How to watch Viaplay outside the UK

Viaplay is finally on UK shores. The Scandi streaming service that has been making waves across much of Europe and the US has launched in the UK and bringing Scandi drama, sports, and much more to UK screens for the first time.

While there is a danger of people getting streaming fatigue with all the services available right now, Viaplay offers something genuinely unique and different.

Once you have signed up, you will be hooked, but if you ever have to travel overseas, you will be annoyed to find you cannot access your Viaplay account in many countries.

Fortunately, there is a simple way to watch Viaplay outside the UK so you can access your account and enjoy all your favourite shows and sports. And in this guide, we will tell you everything you need to know.

How do I watch Viaplay where I am?

If you want to watch Viaplay outside the UK, you will need the help of an app called a ‘VPN‘.

This is the helpful tool that will let you keep streaming if you’re off on holiday, travelling for business or many other reasons.

A VPN is best known as being an online security and privacy tool. But it offers way more than that. Because of the way a VPN works, by redirecting all your internet data through an external server to hide its origin, they are perfect for unblocking streaming services like Viaplay too.

All you have to do is connect a VPN that works with Viaplay to a UK-based server. Once you do that, it will think you are connecting from the UK and let you watch, even if you are really logging on from China, the Galapagos Islands, or Timbuktu.

Where to get a VPN?

There are masses of VPN providers out there, but for a VPN to be good at unblocking streaming services, it needs a number of specific features that not all providers can offer.

Primarily, Viaplay subscribers should look for a VPN that offers the fastest possible speeds, apps for all the devices you like to stream on, and plenty of UK-based servers.

ExpressVPN is the best option on the market for Viaplay subscribers right now.

It ticks all of these boxes, including offering some of the fastest speeds around, and there is even a 30-day money-back guarantee too, which gives you loads of time to try before you buy.

If you like to shop around, NordVPN and CyberGhost VPN are two other contenders. They have all the same key features and also offer a 30-day money-back guarantee.

But if you want to get the most out of your Viaplay subscription overseas, ExpressVPN is the VPN you should go for. However, the choice is entirely yours.

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How to watch Viaplay UK in any country

As soon as you have made your decision, it is easy to set any VPN up to watch Viaplay UK overseas.

To help you, we have compiled a simple step-by-step guide which uses ExpressVPN as an example. All other VPNs will follow a broadly similar process.

Step 1

Head over to the ExpressVPN website and sign up.

I highly recommend their 12-month deal is the best option because it will save you 49% and get you an extra three months for free as well.

Step 2

Download the ExpressVPN app. Always ensure you do this from either your device’s official app store or the ExpressVPN website for security reasons.

Step 3

Open the ExpressVPN app and log in to your account using your new log in details you created in step 1.

Step 4

Tap the Selected Location button and then choose a connection in the United Kingdom. Lastly, smash the Connect button and just wait for a few seconds for the VPN app to do its work and get you connected.

Stream your favourites anywhere with ExpressVPN.

Step 5

Now log into your Viaplay account as usual and start enjoying everything this new streaming service has to offer.

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What is Viaplay?

Viaplay is a streaming service based in Stockholm which launched in the UK in November 2022.

While it may be new here, it has been running in the Scandinavian countries of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland since 2007. Over the past few years, it has expanded to offer streaming in the Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, as well as several other European countries.

You can now watch in Poland and the Netherlands as well as the United States, and now the UK too.

There are further expansion plans afoot too, with launches slated in 2023 in Canada, Austria, Switzerland, and Germany.

What channels does Viaplay have?

Viaplay’s arrival in the UK comes after they bought out Premier Sports. As a result, there are two packages currently available on Viaplay.

The lowest price is for the Viaplay Film and Series package. This offers a range of Nordic Noir TV series and films as well as documentaries. These cover a wide range of subjects, usually with a Scandinavian flavour, and also include original Viaplay content.

The Viaplay Film and Series package costs just £3.99 a month, and there is a 7-day free trial available on this package.

Alternatively, you can sign up for the Viaplay Total package. This comes with all the Film and Series content plus Viaplay’s extensive sports output too.

This includes exclusive UK coverage of Spanish La Liga football, the Euro 2024 qualifiers, Scottish Cup football, and the URL.

This package costs £14.99 per month, or if you sign up for a year, you can get this down to just £11.99 a month.

Viaplay can be found on Sky, Virgin Media, Amazon Prime Video, and Netgem TV, as well as their own app and website.

What can I watch?

The main sports content that will be available on Viaplay is the same as Premier Sports showed before and includes Spanish La Liga football, the Euro 2024 qualifiers, Scottish Cup football, and the URL.

They will also have coverage of the Coppa Italia football; BKT United Rugby Championship, Rugby Football League, the NHL and other Ice Hockey tournaments, CEV volleyball, KSW mixed martial arts, EHF handball, ISU figure skating and speed skating, and the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold and Indoor Tour.

Premier Sports also included the Boxnation Boxing channel, but the future of this output is unclear at the time of writing.

According to Viaplay CEO Anders Jensen, “We couldn’t compete with Netflix on their half of their pitch. So, sports is the bridge, the thing that makes us stand out in a unique way. For us, it’s a mix [between drama and sport]. It’s the one way that a regional player can compete against the globals. We’re not there to replace them.”

On the Film and Series package, you will be able to watch all the Viaplay Originals series, which include Cell 8 with Freddie Wise, Fenris, Honour, the Canneseries winner Partisan and Those Who Kill.

Dramas including Harmonica, Love Me and Pernille will also be available, as will a wide range of young adult content, including A Class Apart, Delete Me, Threesome and Thunder in My Heart.

There are plenty of fascinating documentaries too, including Natascha Kampusch – A Lifetime in Prison, Operation Cannabis, Superswede and The Prize of Silence.

Viaplay also offers plenty of great third-party content, again with a Scandi theme, including As in Heaven, Borg vs. McEnroe, I Am Zlatan, Margrete: Queen of the North, the Oscar-nominated A Royal Affair and The Square, as well as the likes of Catch and Release, Exit, Gåsmamman, Thin Blue Line, and Wallander.

Summary

Viaplay has a compelling offering, and if you are a fan of any of the sports they have rights to or of Nordic Noir, then you won’t want to miss this service which will be right up your street.

If you subscribe in the UK, you will be annoyed to find Viaplay unavailable outside the country, but you can easily get around this with a VPN.

ExpressVPN is the one to go for. Simply sign up, download the app, log in, connect to a UK server, and you can enjoy all of Viaplay’s content from anywhere.