Where was Vikings Valhalla filmed? Kattegat, Uppsala, & ALL the Locations

In the first episode, the Greenlanders Leif Erikson (played by Sam Corlett) and Freydís Eiríksdóttir (Frida Gustavsson), travel to Kattegat.

In the series, the legendary Viking settlement is located somewhere in the sound of a fjord in Scandinavia.

The real Kattegat is a large sea area between Denmark and southern Norway and Sweden, linking the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.

The establishing shots of Kattegat were filmed at Lough Tay, a small lake located in the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland.

In the first seasons of Vikings, the town was partially built on the beach at the left of the picture below, near the shore, before being dismantled and moved to Ashford Studios.

Most of the landscapes featured in Vikings Valhalla are found in Wicklow County, situated about 30 miles south of Dublin.

The forests in Wicklow and the Valley of Glendalough have almost untouched areas and ancient trees that create a convincing sense of wilderness.

The scene in the first episode when Leif and his friends follow Olaf Haraldsson into a large settlement was filmed in a valley situated between the lakes Lough Tay and Lough Dan, near the original Kattegat set.

However, most of the series was filmed at Ashford Studios.

In Google's satellite image, we can see the Kattegat set with the gates to the city and a small artificial lake that serves as the shore of the settlement.

Also, we can appreciate the set of the Roman fortifications of London and a section of the bridge below, on the left.

In the second episode, there is an establishing shot of Tamworth Castle, an 11th-century Norman fortress in Staffordshire, England.

However, the castle was CGI'd into the scene using digital effects. Much outdoor footage was digitally edited to add snowy mountains or green pastures, depending on the context.

The shrine in Uppsala, the most sacred site in the Viking world, is inspired by the traditional architecture of the Stave Churches.

The set was built in a small forest between Lough Tay and Lough Dan in County Wicklow.

Today, most of these surviving medieval wooden temples, like the 12th-century Hopperstad Stave Church on the right, are located in Norway.

The historical old temple in Gamla Uppsala, an important center of worship in Sweden, was destroyed in the late 11th century.

The beach in the first episode of season two, "The Web of Fate" is the beautiful Magheramore Beach on Ireland's east coast.

Beloved by surfers, this secluded cove was also the setting for several productions, including Camelot and East Enders spin-off Redwater.

The entrance to the Jomsborg Viking stronghold in Pomerania (today in Poland), looks like the dramatic cliffs in Mizen Head, the most southerly point of mainland Ireland.

However, there are many more similar cliffs with caves and stone bridges along the Irish coast.

According to Ireland.com, the Jomsborg village set was filmed in the Roundwood Quarry (Calary Lake) in County Wicklow.

All of the ice river sequences were filmed at Ballyhorsey Quarry.

The residence of the Pope in Rome, the Lateran Palace, is the Rector's Palace in Dubrovnik, Croatia.

This historic Gothic-Renaissance building served as the seat of the Rector of the Republic of Ragusa from the 14th century until 1808.

Now home to the Cultural History Museum, the palace features architectural highlights such as the beautiful central atrium with Renaissance arcades featured in the series.

Also, some areas of the Pope's palace were filmed in the Petar Sorkocevic Summerhouse in Dubrovnik.

Built in the 16th century by the noble Sorkočević family, this luxurious retreat with beautiful gardens is an excellent example of the Renaissance summer villas of the Dubrovnik aristocracy.

Dubrovnik also doubles as Constantinople. The scene in the third episode, "Lost," where the Byzantine army returns to the city, was filmed at the East Gate (Ploce Gate).

The parade goes down Svetog Dominika Street and the ceremony takes place in front of the Sponza Palace, on the city's main street, Stradun.

The Bayeux Castle in Normandy was filmed at the Cahir Castle in County Tipperary, Ireland.

Originally built in the 13th century, this is one of the largest and best preserved medieval castles in the country.

Leif Erikson's villa is the Villa Aurora (or the Nardelli Mansion), a residence set within the famous Trsteno Arboretum in Croatia, one of the oldest arboreta in the world.

This view of the property, which was abandoned for many years, contains a lot of CGI.

The port scenes were filmed in Dubrovnik's West Harbour, located between the Lovrijenac fortress and the medieval walls.

Zoe's secret cove at the end of the episode is the Betina Cave Beach near Dubrovnik.

This secluded and picturesque beach, accessible primarily by boat (and the locked staircase), is known for its unique setting in a natural cave.

The church under construction in Greece in the fourth episode, "The End of Jomsborg", is the actual remains of a temple called Rotonda near Ošlje in Croatia.

This pre-romanesque structure is the ruin of a very rare circular building with eight apses.

A section of the settlement in Greenland was probably filmed at the Ballyhorsey Quarry in County Tipperary, Ireland.

Also in the fifth episode, Leif finds the mapmaker Calinicus in Corfu, Greece.

These scenes were filmed at Haven Trsteno, the small marina at the Trsteno Arboretum.

The masked banquet in Constantinoble was filmed at the Sponza Palace in Dubrovnik.

With its colonnaded atrium and intricate stone carvings, this stunning 16th-century building is an example of Gothic-Renaissance architecture.

Originally a customs house and trade center, it is now home to the Dubrovnik State Archives.

The prison is the triangular St. Nicholas' Fortress, a UNESCO World Heritage site located near Šibenik.

Constructed on a small island, this 16th-century Venetian fortification was designed to protect the town from naval threats.

But the interior was filmed at Lovrijenac, a historic fort located just outside the western wall of Dubrovnik.

Also known as St. Lawrence Fortress, the fort is perched on a 37-meter-high cliff.

The cave in Greenland was filmed in one of the caves at Silverstrand beach in south Wicklow.