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Hooray 'Game of Thrones' fans, HBO plans on opening official shooting sites for tourists

Hooray 'Game of Thrones' fans, HBO plans on opening official shooting sites for tourists

Game of Thrones

Now that talks around the final season of HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ has picked up, considering only a handful number of months are left for it to air, there is something that the makers have in mind for its fans. Can there be a bigger gift that actually visiting the real-life locations that we see on our beloved show?

Yes, it will be a reality soon as the GoT makers have decided to now open tourist attractions in Northern Ireland.

Tourism Ireland, Tourism Northern Ireland and HBO have released preliminary details on the opening of "Game of Thrones Legacy," which will turn some of the iconic filming locations from the series into a tourist attraction. Imagine visiting Westeros!

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Without revealing too many details, the makers are said to be considering including areas that were made into Winterfell, Castle Black and King's Landing. These places apart from obviously being the sites will also exhibit props like costumes, weapons, set decorations, art files, models and other production materials. A formal tour of Linen Mill Studios, where some of the scenes were shot, is also being considered.

HBO promises that all these attractions will be on a "scale and scope bigger than anything the public has ever seen."

A tentative opening date is set for 2019. The final season of the series airs is slated to premiere in the first half of 2019.This is first look of season 8.