Castle Black

We all love John Snow and the Knight’s watch. The majority of these scenes are filmed in Iceland. Iceland was made for movies. It’s landscape is out of this world and it feels like a fantasy visiting. Filming happens all over the country and a drive around the ring road will offer you the chance to check out many. While staying at a hotel near Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon, we were told that the Game of Thrones cast and crew stayed there for weeks working during the short filming days.

Notable real life Game of Thrones filming locations in Iceland are Höfðabrekka located near Vík, the southernmost city of Iceland.

Castle Black is an ancient stronghold and is the headquarters of the Night's Watch. The castle is situated along the Wall between Queensgate to the west and Oakenshield to the east, near the center of the Wall, at the northern end of the kingsroad. The village of Mole's Town is located half a league to the south along the kingsroad.

On the Wall, the men of the Night's Watch protect Westeros' northern border against marauding Wildlings and White Walkers, frozen zombie-like figures that come riding resurrected horses, mammoths or ice-spiders. To create a cold, barren world capable of housing such supernatural creatures, HBO shot many of these scenes in Iceland.