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Game of Thrones fans can now visit familiar filming locations on new walking tours around Belfast, Northern Ireland and Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Here all all the details for you Game of Thrones fans out there, courtesy of tour company Viator:
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Game of Thrones Tours Launch In Europe
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Game of Thrones fans can now visit familiar filming locations on new walking tours around Belfast, Northern Ireland and Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Here all all the details for you Game of Thrones fans out there, courtesy of tour company Viator:
In Belfast, a ...How to Be Swedish: This Video Will (Sort Of) Tell You
cacophonyx, Flickr
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Cyferus, Flickr
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Wikimedia Commons
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Viking Oceans
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Lincolnshire County Council
Archaeologists excavating at Lincoln Castle have discovered the remains of an early Christian community, according to a Lincolnshire County Council press release.
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Iron Maiden Beer
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Image courtesy of the Rockefeller Archive Center
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Barbie's Eurotrip hit a roadblock at its first stop in Germany, where an activist group caused quite a production at the opening of a touring Barbie "Dreamhouse." CNN is reporting a group of left-wing feminists, Femen, protested the opening ...Video Of The Day: A Spanish Roadtrip
"A Spanish Roadtrip" from The Perennial Plate on Vimeo.
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If an airline damages a piece of your luggage, surely they will pay to repair or replace it, right? Don't be so sure. I've been very lucky over the years in checking bags but my luck ran out on a flight to Chicago from San Francisco over the weekend, when I found out that ...
