Missed the Battle of Winterfell? Learn how to watch Game of Thrones from anywhere in the world by using a VPN.
It’s tough to miss your favorite show. It’s even tougher to miss the biggest battle ever filmed.
On Sunday night, HBO premiered “The Long Night,” perhaps the most anticipated episode of Game of Thrones ever. We won’t spoil anything, but you definitely don’t want to miss it.
If you did, there’s no need to worry. Whether you’re on vacation and you’re blocked out of your HBO account or you’re permanently located outside the United States, there’s an easy way to catch up – and be ready for the next episode this coming Sunday.
In this post, we’ll let you know exactly how to watch Game of Thrones – no matter where you’re located in the world.
The Battle of Winterfell
We don’t want to spoil the show, so here’s the trailer for the episode you missed. GET HYPE.
For those who have seen the episode, here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how the battle was produced:
If you want to know what happened in the show, we really suggest just… watching the show.
Getting a Free HBO Now Trial
If you don’t have HBO on cable, our recommended option is HBO Now, which usually costs $14.99 per month. It’s the simplest and most reliable of all the methods out there – and, most importantly, you can get it for a month free. With three weeks of Game of Thrones left, that means you can create an account now, watch the show’s final episodes as they air, and then cancel before your credit card is charged.
However, HBO Now will only work if you’re in the US. That means if you’re an international Game of Thrones fan, you’ll have to use another local service, which might be more expensive due to them having to purchase costly broadcasting rights.
It also means if you’re a US resident on vacation or an expat living abroad, your previously purchased HBO account won’t work if you’re away from US soil.
How to Watch HBO Anywhere
Getting around these georestrictions is pretty simple, though. All you have to do is use a VPN like SaferVPN.
A VPN service allows you to route your connection through an encrypted “tunnel” that runs through a server in a completely different location. So no matter if you’re in Thailand, Timbuktu or Tokyo, you can still experience the Internet as though you were located in New York.
Crucially, that means streaming platforms like HBO won’t know where you’re located – they’ll think you’re in the United States, so they’ll give you US-based access to their content.
Lots of people ask us if HBO can tell that you’re using a VPN. Well, they can if you’re using a cheap one – some services assign the same IP address to all of their users, making it pretty easy for HBO to figure out what’s going on.
We’re different. Unlike those low-grade services, SaferVPN spits out unique IP addresses for each of our users connecting through a streaming server – keeping entertainment platforms like HBO Now from knowing you’re using a VPN to connect.
How a VPN Prevents Throttling
Another benefit to using a VPN: It’ll keep your ISP (Internet service provider) from “throttling” your connection. (Throttling is when your ISP intentionally chokes off your bandwidth when it detects you’re doing something data-intensive like watching HD video.)
But with a VPN, all of your data is encrypted, meaning your ISP won’t be able to see what you’re doing online – and can’t make bandwidth judgments based on that.
How to Get Started With a VPN
Game of Thrones airs for the next three Sundays at 9 PM Eastern. Here’s the trailer for Episode 4:
If you want to catch up before then or just make sure everything’s in place for you to watch next time, just follow these simple steps.
- Download Safer VPN and get started with an account. (We also offer a free trial if you want to try us out!)
- Connect to our super-fast US Streaming server.
- Set up an HBO Now trial or log into your existing account.
- Start watching Game of Thrones from anywhere in the world!
It’s as easy as that! And you might as well get started now – every minute you wait is another minute you might get spoiled on the episode.
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