<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> ← Previous Season 6 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> List of Game of Thrones episodes </Td> </Tr> <P> The seventh season of the fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones premiered on HBO on July 16, 2017, and concluded on August 27, 2017 . Unlike previous seasons that consisted of ten episodes each, the seventh season consisted of only seven . Like the previous season, it largely consisted of original content not found in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, while also adapting material Martin revealed to showrunners about the upcoming novels in the series . The series was adapted for television by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss . </P> <P> HBO ordered the seventh season on April 21, 2016, three days before the premiere of the show's sixth season, and began filming on August 31, 2016 . The season was filmed primarily in Northern Ireland, Spain, Croatia and Iceland . </P>

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