Game of Thrones attracts tourists to Dubrovnik

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The seventh season of the popular Fantasy Saga “Game of Thrones” goes to the Start. Many key scenes were filmed in the Croatian city of Dubrovnik. You experienced a rush of especially young tourists.

Medieval fortifications, Gothic palaces, a picturesque harbour and a walkable city wall: The old town of Dubrovnik appears as a single, historical film set were it not for the countless, sandals, and a Selfie-Sticks-equipped tourists.

Young tourists populate gases and squares of the old town

Once a year, the “pearl of the Adriatic” for a couple of weeks in fact, in a place from another world – the world of the Fantasy Saga “Game of Thrones”. Also in the seventh season, which in the United States on Sunday, 16. July, on HBO and in Germany on Monday, 17. July, on the Pay-TV channel Sky Atlantic HD starts, the Croatian 40.000 inhabitants of the city as a backdrop.

 

Searched and found – the perfect location

The narrow streets of the old town are made of, to King’s landing, the capital of the Seven kingdoms represent the Original King’s Landing is – detail: On the fortress, on the sea and on the city wall of the key scenes of the award-winning series by the US broadcaster HBO play after the original book by George R. R. Martin.

“As we have seen for the first Time in Dubrovnik, it was a shock. Because the whole town looked exactly as we had envisioned,” says David Benioff, one of the authors and producers of the series. In the first season, had served in Malta as a backdrop.

Dubrovnik’s old town: for a filmmaker, a sight to die for

Especially to the validity of the old town of Dubrovnik, a Unesco world heritage site came to the “Gang of penance” in the Finale of the fifth season. The Lena Headey played Cersei Lannister had to go as a punishment for their sins, through the streets naked. The filming for this took four days and cost, according to media reports, around 200,000 dollars.

The cost for the Emergence of the Fantasy Saga are lush. The Studios are located in the North Irish Belfast, and many places in Spain and Croatia. The Crews have to coordinate constantly, and the locations change. In Dubrovnik owners and Restaurants have to close because of the rotation, compensates for load.

Turning the city block to work temporarily

Jelena Simac shows visitors the locations for filming of the series

Also tourists can visit the famous centre of the village, explains Jelena Simac. The city leader of the Agency “Dubrovnik Secrets” many tourists – in Fanshirts – to the original locations from “Game of Thrones”. Again and again she keeps the photos in the series, and explains how the scenes are created. Many of the buildings have integrated the serial makers can be retrofitted with the latest computer technology.

Especially the car-free old town, it has the film world did, even though the employees have to carry up your heavy Equipment and tedious to the many stairs. Also parts of the new “Star Wars”movie that comes in December in the cinemas, were filmed in Dubrovnik, as well as the Remake of “Robin Hood”, to appear in 2018.

Series-the end in sight, Fans and tourism professionals mourn

“Through the series, more and more young people come to Dubrovnik,” says Simac. At each corner of tours to the filming locations, some even with many city leaders. In a souvenir shop, visitors can take in a replica of the Iron throne to photograph.

Lovrijenac fortress is in the series to the Royal residence

Just like the Fans of Dubrovnik restaurateurs are wistfully that the “Game of Thrones”-Saga takes place after the eighth season of 2018 to an end. City guide Simac hopes that the last great battle for the Iron throne is then rotated in the coastal city. The business, it would not hurt anyway.

Thomas Bremser (dpa)