HBO will continue to film Game of Thrones in Croatia 

Croatia Week, HBO and Croatia have come to an 8 million euro agreement that will allow the network to continue to film

 in the country over the next two seasons. Gordan Maras, the Croatian Minister of Entrepreneurship and Trades, recently met with HBO senior executive Jay Roewe, who confirmed the deal. Maras had this to say:

It is in Croatia’s interest that they (HBO) continue, especially a series such as Game of Thrones. Our interest is that [they] stay here, that they are happy, and that we treat them very well. They also have other projects for Croatia which they are interested in.

It’s unclear at this time which other projects HBO is interested in filming in Croatia, but the fact that

is going to be a fixture there for the next two years means that the Croatian economy will get a rather large boost in tourism.

The Croatian city of Dubrovnik doubles for King’s Landing, while Split, the second largest city in Croatia, is home to Diocletian’s Palace, where most of the indoor scenes for Meereen are filmed. The mountain fortress of Klis, meanwhile, has stood in for Meereen’s exteriors. We saw it in “The House of Black and White” when Daenerys ordered the death of Mossador.

The economy of Croatia has enjoyed quite a boost from

. While the filming for Season 5 was underway, the economy received a $1o million shot in the arm. In fact, the mayor of Dubrovnik, Andro Vlahusic, was quoted as saying he hoped that

In any case, this is certainly great news for the people of Croatia. Also, it’s interesting to note that HBO seems very confident that we’ll be seeing King’s Landing in Season 7. Where else would you expect Dany to rule the Seven Kingdoms from?

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