season 8? Now I have never been to Sweden but I do like my Scandinavian chillers (mystery series such as “Arne Dahl” – in the UK the Mysterioso adaptations were given the name of the writer [well his pen name] when they were broadcast). It does look like it has some spectacular scenery. This is probably wishful thinking on my part but I don’t suppose there’s any chance of any of the members of “A Team” being cast in GoT. The person playing the Mountain is doing a good enough job and he certainly looks the part; I always thought Magnus Samuelson (Swedish strong man turned actor and he does have the ‘acting chops’) might have made a good alternative Mountain. If they shot in a Swedish winter might they be covering the land of Always Winter (or will winter be everywhere if the White Walkers [Others in the books] cross the Wall as has been speculated?)

My. f*cking. god. As a swede I told my friend a while back, they should come to sweden, Gotland would be a nice fit. And this happens, what! Gotland is my f*cking neighbor island. I wanted them to come to my home town and use our castle (Kalmar castle) but we debated the look doesn’t really go with the feel of GoT. But gotland- hell, I called it! 🙂

ruins of the Church of Saint Catherine as the burnt down throne room?

Just kidding! Sweden has amazing places for GoT to film in.

Seriously though, that looks very GOT like… and I am thinking southern cities in the winter since, well, winter is coming! 🙂

Apparently they’ve shown interest in old farms on the island like Kattlund and Stavgard (i live on the island and it would be so cool!!)

I know!! It’s very hard not to stay away from this site and to avoid the spoilers at the same time… But thank to this kind of posts, we can safely come back. 🙂

I KNOW! we can feel like we are participating a bit! 🙂 hahaha

Hi Dee – good to see you able to post somewhere on the site again. 🙂

Nice that Sweden might be a new location. Visby is beautiful.

Hi Flora: Thank you, its good to be back!! :):)

you as well 🙂 🙂 miss our jon snow discussions! well, I agree with you.

Do you know where KL are being filmed this season?!? or so far? if they have done any?

We don’t exactly know, but King’s Landing this season will probably be Cáceres, which is being filmed at the end of next month.

That’s interesting because if I remember correctly, Caceres isn’t a coastal town/city. And in KL shots, you can usually see the coast. Especially if Dany heads there

The cityscape shots are still largely based on Dubrovnik 😉

If they’re looking for islands in the Baltic Sea, maybe they should take a look at Rügen (Germany):

Okay so they wont actually be filming scenes with characters in Dubrovnik.

They might return for season eight, we don’t know. But for season seven, not that we know of. Still, we were surprised in season six; we thought they wouldn’t film in Dubrovnik at all, but they did, for a few days, to film Jaime’s arrival with Myrcella’s body. Anyway, considering winter has finally come, I’d bet they’ll look for colder European cities to depict King’s Landing.

More pictures ! It looks like very beatifull town… and interesting for GoT sets.

So who knows where they will film any scene in which a body of water is required!

I agree, they do need a colder city… overcasty weather whilst still looking the same.

It was my immediate thought! We had a clue that Winter might arrive there with the HotU scene in season 2.

The way it goes in my business(es), contracts and all kind of agreements/negotiations take too long for this to be for season 7. But I might be wrong, of course.

So Dany’s vision comes true end of season 7? KL is decimated and snow is falling on the iron throne? That would be epic.

I kind envy you Dee… we’ve had so much to digest these past couple of weeks that my heads spinning! 😝

LOL! I cant even imagine! my head spins just seeing how many MASSIVE SPOILER titles there are

Honestly, im a little jealous I cant participate, and I am having major withdrawals… but I am excited for the surprises that I have coming! Though, given that it is season 7, I am expecting some huge things to happen with ALL the main characters at this point in the story.

The thing I don’t understand is how Cersei and co even have a chance against Dany? By my math, Dany has the unsullied, dothraki, some of the iron born, Dorne, Highgarden (the largest army in Westeros if I’m not mistaken), the North.

Cersei has the KL soldiers which are essentially the Lannisters, Euron perhaps, and who else? I don’t see the knights of the vale siding with her, although that would be a LF type of thing to do. But as it stands, Cersei has no chance against Dany. So maybe they wrap up that battle quickly and then the last season focuses on the night’s king and co?

I kind envy you Dee… we’ve had so much to digest these past couple of weeks that my heads spinning!

It is a bit much (I can’t believe I am saying this) , I did not look at any filming posts from today.

I agree, a colder version of KL. But I’m also wondering. In general, does anyone else think that D&D might keep shooting & do the entire remaining episodes and not stop with Season 7? Thirteen more episodes means only three more than they usually do. I’m just curious because they go to so much effort scouting locations and getting everyone and everything together, they may want to get as much as they can out of it.They might consider shooting all of season 7 and part of season 8 or even all of season 8 all at once.

I sincerely hope so because 1. I’ve missed you and 2. I need someone who isn’t going to bicker and argue and leak crap. I don’t mind SOME spoilers but holy crap…. Hugs & Miss You!

I was under the impression that the seasons were split 7 episodes due to time constraints on filming episodes and time required for each episode

(as one of the reasons, besides the fact that they only have 13 hours of story left to tell)

I kind envy you Dee… we’ve had so much to digest these past couple of weeks that my heads spinning! 😝

I’m so with you Apollo and I don’t mind some spoilers, but I have picked up way too much other stuff from insinuations, etc. I’m thinking of joining Dee in her Crusade if only I could hold up under the pressure to peek in….lol.

What happened?? “Leak crap”? ANd what do people bicker about? this is all speculation no? LOL

ANd what do people bicker about? this is all speculation no? LOL

There’s been leaks on another site and people have been talking about them..some forgot to cover their discussion so I blundered into some stuff I didn’t want to know MIGHT happen. It’s one thing to look at pictures and guess and have fun but I don’t want to KNOW…lol…and no, I’m not a schizophrenic…lol.

Oh man that’s terrible!!! You should skip the spoilers all together!!! Hahaha

But if that’s so hard why don’t you just read the articles and look at pictures and avoid the comments!

You know what this also worries me where articles are open to all and some will discuss things openly! It can happen in any article but mostly on certain threads

But if that’s so hard why don’t you just read the articles and look at pictures and avoid the comments!

You know what this also worries me where articles are open to all and some will discuss things openly!It can happen in any article but mostly on certain threads

I think I’ll try that. Plus over the next couple of months work is going to be really, really busy so maybe I’ll just hang back for awhile. Thanks for the tip! Anyway, I have to agree with you these pictures are beautiful and I honestly do miss you alot. Have a great rest of the day/night!

Miss you also 🙁 hope we can chat soon

I think I just died and woke up in Game of Thrones heaven. Gotland is absolutley beautiful and very mediviel! And it’s about an hour boatride from where I live! Oh I’m so gonna be there if they start shooting in Gotland

I think this could be very nicely stand-in for a somewhat rebuilt King’s Landing in Season 8, after all the wars and such are over. It would look similar enough to the KL of old, but with a newer look!

In Season 4, Bran has a series of visions, and in these you can see a dragon flying over KL:

minute 1:20 if you want to see just that https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gh0-4hOzyw

Hopefully this will put Elio & Linda in a greater position to rein in and assess production.

I do sometimes wonder in what parallel world you are living in, seriously…

When can we expect s7 to be released if the show continues filming till February??

Elizabeth: I think I’ll try that.Plus over the next couple of months work is going to be really, really busy so maybe I’ll just hang back for awhile.Thanks for the tip!Anyway, I have to agree with you these pictures are beautiful and I honestly do miss you alot.Have a great rest of the day/night!

I just looked at the pics of the new posts and read the persons notes posting them. This is my second season of filming news since I joined and what a difference from last year. Sometimes I feel that this site is overrun by teenagers, no rules apply. I also think that some of the so called theories posted are heavily based on “that leak”. Ah well, if I stick to just reading the articles posted with new pics I think I can still salvage this season. Take care Elizabeth and Dee. Meet you on the next spoiler free post?

As for the subject matter. This island would probably be easier to block off for filming, no?

This has got to be one of the most unintentionally hilarious things I’ve read. Personally, I hope they appear as extras or something similar. Like George Bush back in Season 1.

Although I’ve never been to Sweden, I am 50% Swedish so I’ll be excited due to that. 🙂

It is safe to say that there is snow at Gotland in January, February. Earlier of course it is also possible. So I would say they are searching for this season. Visby is a medieval jewel. I am sure the reason for this interest is some advice that showrunners got from Max von Sydow. Adjacent to Gotland is the little island Fårö where Bergman had his house and some of his films where filmed there.

This alls look so much like the walls of kingslanding and where a battle a final battle can take place.

Yeah I’m beginning to wish I’d stayed Unsullied this season… totally my own fault though. It’ll still be an amazing season and you’ll love it.

I kinda feel as though I’ve just been told I was adopted.. Too. Much. To. Take. In 😂😂

This was my thought as well, with the red tile roofs.

Oh Dragon, we already have Rygar periodically troll-de-rolling us, don’t you start, please.

Awww well I am sure you will still enjoy the season because I am 200% sure it’s going to be epic!!!!!!

Yes hope to see you on a spoiler free post soon 🙂

Okay now I need to go there. Germany never ceases to amaze me with its landscape.

It’s beautiful and has the perfect name: “GoT”land. 🙂

I do sometimes wonder in what parallel world you are living in, seriously…

I think until the WoW is finally published, the dynamic duo over on westeros.org are keeping a low profile. However, I’m sure after it is, the verbal vitriol and bile (certainly from Linda) against HBO’s GoT will be monumental! Should be a good laugh 😀

Although I’m not a book reader, I hope GRRM gets it finished soon just to hear the abuse against B&W etal which is sure to happen after Elio and Linda and their loyal minions have read the book!

…..You guys seriously couldn’t tell I was joking?

Place just made u to be GOT location. Looks gorgeous. Could very well be King’s Landing or Highgarden.

After your consant harassment of Sean T Collins and others on Twitter, which aside from harassment was nothing short of delusional? No. On your current state, I don’t think anyone can tell when you’re joking. You might want to look into that behavior.

LOL, this is the first time I opened a post since the Awards, and I was as happy and wary (for spoilers) about this one as you 🙂

Good call. In my opinion, any area as far north as Gotland will always *look* northern. Even in full-on Westerosi Winter, the walls of the southern cities like King’s Landing and Oldtown will never look as weather-beaten (with moss and lichen and all) as those of a northern seaside town. So, unless the GoT production team goes about sand-blasting the walls of Visby, a location like White Harbor would be much more fitting. That, or lots and lots of VFX. Which is also a possibility of course 😉

Mr Fixit: I hope they appear as extras or something similar. Like George Bush back in Season 1.

Damned be you, Ser! I’m suffering from a cold at the moment, and you just caused a major laughter-induced couching fit.

Ah, Gotland is lovely and Visby is very picturesque and medieval. Some ruins, churches and merchant’s halls but also lovely little winding alleys with neat little cottages with their gardens. I’ve been there in summer and there are roses just everywhere! It’s more “cute” than “grand”.

The countryside is mostly gently rolling hills, fields, some forests, littered with countless medieval stone churches. To

northern eyes it’s quite a gentle landscape but I think they get snow at least in January and February.

I don’t think the island can be “blocked off”, it’s a fair size, about 180 km (bit more than 100 miles) long and 55 km (35 miles) wide. It took us about a week to cycle around it. However, the people would perhaps be more likely than Spaniards to respect restrictions around specific filming locations.

The Visby town walls are made of limestone, so very light coloured, and in many places covered in creepers and roses, not moss, so they don’t look very “northern” (=granite, grim, mossy) to me. They’re lovely, though, and in many places not immediately surrounded by other buildings, which would be good for filming.

I see others have answered you question. And yeah, there will be a loottt of Jon Snow discussions once the next season airs, you can be assured of it. We can continue it then 🙂 .

As for the spoilers, there has been a literal deluge of them, ever since the Spain filming started. Throw in some “leaks”, we may be left with very few surprises once the season airs. You guys might just be the smart ones to have stayed out of it all, lol.

Pity it’s probably for a cold climate. The first thing I though of was:

what a perfect spot for a house with a red door and lemon trees growing in the garden!

Glad I’m going to be in Iceland for the season 7 filming… before they betray us with Sweden in season 8!

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