I recently began watching The Last Kingdom television series based on Bernard Cornwell's The Saxon Stories novels, which are set in ninth-century England. I won't say much about the series other than I have found it enjoyable for entertainment value alone; however, as I watched the episodes I often found myself wondering where exactly the series had been filmed.
Well lo and behold, it turns out most of the series has been shot in Hungary of all places. Although the lower production costs together with some ready-made sets in the small town of Etyek near Budapest were undoubtedly the primary incentives, I suspect the pastoral Hungarian countryside -- some parts of which still look as if they were back in the ninth century -- also held some appeal.
Ninth-century England in Hungary. Whodathunkit?
Well lo and behold, it turns out most of the series has been shot in Hungary of all places. Although the lower production costs together with some ready-made sets in the small town of Etyek near Budapest were undoubtedly the primary incentives, I suspect the pastoral Hungarian countryside -- some parts of which still look as if they were back in the ninth century -- also held some appeal.
Ninth-century England in Hungary. Whodathunkit?
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