Salzburg Old Town
Historic town & street
Baroque old town of church domes, squares and narrow lanes beneath the Hohensalzburg fortress on the Salzach river.
Seen in: The Sound of Music
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Schönbrunn Palace
Palace & landmark
Baroque imperial summer palace with more than 1,400 rooms, formal gardens, the Gloriette hilltop folly and a historic zoo.
Seen in: Sissi (1955)
Sölden
Mountains & wilderness
High Alpine ski resort village in the Ötztal valley with glacier roads climbing to 2,800 metres and a summit restaurant at 3,048 metres.
Seen in: Spectre
Bruges Historic Centre
Historic town & street
Intact medieval city centre of canals, cobbled streets, stepped-gable brick houses and the towering thirteenth-century Belfry.
Seen in: In Bruges, The White Queen
Gravensteen
Castle & estate
Moated twelfth-century stone castle with towers, battlements and a gatehouse standing in the middle of Ghent.
Seen in: The White Queen
Studio & backlot
Lites Studios
Studio & backlot
Modern studio complex near Brussels with five stages, including Europe's largest heated indoor water tank for underwater filming.
Seen in: The Swarm, Comandante
Dubrovnik Old Town
Historic town & street
Walled seaside old town with intact medieval ramparts, baroque stone streets and fortresses rising straight from the Adriatic.
Seen in: Game of Thrones (King's Landing, from season 2), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), Robin Hood (2018)
Studio & backlot
Jadran Film
Studio & backlot
Film studio founded in 1946 with stages and backlot grounds in Zagreb's Dubrava district, host to well over a hundred international co-productions.
Seen in: Winnetou series (1962-1968), The Tin Drum (1979), Sophie's Choice (1982)
Plitvice Lakes National Park
Forest & lake
Chain of sixteen terraced turquoise lakes linked by waterfalls in a forested karst canyon.
Seen in: Treasure of the Silver Lake (1962), Karl May Winnetou westerns (1962-1968)
Archbishop's Palace, Kroměříž
Palace & landmark
UNESCO-listed baroque archbishop's palace with opulent state rooms and formal gardens that have stood in for imperial Vienna.
Seen in: Amadeus (1984)
Barrandov Studios
Studio & backlot
Prague studio complex dating from the early 1930s with large sound stages, extensive costume and prop stocks and backlot space.
Seen in: Amadeus (1984), Mission: Impossible (1996), Casino Royale (2006)
Český Krumlov
Historic town & street
Renaissance and baroque town wrapped in a tight bend of the Vltava river beneath a painted castle tower.
Seen in: The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996), Hostel (2005), The Illusionist (2006)
Christiansborg Palace
Palace & landmark
Government palace on the Slotsholmen islet housing the Danish Parliament, Prime Minister's Office and Supreme Court, with a riding ground complex and palace square.
Seen in: Borgen (2010-2022)
Kronborg Castle
Castle & estate
Renaissance fortress at the narrowest point of the Øresund strait, with ramparts, a large courtyard and vaulted casemates, known as the Elsinore of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Seen in: Hamlet at Elsinore (1964)
Nordisk Film Studios
Studio & backlot
Working studio lot in Valby founded in 1906, the world's oldest continuously active film studio, with shooting stages, post-production facilities and a 360-degree LED stage.
Seen in: Matador (1978-1982), Olsen-banden
Ivalo
Village & countryside
Village on the Ivalo River about 250 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, surrounded by boreal forest and fells, with deep snow and polar night for much of the year.
Seen in: Arctic Circle (2018-)
Mediapolis
Studio & backlot
Media campus at broadcaster Yle's Tohloppi site in Tampere, with fully equipped television studios and a 1,500 square metre factory hall stage available for hire.
Seen in: Uusi päivä (2010-2018)
Senate Square
Historic town & street
Neoclassical square by Carl Ludvig Engel framed by Helsinki Cathedral, the Government Palace and the university, long used as a stand-in for imperial St Petersburg and Soviet-era Moscow.
Seen in: Reds (1981), Gorky Park (1983)
Cité du Cinéma (Studios de Paris)
Studio & backlot
Studio campus in a converted riverside power station with sound stages, workshops and offices around a monumental glass-roofed nave.
Seen in: Lucy, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Palace of Versailles
Palace & landmark
Baroque royal palace with the Hall of Mirrors, state apartments, vast formal gardens and two smaller palaces in the park.
Seen in: Marie Antoinette (2006), Versailles (TV series)
Étretat Cliffs
Coast & beach
White chalk cliffs with natural arches and a freestanding needle rising above a pebble beach on the Alabaster Coast.
Seen in: Lupin
Görlitz Old Town
Historic town & street
War-spared old town of around 4,000 listed buildings ranging from Gothic and Renaissance to Baroque and Wilhelminian styles.
Seen in: The Grand Budapest Hotel, Inglourious Basterds, The Reader
Neuschwanstein Castle
Castle & estate
Nineteenth-century Romanesque revival castle rising from a wooded Alpine crag above the village of Hohenschwangau.
Seen in: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Great Escape, Ludwig (1973)
Studio Babelsberg
Studio & backlot
The world's oldest large-scale film studio, in operation since 1912, with sound stages, workshops and permanent backlot sets.
Seen in: Metropolis, Inglourious Basterds, Bridge of Spies
Meteora
Church & monastery
Byzantine monasteries perched on sheer sandstone rock pillars rising above the Thessalian plain.
Seen in: For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Studio & backlot
Nu Boyana Hellenic Film Studios
Studio & backlot
Purpose-built studio complex near Thessaloniki airport with eight sound stages totalling about 15,000 square metres and a 25,000 square metre backlot.
Seen in: Expend4bles (2023)
Skopelos
Coast & beach
Pine-fringed Aegean island with pebble coves, a whitewashed harbour town and the clifftop chapel of Agios Ioannis.
Seen in: Mamma Mia! (2008)
Hungarian State Opera House
Palace & landmark
Miklós Ybl's neo-Renaissance opera house of 1884 on Andrássy Avenue, with a gilded horseshoe auditorium, marble staircases and an arcaded stone facade.
Seen in: Red Sparrow (2018), The Alienist (2018), Houdini (2014)
Studio & backlot
Origo Studios
Studio & backlot
Purpose-built studio complex in Budapest with eleven stages, including nine soundstages and around 19,000 square metres of filming space, plus backlot areas and underwater filming facilities.
Seen in: Dune: Part One (2021), Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Vajdahunyad Castle
Castle & estate
Eclectic replica castle of 1896 on a lake island in Budapest's City Park, combining Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque wings within a few hundred metres.
Seen in: The Witcher (2019), Dracula (2013), Gemini Man (2019)
Studio & backlot
RVK Studios
Studio & backlot
Around 8,000 square metres of stages in a converted fertiliser plant at Gufunes, with three large studios a short drive from downtown Reykjavík.
Seen in: Katla (2021), Trapped, Against the Ice (2022)
Reynisfjara
Coast & beach
Black volcanic sand beach near Vík with hexagonal basalt columns, the Reynisdrangar sea stacks offshore and powerful Atlantic surf.
Seen in: Noah (2014), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Svínafellsjökull
Mountains & wilderness
Heavily crevassed outlet glacier of Vatnajökull ending in a small lagoon, reachable in minutes from the Ring Road inside Vatnajökull National Park.
Seen in: Interstellar (2014), Batman Begins (2005)
Studio & backlot
Ardmore Studios
Studio & backlot
Ireland's longest-established film studios, offering sound stages, workshops and production offices on an 18-acre site in Bray.
Seen in: Braveheart, Excalibur, Penny Dreadful
Kilmainham Gaol
Palace & landmark
Preserved nineteenth-century prison with a galleried Victorian east wing, stone corridors and bare exercise yards, now a museum.
Seen in: The Italian Job (1969), In the Name of the Father, Paddington 2
Skellig Michael
Coast & beach
Steep rocky island in the Atlantic off the Kerry coast, topped by a sixth-century monastic settlement of stone beehive huts.
Seen in: Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Cinecittà
Studio & backlot
Historic Rome studio complex founded in 1937, with sound stages including the vast Teatro 5 and permanent backlot sets such as ancient Rome.
Seen in: Ben-Hur (1959), La Dolce Vita (1960), Rome (2005-2007, HBO/BBC)
Sassi di Matera
Historic town & street
Ancient cave-dwelling districts carved into a limestone ravine, frequently standing in for biblical-era Jerusalem.
Seen in: The Passion of the Christ (2004), Wonder Woman (2017), No Time to Die (2021)
Villa del Balbianello
Castle & estate
Eighteenth-century villa on a wooded promontory of Lake Como with terraced gardens and open lake panoramas, now a FAI heritage property.
Seen in: Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones (2002), Casino Royale (2006)
Fort Ricasoli
Castle & estate
Vast 17th-century bastioned fort at the mouth of the Grand Harbour whose open parade grounds host large-scale open-air set builds.
Seen in: Gladiator (2000), Troy (2004), Assassin's Creed (2016)
Malta Film Studios
Studio & backlot
State-run studio facility whose two vast exterior water tanks sit on the shoreline so their surfaces blend into the natural sea horizon, complemented by an indoor insert tank.
Seen in: Raise the Titanic (1980), U-571 (2000), Captain Phillips (2013)
Mdina
Historic town & street
Walled medieval hilltop city of narrow honey-coloured limestone streets, baroque palaces and a monumental main gate.
Seen in: Game of Thrones (season 1, King's Landing)
Amsterdam Canal Ring
Historic town & street
Seventeenth-century ring of tree-lined canals with gabled townhouses, humpback bridges and houseboats.
Seen in: The Fault in Our Stars, Ocean's Twelve
Erasmusbrug
Modern architecture
Asymmetric cable-stayed bridge with a 139-metre bent steel pylon spanning the Nieuwe Maas against the Rotterdam skyline.
Seen in: Who Am I? (1998)
Media Park Hilversum
Studio & backlot
Television production campus in Hilversum with large audience studios such as Studio 21 and 22 and most national broadcasters on site.
Seen in: The Voice of Holland, The Voice Kids
Atlantic Ocean Road
Transport & infrastructure
Eight-kilometre stretch of County Road 64 hopping between skerries on a chain of bridges, including the curved Storseisundet Bridge, exposed to open sea on both sides.
Seen in: No Time to Die (2021)
Studio & backlot
Dagslys Studios
Studio & backlot
Five purpose-built stages from 81 to 500 square metres in Nydalen, Oslo, with lighting and grip rental, workshops, props storage and costume and makeup rooms in the same building.
Seen in: Amundsen (2019)
Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock)
Mountains & wilderness
Flat granite cliff ledge about 600 metres above Lysefjord, reached only by a four-kilometre mountain hiking trail.
Seen in: Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
ATM Studio
Studio & backlot
Film and television production centre of around 14,000 square metres in Warsaw's Wawer district, with multiple soundstages, TV studios, production offices and post-production facilities.
Seen in: The Voice of Poland, Dancing with the Stars: Taniec z gwiazdami
Kazimierz, Kraków
Historic town & street
Kraków's former Jewish quarter, where synagogues, cobbled lanes and tenement courtyards still follow the pre-war street layout.
Seen in: Schindler's List (1993)
Ogrodzieniec Castle
Castle & estate
Ruined 14th-century castle on the highest hill of the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, its broken towers rising among limestone outcrops on the Trail of the Eagles' Nests.
Seen in: The Witcher (2019)
Alfama
Historic town & street
Lisbon's oldest quarter, a hillside maze of steep cobbled lanes, tiled facades and tram lines above the Tagus.
Seen in: Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
Convento de Cristo
Church & monastery
Templar castle and convent complex crowned by the round Charola oratory, with Manueline cloisters and hilltop ramparts above Tomar.
Seen in: The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)
Praia do Guincho
Coast & beach
Wide Atlantic surf beach backed by dunes and the Sintra hills, known for strong wind and heavy waves.
Seen in: On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
Ciudad de la Luz
Studio & backlot
Purpose-built studio complex beside the Mediterranean on the edge of Alicante, with large sound stages, exterior water tanks and production support buildings, reopened to shoots in 2022.
Seen in: Asterix at the Olympic Games (2008), The Impossible (2012)
Real Alcázar of Seville
Palace & landmark
Mudéjar royal palace complex in central Seville with tiled courtyards, arched ceremonial halls and lush formal gardens.
Seen in: Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), Game of Thrones (season 5, Dorne)
Tabernas Desert
Mountains & wilderness
Europe's only true desert, with eroded badlands, dry riverbeds and surviving western town sets from the spaghetti-western era.
Seen in: Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Film i Väst
Studio & backlot
Regional film fund and studio base in Trollhättan, nicknamed Trollywood, whose stages and industrial halls have held full-scale purpose-built sets.
Seen in: Dogville (2003), Melancholia (2011)
Fårö
Coast & beach
Small Baltic island north of Gotland with limestone rauk stacks, shingle shores and windswept heathland, where Ingmar Bergman lived and filmed for decades.
Seen in: Persona (1966), Through a Glass Darkly (1961), Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
Ystad
Historic town & street
Medieval coastal town with half-timbered houses, cobbled streets and a sandy Baltic shoreline, home to the Ystad Studios film facility.
Seen in: Wallander (Swedish TV series, 2005-2013), Wallander (BBC, 2008-2016)
Freshwater West
Coast & beach
Wide Atlantic surf beach backed by dunes and low cliffs on the open Pembrokeshire coast.
Seen in: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Robin Hood (2010), Their Finest
Glenfinnan Viaduct
Transport & infrastructure
Curved 21-arch concrete railway viaduct of 1901 carrying the West Highland Line above the head of Loch Shiel.
Seen in: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Pinewood Studios
Studio & backlot
Major studio complex west of London whose facilities include large sound stages, the vast 007 Stage, backlots and an underwater filming tank.
Seen in: No Time to Die, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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