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Game of Thrones Season 1 · Game of Thrones Season 1, Episode 1 · 17 April 2011

Winter Is Coming

Robert asks Ned to leave Winterfell for a powerful post at court, while Jon and Daenerys face choices that will reshape their lives.

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The crenellated stone tower house in the Castle Ward farmyard with farm buildings around the yard
Photo: amandabhslater / Flickr · CC BY-SA 2.0
Historic house · Tickets needed

Castle Ward (Winterfell)

Winterfell courtyard; Robb's camp and the Whispering Wood

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A mossy stone arch bridge over a small waterfall and boulder-strewn stream in Tollymore Forest Park
Photo: Giuseppe Milo (www.pixael.com) / Flickr · CC BY 2.0
Landscape · Open to visitors

Tollymore Forest Park

The Haunted Forest and the direwolf discovery

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More from Game of Thrones Season 1

  1. Game of Thrones Season 1, Episode 2 · 24 April 2011

    The Kingsroad

    The Starks travel south as Jon heads for the Wall, and a roadside dispute exposes tensions between the royal and Stark households.

  2. Game of Thrones Season 1, Episode 3 · 1 May 2011

    Lord Snow

    Ned begins work in the capital, and Jon discovers that service at the Wall is less glamorous than he imagined.

All Game of Thrones Season 1 episodes →

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Dates are first US broadcasts on HBO. UK viewers saw each episode on Sky Atlantic, usually within a day. Location links appear only where Tourism Northern Ireland or VisitBritain tie a place to a specific episode; most locations are known by season only and are listed on their own pages.