At a virtual Q&A<\/a> hosted by RadioTimes.com<\/a>, executive producer Nigel Marchant explained: \u201cI think what Hungary brings to us is this sense of other world. We don\u2019t really know what England looked like 1,000 years ago, so although it\u2019s not England and we shot it on location, it has this sense of otherness to it that I\u2019ve always really enjoyed.\u201d<\/p> Hungary has become almost like a second home for the longest-serving members of The Last Kingdom cast<\/a>, but Dreymon admitted it was still challenging having to stay there for season 5\u2019s entire eight-month shoot due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.<\/p>\n \u201cThe British\/American\/Scandinavian bracket of the TLK team, we\u2019re all working as expats,\u201d Dreymon told RadioTimes.com<\/strong> and other press. \u201cSo the Hungarian crew were still going home to their families and to their kids or partners, but for a few of us it just meant going back home to our apartments alone for seven [or] eight months. That was tough.\u201d<\/p>\n He added: \u201cI\u2019m saying all of that, but we still got to work. You know, whenever I started having those feelings, I had to remind myself: \u2018No, dude, you\u2019re actually so lucky that this job is still going because a lot of people out there are experiencing the same thing, but they don\u2019t get to go to work\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n Read on for more details on where The Last Kingdom has been filmed over the years, as the fifth and final season launches on Netflix<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Last Kingdom season 5 opens with a dramatic scene in which Brida (Emily Cox) gathers an army of followers in what appears to be her native Iceland, but in reality, this too is a location discovered in the show\u2019s usual home of Hungary.<\/p>\n \u201c[The opening scene]<\/span> was about an hour from Budapest\u2019s in a huge, old quarry,\u201d Cox told RadioTimes.com<\/strong> and other press. \u201c<\/span>It didn\u2019t feel like we were in Hungary because it\u2019s supposed to be Iceland. And I suddenly was like, \u2018Oh wow, you can actually travel to Iceland if you just drive for an hour, that\u2019s interesting\u2019.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n This scene is also noteworthy for featuring a cameo from Scandinavian musician Eiv\u00f8r<\/a>, who provides the vocals for The Last Kingdom\u2019s distinctive theme music.<\/p>\n The intricately designed towns and cities seen in The Last Kingdom, including King Edward\u2019s home of Winchester, are all elaborate sets that have been built near the village of G\u00f6b\u00f6lj\u00e1r\u00e1s, west of Budapest.<\/p>\n Vicky Delow,\u00a0season 4 producer, said: \u201cI think the main set is a huge part of the show\u2019s success. It\u2019s an incredible place to be. One of the most amazing things about it is when you drive to it, you drive over a hill and the whole thing is revealed before you.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd even though it\u2019s a mishmash of different streets and different towns, it\u2019s incredible to look at and it\u2019s incredibly detailed\u2026 It\u2019s a beautiful, wonderful thing to behold and you really do believe it when you see it on screen.\u201d<\/p>\n In season 5, two more key locations are introduced \u2013 Uhtred\u2019s lawless border town Rumcofa and the Dane-controlled Northumbrian capital of Eoferwic \u2013 the latter of which has a particularly distinctive look.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s a very interesting blend of Roman, Saxon and Danish architecture, sort of piled on top of one another,\u201d said producer Mat Chaplin. \u201cIt\u2019s a fantastic set that our production designer, Dominic [Hyman], and his team have built. It\u2019s just a thrill to shoot in.\u201d<\/p>\n In season 4, Uhtred attempted to recapture the fortress at Bebbanburg, the land which is rightfully his but was stolen decades earlier by his treacherous uncle.<\/p>\n This posed a problem for the team behind The Last Kingdom<\/a>, as they no longer had access to the Bebbanburg set that had been used in the first two seasons. They began a painstaking process of recreating the fortress, an effort led by production designer Dominic Hyman.<\/p>\n He recalled: \u201cWe needed to pick up on the look and feel of what was established in season one, but grow it and build it out in many different ways. It was also a case of growing it and fading it and making it feel like it had had that 20 to 25 years of weather and experience and neglect and sadness within it.<\/p>\n \u201cWe had to build a courtyard set which is the interior of the fortress but we also had to build a sea cave, which is like the ocean-facing entrance to the fortress from the sea. So, that was built at a water tank and that was a very challenging build.\u201d<\/p>\n Of course, the cast has regularly been required to venture into the Hungarian countryside over the years, which has often meant braving some harsh weather conditions.<\/p>\n For actor Emily Cox, that wasn\u2019t an issue: \u201cIn Brida\u2019s storyline, she always seems to be in nature and in woods and I just love that. I find it a really interesting experience to spend so much time in winter just outside in nature. That\u2019s just, for me, the best.\u201d<\/p>\n The Last Kingdom star Alexander Dreymon named the hills of Dobog\u00f3k\u0151 as one of his favourite shooting locations, with the\u00a0 popular tourist destination believed by some faiths to be the \u201cheart chakra\u201d of the world.<\/p>\n He told RadioTimes.com<\/strong>: \u201cIt is just the most gorgeous place in the forest, with these huge boulders. The tree that Uhtred and his gang sleep under [in season four]\u2026 it really looks like that, it\u2019s overwhelmingly gorgeous.\u201d<\/p>\n Martyn John served as locations manager for the first two seasons of The Last Kingdom and talked more about the tactical advantage of filming in Hungary.<\/p>\n \u201cYou go 45 minutes outside of Budapest and you\u2019re in the middle of nowhere,\u201d he said. \u201cYou can\u2019t do that anywhere in the UK. To get landscape of that scale and variety you have to travel to Scotland or to North Wales, whereas in Budapest it\u2019s all there for you \u2013 apart from a coast.\u201d<\/p>\n The coastal scenes are the only ones shot in the UK. In series one, they were filmed in North Wales but the show decamped to County Durham.<\/p>\n John added: \u201cWhen Uhtred is sold into slavery, we built a traders camp at Nose\u2019s Point, near Seaham. They get a lot of film crews up there. They shot one of the Alien movies there because it\u2019s got the most amazing cliff and the iron extract in the water makes it look orange.\u201d<\/p>\n The Last Kingdom seasons 1-5 are available to stream on Netflix. C<\/strong>heck out more of our Drama<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> to find out what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0to get each issue delivered to your door. 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