Film and TV locations in the Czech Republic
99 places to shoot in the Czech Republic: 22 industrial and derelict locations, 13 theatres, arenas and venues, 11 offices, schools and public buildings and 53 more. 28 have a photo and 38 carry practical details the location publishes itself. Search and put three side by side in the locations search.
What the Czech Republic pays back
The Czech Republic runs the Czech production incentive (Audiovisual Fund), worth 25% (35% animation and VFX) as a cash rebate. Work out the net value on your own spend in the incentive comparison, and find a studio, service company or post house in the 11 companies we list in the Czech Republic.
Regions
- Pardubice Region 22
- South Moravian Region 16
- Prague 15
- Zlin Region 8
- Usti nad Labem Region 6
- Moravian-Silesian Region 6
- Pilsen Region 5
- Olomouc Region 4
- Karlovy Vary Region 3
- Central Bohemian Region 3
- Liberec Region 3
And single locations in 7 more regions, all of them in the list below.
Industrial and derelict locations in the Czech Republic 22
Factories, warehouses, power stations, mines, depots and abandoned buildings: raw space, hard surfaces and the kind of decay that is impossible to build. All 22 on their own page.
Dolní Vítkovice
Industrial & derelict
Former ironworks and coking plant just south of Ostrava's centre, with blast furnaces, a gasometer and a coal tower preserved as an industrial heritage site with exhibition and event space.
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Landek Park
Industrial & derelict
Former hard coal mine at Petrkovice on the edge of Ostrava, now an open-air mining museum with pit head towers, wagons and underground galleries open to visitors.
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Michal Mine
Industrial & derelict
Complete early 20th century coal mine surface plant in Ostrava-Michálkovice, with preserved machine hall, boiler house and pithead baths run as a branch of the National Technical Museum.
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Zbrojovka, Brno
Industrial & derelict
The former Czechoslovak state arms works in Brno's Husovice district, founded in 1918, which also repaired cars and rail equipment and made weapons before its 1945 machinery seeded the Zetor tractor brand.
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Automatic Mills, Pardubice
Industrial & derelict
A 1909 Gocar-designed automatic flour mill on the Chrudimka river in central Pardubice, in continuous operation until 2013 and now being redeveloped as a cultural quarter with a gallery and public square.
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Brněnec Textile Factory
Industrial & derelict
19th century textile mill complex on the Svitava river in the village of Brněnec, with brick production halls, a chimney and former worker housing.
Budweiser Budvar Brewery
Industrial & derelict
Working state brewery on the northern edge of Ceske Budejovice, with early 20th century brick brewhouses, cellars, bottling lines and a visitor centre offering plant tours.
Coal and Water Storage Tower Vratislavice
Industrial & derelict
Early 20th century coaling station and water tower on the edge of Liberec, with a 75 metre boiler chimney and a steam power house linked by a two arch bridge, largely unaltered.
Boiler room with a 75 metre chimney and a steam power plant connected to a tower bridge with two arches (Czech Film Commission listing).
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Dalesice Brewery
Industrial & derelict
Small joint stock brewery in the village of Dalesice with 19th century brewhouse machinery, a malting floor, an on site hotel and restaurant, and a brewery museum.
Seen in: Postriziny (Cutting It Short)
Dlouhe Strane Power Plant
Industrial & derelict
Pumped storage hydroelectric plant in the Jeseniky mountains with an upper reservoir on a bare ridge and a turbine hall built deep inside the mountain, open for guided tours.
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Hlubina Coal Mine, Ostrava
Industrial & derelict
A former coal mine in Ostrava's Lower Vítkovice industrial complex, reconstructed since 2015 into a cultural centre with studios, rehearsal rooms and multipurpose halls inside its 19th and 20th century mining buildings.
Seen in: Ghost Recon: Alpha
Screening rooms for 22 and 60 people, 368 m2 of open office space, music rehearsal rooms and a recording studio in the Cineport building
Horní Bradlo Glassworks
Industrial & derelict
A partially abandoned 1866 glassworks in Horní Bradlo covering about 6,000 square metres, combining the original building with a 1960s extension and boiler house, with a Christmas-decoration shop still trading on site.
400 volt electricity supply on site
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Lachema, Brno
Industrial & derelict
Empty production halls and corridors of a former Czechoslovak chemical works in Brno that made laboratory reagents, dyes and biochemicals from 1953 until its 2010 closure, now home to a stunt team.
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Mladotický mlýn, Mladotice
Industrial & derelict
A former mill estate of over 1,000 square metres near Ronov nad Doubravou, with three reconstructed buildings and one original late 19th-century mill, a natural lake, a theatre, an outdoor amphitheatre, an old forge and stables.
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Teplarny Brno (Spitalka heating plant)
Industrial & derelict
A working district heating and power plant on Spitalka street in Brno, opened in 1930 on piled marsh foundations, with an old boiler house still holding historic Kolben-Danek machinery.
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The Factory, Lichkov
Industrial & derelict
A disused timber factory in Lichkov near the Polish border, running from 1871 until a 1973 fire and 1990s privatisation closed it, its chimney with a stork's nest above an empty 22,400 square metre brownfield.
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The Papirna Multifunctional Center
Industrial & derelict
Renovated paper mill building of about 4,000 square metres by the Radbuza river near central Plzen, holding a large industrial hall, an art studio, cafe and exhibition rooms.
Renovated 4,000 m2 industrial space including an art studio, a cafe, exhibition spaces, a large industrial hall, rehearsal rooms, dance halls and an...
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Underground Water Reservoir Brno
Industrial & derelict
Disused 19th century brick water reservoir cut into a hillside near Brno's exhibition grounds, with vaulted underground chambers now hired out for exhibitions and events.
Vaulted underground spaces; declared a cultural monument in 2019 (Czech Film Commission).
Vodojemy na Zlutem kopci, Brno
Industrial & derelict
Two disused brick water reservoirs from 1872 on Zluty kopec hill in Brno, joined later by two concrete tanks, decommissioned in 1997 and now toured as cavernous underground chambers.
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Vonwiller Factory, Zamberk
Industrial & derelict
A former 1838 textile mill on the edge of Zamberk, now a museum of antique machinery and vehicles, with a working line-shaft machine shop, forge, narrow-gauge railway and a stock of vintage cars.
Functional line-shaft machine shop with over 30 machines, forge, narrow-gauge railway, vintage car and motorcycle collection, restoration workshop
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Wesselský Water Mill, Loučky
Industrial & derelict
A working watermill on the Oder river in Loučky, with a functioning 3.6 metre mill wheel, eight farm buildings and period interiors that can be adapted to different historical eras.
Accommodation for up to 12 guests on site, parking for up to 10 cars and a bus, lockable storage space
Zlín Factory Complex
Industrial & derelict
Grid of red brick functionalist factory halls built by the Baťa shoe company in Zlín from the 1920s, now reused as a university, offices and cultural venues.
Theatres, arenas and venues in the Czech Republic 13
Auditoriums, concert halls, opera houses, cinemas, arenas and event spaces, with the backstage, foyers and dressing rooms that come with them. All 13 on their own page.
Brno Exhibition Centre
Theatre, arena & venue
Large trade fair and exhibition ground south-west of Brno's centre, with functionalist 1920s pavilions and modern halls used for conventions, concerts and filming.
14 exhibition halls (19 conference halls). Conference hall E1abc: theatre capacity 1,008, congress capacity 936. Conference hall Rotunda: theatre...
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Gong
Theatre, arena & venue
Former gasometer at the Lower Vítkovice ironworks in Ostrava converted into a circular concert and exhibition hall inside its riveted steel shell.
Lucerna Palace
Theatre, arena & venue
1921 Art Nouveau passage complex in central Prague, with a domed concert hall, one of the city's oldest cinemas and a chain of shopping arcades under glass roofs.
Main cinema: 453 seats, 4K digital projection with 3D and Dolby Surround 7.1. Small cinema hall: 51 seats, 2K digital projection with 3D and Dolby...
Mahen Theatre
Theatre, arena & venue
1882 neo-baroque theatre in Brno, the first public building in Europe lit entirely by Edison electric light, still in use as part of the National Theatre Brno.
Seen in: First electrically lit theatre building in Europe (1882)
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64 U Hradeb, Prague
Theatre, arena & venue
A derelict 1964 cinema behind a courtyard off Mostecka street in Prague's Mala Strana, flood-damaged in 2002 and left as raw concrete and brick around a 600-seat hall with a balcony.
Around 3,000 square metres of interior including main hall, corridors and a paved courtyard atrium
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Chomutov Municipal Baths
Theatre, arena & venue
A 1980s indoor swimming complex in Chomutov with a 50 metre pool, a two-storey entrance hall, an underground plant room and wide terraces, empty and awaiting redevelopment.
Connected to mains electricity, several thousand square metres of interior
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DEPO2015
Theatre, arena & venue
Former bus depot in Plzeň converted into a creative and cultural centre, with workshop halls, a gallery and event space that keep the building's industrial steel roof trusses.
Industrial complex with a cafe, market hall and event spaces; wheelchair accessible throughout except some office areas (own site).
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Jihoceske Divadlo (South Bohemian Theatre)
Theatre, arena & venue
Repertory theatre in central Ceske Budejovice with an early 20th century auditorium, stage house and backstage workshops still used for daily opera, drama and ballet productions.
Karel Pippich Theatre, Chrudim
Theatre, arena & venue
A restored 1931-1934 constructivist theatre in Chrudim, with a 302-seat main auditorium, a stage, an auxiliary stage, an orchestra pit, a foyer and a cafe spread over one basement and three upper floors.
Capacity: 302
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Klubcentrum Culture House, Usti nad Orlici
Theatre, arena & venue
A 1980s culture house in Usti nad Orlici with a 600-seat multi-purpose hall, stage, bar and dressing rooms, its own lighting and sound equipment, next to a hotel and restaurant.
Capacity: 600 · Stage, bar, dressing rooms, lounges, in-house lighting and sound equipment
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Pardubice Racecourse
Theatre, arena & venue
A horse racing track on the edge of Pardubice with a 2,200 metre circuit, host to a racing season that runs from May to October.
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Sokol Hradec Králové Sports Complex
Theatre, arena & venue
Functionalist gymnasium and sports hall complex built for the Sokol movement in Hradec Králové, with large open exercise halls and period fittings.
Zabrdovice Municipal Baths, Brno
Theatre, arena & venue
A 1932 Bohuslav Fuchs bathing complex in Brno's Zabrdovice district built around two courtyards, its outdoor pool still operating as a public lido while the closed indoor winter baths await reuse.
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Offices, schools and public buildings in the Czech Republic 11
Offices, town halls, courtrooms, libraries, universities and schools: the interiors most contemporary drama actually needs. All 11 on their own page.
Klementinum
Office, school & public building
Former Jesuit college in Prague's Old Town now housing the National Library, with a baroque astronomical tower, mirrored chapel and historic library halls available for events and filming.
Masaryk University
Office, school & public building
Brno's largest university, spanning a historic main building near the city centre and modern faculty campuses, with lecture halls and campus architecture listed by the film commission.
Municipal House
Office, school & public building
Art Nouveau civic building on Republic Square in Prague completed in 1912, with the Smetana concert hall, ceremonial reception rooms, a café and restaurant behind an ornate mosaic facade.
Ten halls and rooms including the Smetana Hall, Mayor's Hall, Gregr Hall, Sladkovsky Hall, Palacky Hall and Rieger Hall, plus several parlours and a...
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Techmania Science Center
Office, school & public building
Interactive science museum in a former Skoda Works foundry hall in the Bory district of Plzen, combining a large industrial shed with modern exhibition halls and a planetarium.
Tomas Bata University in Zlín
Office, school & public building
University built inside the former Baťa shoe factory's functionalist halls in Zlín, glass-and-steel-frame factory buildings from the 1930s adapted into lecture rooms and laboratories.
ČSOB Pojišťovna Office, Pardubice
Office, school & public building
A 1990s post-revolutionary office building on Pardubice's main square, housing most of the ČSOB insurance company, with filming possible by appointment.
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Mendel Greenhouse, Brno
Office, school & public building
A modern glasshouse rebuilt on the footprint of Gregor Mendel's original greenhouse at the Augustinian Abbey in Brno, combining a permanent exhibition, event space and working plant beds.
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Olomouc Town Hall
Office, school & public building
Gothic and Renaissance town hall on Olomouc's main square, with a tower, an open loggia and an astronomical clock rebuilt in a socialist-realist style after wartime damage.
Pardubice Town Hall
Office, school & public building
The municipal town hall of Pardubice, on náměstí Republiky in the historic centre.
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Secondary School of Textile Engineering Liberec
Office, school & public building
Working textile college on Textilni street with period spinning and weaving machinery still in place alongside plain classroom interiors and a gated parking yard.
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Spielberk Office Centrum, Brno
Office, school & public building
A Class A business park in Brno made of five low-rise office villas in Dutch brick with roof terraces, set asymmetrically around a lake with a view toward the city's cathedral.
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Hospitals, prisons and institutions in the Czech Republic 10
Working and disused hospitals, clinics, prisons, barracks and asylums: corridors, wards and cells that are close to impossible to fake convincingly. All 10 on their own page.
Terezín Small Fortress
Hospital, prison & institution
18th century star fort east of Terezín used as a political prison under Austria-Hungary and as a Gestapo prison during the German occupation, with cell blocks and courtyards preserved as a memorial.
Seen in: Fateless (2005)
Bohnice Psychiatric Hospital
Hospital, prison & institution
Pavilion-style psychiatric hospital campus opened in 1909 on a wooded hillside in north Prague, dozens of period brick buildings connected by paths and gardens, still in clinical use.
Interior and exterior filming spaces are available within the hospital grounds (own site).
Hamza Treatment Centre, Luže-Košumberk
Hospital, prison & institution
A working rehabilitation hospital founded in 1901 near Luže, with historic pavilions, functionalist buildings and newer wings set in an enclosed park with an arboretum, usable as a spa, hospital or period medical setting.
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Kaznice Brno (Brno House of Correction)
Hospital, prison & institution
A 1740s Baroque former prison and orphanage in central Brno, four linked wings around three courtyards under an intact 18th-century roof, mostly empty aside from monthly public tours.
Electricity in the chapel, workshop room and corridor to the former death cells; running water in the front building; almost 8,000 square metres of...
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Klasterni Hradisko (Military Hospital Olomouc)
Hospital, prison & institution
Former Premonstratensian monastery on the edge of Olomouc, now a working military hospital, with baroque courtyards and church interiors alongside functioning medical wards.
Ceremonial hall, library, lecture hall and convent gardens available to hire, with AV or audio-only equipment (own site).
Pardubice Hospital
Hospital, prison & institution
Regional hospital campus in Pardubice combining older pavilion wings with newer clinical buildings, listed by the national film commission as an available filming location.
Pardubice Prison
Hospital, prison & institution
A working prison in Pardubice that makes cells, a visiting room and cellars available for filming, arranged directly through the facility's own spokesperson.
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Přílepy Chateau
Hospital, prison & institution
An abandoned chateau in the village of Přílepy in the Zlín Region, converted from a 15th-century fortress by 1885 and later run as a maternity hospital until it emptied, set in a public park with rare trees.
Ústí nad Orlicí Hospital
Hospital, prison & institution
A working regional hospital in Ústí nad Orlicí with over 330 beds, including a four-storey emergency pavilion opened in 2022, part of a group of five Pardubice Region hospitals available for filming.
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Vojna Memorial
Hospital, prison & institution
An intact forced-labour camp near Pribram built in 1947-49 for uranium mining and later a political prison until 1960, preserved with its command building, bunker and unheated punishment cells.
Seen in: Zdivocela zeme, Bumerang, Piknik, Nackt unter Wolfen
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Transport and infrastructure in the Czech Republic 8
Stations, airports, ports, bridges, tunnels, metro lines and rolling stock, including disused stretches that can be closed off for a shoot. All 8 on their own page.
Cheb Railway Station
Transport & infrastructure
Historic railway station in the west Bohemian border town of Cheb, with period platforms and a station building listed by the national film commission as a filming location.
Pardubice Airport
Transport & infrastructure
A small international airport on the edge of Pardubice next to the racecourse, with a 2.5 kilometre by 75 metre runway, ground-support vehicles and hangar space, open to filming.
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Prague Metro
Transport & infrastructure
Three line underground network opened in 1974, with deep late-communist era stations finished in coloured anodised aluminium panels and marble, still in daily operation.
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Aviation Museum Kunovice
Transport & infrastructure
Aircraft collection and hangars at Kunovice airfield near Uherské Hradiště, on the site of the former Let Kunovice aircraft works, with propeller planes and gliders on display.
Nearly three dozen historic aircraft from the local aviation museum on site, in a production hall that has been in continuous operation since the...
Flaje Dam
Transport & infrastructure
Concrete arch dam in the Krusne hory mountains near the German border, holding back a reservoir in a forested valley, with the dam wall and spillway accessible on foot.
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Lovosice Port
Transport & infrastructure
River port and container terminal on the Elbe at Lovosice in north Bohemia, with cranes, quaysides and warehouse sheds serving inland barge traffic.
Pastviny Dam
Transport & infrastructure
A 1932-1938 dam on the Divoká Orlice river at Pastviny, combining a reservoir with a working hydroelectric power plant.
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Prague Main Railway Station
Transport & infrastructure
Prague's principal railway terminus, with an Art Nouveau departure hall from 1909 by architect Josef Fanta grafted onto a modern underground concourse and platforms.
Seen in: Mission: Impossible (1996)
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Houses and apartments in the Czech Republic 8
Private houses, villas, apartments and period interiors available for filming, from workers' housing to architect-designed homes. All 8 on their own page.
Villa Tugendhat
House & apartment
UNESCO-listed 1930 modernist villa in Brno by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, with a glass-walled living hall, an onyx wall and a travertine terrace over the garden and city.
Garden and multiple floors, including exhibition rooms on the technical floor (own site).
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Kraus Apartment, Plzen
House & apartment
An Adolf Loos-designed 1930-31 apartment in Plzen with a green Cipollino marble salon under a dark mahogany ceiling, mirrored walls, an adjoining dining room and a fitted-wardrobe bedroom.
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Liebieg Villa, Liberec
House & apartment
A romantic historicist villa built in three stages between 1897 and 1911 for the Liebieg textile family in Liberec, with a mythological ceiling fresco in its Hall of Fables and a period motor garage.
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Schejbal's Villa, Choceň
House & apartment
A 1920 New Classical Revival villa in Choceň with a symmetrical facade and smooth plaster cladding, designed by architect Antonín Plíhal, its large hall, kitchen and veranda kept close to the original interior.
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Statek Uhersko Farmhouse
House & apartment
An early Baroque farmhouse near Uhersko standing for more than 400 years, with farm buildings, a yard, a dairy, an original malt house, a mill and a cow house around a working restaurant and guest accommodation.
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Thomas Bata Villa
House & apartment
Functionalist 1911 villa built for shoe manufacturer Tomáš Baťa on the edge of Zlín's factory district, later enlarged and now used as a museum of the Baťa family and its management methods.
Villa Stiassni
House & apartment
1929 functionalist villa in Brno built for textile manufacturer Alfred Stiassni and later used as a state guesthouse, with period furniture, gardens and a swimming pool.
Garden of over 3 hectares with a tennis court, swimming pool, terrace and loggia. Interior salons with wood panelling, marble fireplaces and stucco. A...
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Winternitz Villa
House & apartment
1932 house in Prague's Smíchov district designed by Adolf Loos around his raumplan of interlocking split levels, now a museum open for tours and filming by appointment.
Film studios and backlots in the Czech Republic 6
Sound stages, backlots, water tanks and virtual production volumes you can hire, with the crew base and power that go with them. Film studios and backlots across Europe.
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)
14 soundproof stages totalling 10,900 m2 at Barrandov plus four at the Hostivar site, most with rigging pulley systems; permanent exterior sets...
D1 Studios
Studio & backlot
Virtual production facility near Prague with one 29x27m stage, 11m high, and a 180-degree curved LED wall about 14m in diameter for XR and motion capture work.
Single stage 29x27m, 11m height, with prep, make-up and office rooms. LED wall P2.6 1000nits, 180-degree curved, 14.32m diameter (18x6m), movable...
Fantasy Studios
Studio & backlot
Virtual production studio in Kladno with two stages, 29.4x27.7m and 17.4x12.1m, used for content creation and motion capture, with a Prague production office.
Studio A: 29.4x27.7m. Studio B: 17.4x12.1m. Virtual production and motion capture equipment.
Prague Studios
Studio & backlot
A large Prague production complex with nine sound stages, a 25-acre backlot and a dedicated water stage, used by international streaming and studio productions.
Seen in: Foundation (Apple TV+)
Nine stages: Stage 1 2,953 m2 (31,786 sq ft), Stage 2 2,531 m2 (27,243 sq ft), Stage 3 1,269 m2 (13,659 sq ft), Stage 4 1,269 m2, Stage 5-6 water tank...
TTC Studio Jinonice
Studio & backlot
Two sound stages in Prague's Jinonice district, about 1,200m2 and 270m2, used for film, television, commercials and photography since 2007.
Studio 1: 24 x 48 m, 10 m high, usable area almost 1,200 m2, 400 V / 300 A power, acoustic wall with SONIT cladding and 42 dB sound-insulating doors,...
UPP (Universal Production Partners)
Studio & backlot
Prague visual effects house offering virtual production services and a dedicated stage at its Milin studio outside the city.
Milin Studio outside Prague: a motion capture stage of 405 sq m active floor with 108 Vicon cameras, able to hold more than 20 actors at once of whom...
Hotels and interiors in the Czech Republic 5
Hotels, spas and their lobbies, ballrooms, bars and corridors, including closed or seasonal properties that can take over a whole unit. Hotels and interiors across Europe.
Grandhotel Pupp
Hotel & interiors
Baroque and neoclassical spa hotel at the head of Karlovy Vary's colonnade, with ballrooms, a casino and period guest rooms dating back to the 18th century.
Seen in: Casino Royale (2006), Last Holiday (2006)
Festive Hall: 735 sqm, ceiling height 15 m, natural light, up to 500 people (cocktail), 424 (banquet), 400 (theatre). Johann Georg hall: 122 sqm, up...
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Hotel Jalta
Hotel & interiors
1958 socialist-modernist hotel on Wenceslas Square with a preserved Cold War-era nuclear bunker in the basement, run today as a functioning hotel with a small museum.
Hotel Thermal
Hotel & interiors
Brutalist 1970s hotel and congress complex beside the Ohře river in Karlovy Vary, with a rooftop pool and an open-air cinema terrace, the home base of the city's international film festival.
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Bilina Spa (Kyselka)
Hotel & interiors
A disused 19th-century spa in Bilina with an empty main building, two guest wings, an inhalation hall and a forest park, offered completely bare and open to interior changes for filming.
Seen in: I, Mattoni (Ja, Mattoni)
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Luhačovice Spa
Hotel & interiors
Moravian spa town built up from 1902 around mineral springs, with colonnades and hotel buildings designed by architect Dušan Jurkovič in a distinctive folk-art style.
Bars, restaurants and shops in the Czech Republic 5
Cafes, bars, restaurants, markets, shops and shopping streets, the everyday interiors a schedule eats through quickly. Bars, restaurants and shops across Europe.
Café Louvre
Bar, restaurant & shop
Grand 1902 Art Nouveau café on Národní street in Prague, with a billiard room and tall windows over the street, run continuously except for a closure during the communist period.
Cafe Bajer, Pardubice
Bar, restaurant & shop
An early 20th-century cafe in Pardubice reopened by its current owners in 1998, its rooms filled with period advertising signs, a winter garden, a small courtyard terrace and a working antique cash register.
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Holešovice Market
Bar, restaurant & shop
Late 19th century cattle market and slaughterhouse complex on the Vltava embankment in Holešovice, with brick market halls now used for food stalls, shops and events.
Hala 13: 1,500 sqm. Hala 11: 560 sqm. Hala 17: 900 sqm. Trzni namesti (market square): 2,600 sqm. Korzo: 4,000 sqm. Hala 40 (4th floor): 485 sqm. Hala...
Hranicar
Bar, restaurant & shop
Former border crossing customs house on the Elbe riverbank, converted into a community arts centre with a cinema, gallery, bar and courtyard used for events.
Capacity: 330 · Main hall seats up to 305 people (330 with extra seating), with a 10 by 8 metre stage, a lighting rig and wifi. Foyer with cafe/bar holds 45 to 150...
Lahofer Winery, Znojmo
Bar, restaurant & shop
A working vineyard winery near Znojmo with a sculpted concrete roofline, a walkable viewing roof, an open-air summer amphitheatre and modern cellars, set among vines looking toward Austria.
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Villages and countryside in the Czech Republic 3
Villages, farmland, meadows and rural roads: open country with somewhere to put a unit base. Villages and countryside across Europe.
Michaluv Statek Farmstead, Pohled
Village & countryside
A preserved farmstead in the small village of Pohled on the Sazava river in Vysocina, with a farmhouse, cattle byre, granary, barn and open dooryard illustrating rural life from the 17th to early 20th century.
Farmhouse interior about 50 square metres, byre 60 square metres, granary 50 square metres, yard 2,000 square metres, garden 4,800 square metres
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National Stud Kladruby nad Labem
Village & countryside
A working national stud farm at Kladruby nad Labem breeding the Kladruber horse, pairing the historic stud with a chateau and open pastureland for the horses.
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Tlumacov Stud Farm
Village & countryside
A working state stud farm near Zlin founded in 1925 on an 18th-century manor yard, with vaulted stables for around 115 breeding stallions of several breeds, a forge and a director's villa.
Capacity: 115 · Three stables, forge, insemination station, equine treadmill, riding hall, horse-drawn carriages available
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Modern architecture in the Czech Republic 2
Contemporary buildings with a strong shape: museums, concert halls, campuses, glass towers and brutalist concrete. Modern architecture across Europe.
Brummel's House, Plzeň
Modern architecture
A 1929 townhouse in Plzeň with an interior designed by architect Adolf Loos for the Brummel family, its five rooms and original furniture surviving wartime bombing and a 1980s demolition attempt.
Jested Tower Hotel
Modern architecture
Single cone shaped hotel and television transmitter on the summit of Jested mountain above Liberec, reached by cable car, with a circular restaurant and panoramic windows.
Historic towns and streets in the Czech Republic 2
Old towns, squares and streets that can double for a period without dressing out a modern skyline. Historic towns and streets across Europe.
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)
Štramberk
Historic town & street
A small town in the Beskyd foothills known as Moravia's Bethlehem, with half-timbered 18th and 19th century cottages, a Baroque town square and the Gothic Trúba tower, the last remnant of its 13th-century castle.
Palaces and landmarks in the Czech Republic 1
Palaces, state rooms and recognisable landmarks, the places an establishing shot is built around. Palaces and landmarks across Europe.
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)
Capacity: 150 · Sala terrena (full hall): up to 150 people (100 seated). Single hall of the Sala terrena: 70. Stucco Hall and Tiled Stove Hall: 50 (with chairs and...
Cities and skylines in the Czech Republic 1
Skylines, rooftops, viewpoints and city panoramas for establishing shots. Cities and skylines across Europe.
AZ Tower, Brno
City & skyline
The tallest building in the Czech Republic, a 111 metre, 30-storey tower in Brno completed in 2013, with a ground-floor shopping gallery, mid-rise commercial floors and apartments on the top levels.
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Mountains and wilderness in the Czech Republic 1
Mountains, moors, volcanic ground, glaciers and empty terrain, where access and weather decide the schedule. Mountains and wilderness across Europe.
Dolní Morava Sky Bridge
Mountains & wilderness
721-metre pedestrian suspension bridge strung between two ridges above the Dolní Morava mountain resort near Králický Sněžník, with a glass-floored lookout and a nearby forest canopy walkway.
Castles and estates in the Czech Republic 1
Castles, fortresses, manor houses and country estates, usually with grounds, outbuildings and period interiors in one place. Castles and estates across Europe.
Plumlov Castle
Castle & estate
A single-wing Mannerist castle built 1680-1688 above the Hloučela stream near Plumlov for the Liechtenstein family, its 1686 stuccoed hall and painted ceilings surviving from an originally planned four-wing design.