Where was The Wheel of Time filmed?

Showrunner Rafe Judkins has said that the new season is "the closest adaptation of one of the books that we've had so far", adding: "We get to put up some of my favourite scenes from the book. Some of them are huge, like Rand declaring himself Car'a'carn in the Aiel Waste, and some of them are small.

"There's this really intimate little scene with Mat (Dónal Finn) and Suian (Sophie Okonedo) where he has to turn over the Horn of Valere to her. That's just beautiful in the books.

"So we get to do some things big and some things small that are really from the books this season, and follow the storylines pretty closely.

"And a lot of that's because of the building blocks we've put through season 1 and season 2 – this is the section of the books where they became explosively popular. I think the readership doubled, tripled through [books] 4, 5 and 6, and these are the books we're starting to adapt."

But just where were the three seasons of the show shot? Read on for everything you need to know about the filming locations used for The Wheel of Time on Prime Video.

Where was The Wheel of Time season 1 filmed?

The first season of The Wheel of Time was shot in numerous different locations around the world, including the Czech Republic, Croatia, Slovenia and the Canary Islands.

Locations used in Croatia included areas around Dubrovnik, which was also used as a shooting location of HBO's fantasy series Game of Thrones.

Meanwhile, the Bovec region of Slovenia was used for mountainous scenes throughout the season, and the primary shooting location for the series was in Prague, at the show's home of Jordan Studios.

What is Jordan Studios?

One of the major locations used for filming on The Wheel of Time is Jordan Studios in Prague.

It's commonplace for shows to film their interior and some visual effects shots in studios of this kind; what's less common is a studio being set up specifically for a single production.

However, that's exactly what happened for The Wheel of Time, after the team found that studio space in Central and Eastern Europe was booked up.

The series's producer David Brown told GQ, while speaking from Jordan Studios: "[I] spoke to friends in Budapest who'd worked there, and they just said, 'You won't get in.'" After trying Prague, the team decided to create their own studio from scratch.

"You know, we are a big company. The show is hugely ambitious creatively. So how do we fill that? That's why we're in this building that is 350,000 square feet."

The publication notes that the studio includes a visual effects house, a stunt gym, archery targets, a rock climbing wall, an armourer/jeweller, a 3D printer, a costume department, individual offices for writers, a writers room, an accounting office, a set hub for set decoration and one for publicity, and soundstages.

The studios were named after the author of the Wheel of Time novel series, Robert Jordan.

Where was The Wheel of Time season 2 filmed?

For season 2, the show returned to Prague in the Czech Republic, and to Jordan Studios, with filming taking place from 2021 through into early 2022.

Other locations used around the Czech Republic included Jindřichův Hradec, Letohrádek Hvězda, Barrandov Studios and Karlova Koruna Chateau.

Meanwhile, season 2 was also filmed in Morocco at CLA Studios, Marrakech and Dakhla, and in the Puglia region of Italy, as well as in Calanchi Di Aliano and Ginosa. Filming also returned to the Canary Islands for season 2.

Where has The Wheel of Time season 3 been filmed?

For season 3, the show continued to film at Jordan Studios in Prague, while it also filmed at the nearby Barrandov Studios.

As with seasons 1 and 2, the series also continued to film at nearby locations around the Czech Republic, including a quarry near the village of Tetín, as well as additional fields and forested areas nearby.

The production also returned to Srbsko, Vinařice, and Dobříš, as well as filming in new Czech locations, such as Vranov nad Dyjí castle, Roztoky u Křivoklátu and Toušice.

Filming in Slovenia in season 3 took place in the Soča Valley, while the production also went to South Africa, filming at Cape Town Film Studios and in the mountains of the Western Cape, the Atlantis Dunes, the Afrikaans Language Museum and Monument and in the Northern Cape near Vioolsdrif.

The Wheel of Time season 3 began on 13th March on Prime Video, with episodes streaming weekly on Thursdays.

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