Film and TV locations in Denmark
34 places to shoot in Denmark: 7 theatres, arenas and venues, 5 industrial and derelict locations, 4 offices, schools and public buildings and 18 more. 22 have a photo and 11 carry practical details the location publishes itself. Search and put three side by side in the locations search.
What Denmark pays back
Denmark runs the Danish Production Incentive Scheme, worth 25% 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 16 companies we list in Denmark.
Regions
- Capital Region 10
- Copenhagen 7
- Central Jutland 4
- Central Denmark Region 3
And single locations in 7 more regions, all of them in the list below.
Theatres, arenas and venues in Denmark 7
Auditoriums, concert halls, opera houses, cinemas, arenas and event spaces, with the backstage, foyers and dressing rooms that come with them. Theatres, arenas and venues across Europe.
Bella Center
Theatre, arena & venue
Scandinavia's second-largest exhibition and conference centre in Copenhagen's Orestad district, with a congress hall for up to 4,200 people, four auditoriums and an adjoining hotel tower.
Seen in: Olsen-banden ser rodt (The Olsen Gang Outta Sight)
Cirkusbygningen
Theatre, arena & venue
A domed circus building from 1886 in central Copenhagen near Tivoli, its ring and tiered seating now hired out for shows, dinner theatre and events.
DR Koncerthuset
Theatre, arena & venue
Concert hall in Copenhagen's Orestad district built for Danish public broadcaster DR, with a main concert hall, four recording studios and a restaurant, available for external hire.
Concert hall, four recording studios, external hire for concerts and conferences
Musikhuset Aarhus
Theatre, arena & venue
A concert and performance complex in central Aarhus with ten stages under one glass-fronted roof, hosting everything from opera and classical concerts to comedy and family theatre.
Tivoli Gardens
Theatre, arena & venue
Amusement park and pleasure garden in central Copenhagen dating from 1843, with rides, concert stages, themed architecture and landscaped gardens.
Seen in: Reptilicus (1961)
Event and meeting spaces named on the business site include Nimb, Axelborgsalen and Kilden i Haven.
Bakken (Dyrehavsbakken)
Theatre, arena & venue
An amusement park dating to 1583 inside the Jaegersborg Dyrehave deer park north of Copenhagen, with rides, variety theatres and restaurants under old beech trees.
MCH Messecenter Herning
Theatre, arena & venue
Denmark's largest exhibition and entertainment complex, spread across roughly 130 acres in Herning with halls used for trade fairs, concerts, sport and stage productions.
Industrial and derelict locations in Denmark 5
Factories, warehouses, power stations, mines, depots and abandoned buildings: raw space, hard surfaces and the kind of decay that is impossible to build. Industrial and derelict locations across Europe.
Godsbanen
Industrial & derelict
A former railway goods yard in Aarhus converted into a production house for culture and the arts, with its long brick freight sheds and tracks-side hall available to rent for events.
Nordkraft
Industrial & derelict
Former coal-fired power station on Aalborg's harbour front converted into a culture house, with theatre, music and exhibition halls inside the original turbine building.
Refshaleøen
Industrial & derelict
Former B&W shipyard peninsula in Copenhagen harbour, its industrial sheds, open dock space and workshop halls now let out for events, studios and small businesses.
Industrial halls, open quay and dock space, event venues for hire
Carlsberg Byen
Industrial & derelict
Former Carlsberg brewery grounds in Copenhagen, redeveloped into a city district that keeps historic brewery halls and towers alongside new office, retail and residential buildings.
CopenHill (Amager Bakke)
Industrial & derelict
Working waste-to-energy plant in Copenhagen with a rooftop ski slope, climbing wall and hiking trail built onto its sloped roof, plus a rooftop bar and cafe.
Rooftop bar and event space, cafe, elevator access to the roof
Offices, schools and public buildings in Denmark 4
Offices, town halls, courtrooms, libraries, universities and schools: the interiors most contemporary drama actually needs. Offices, schools and public buildings across Europe.
Copenhagen City Hall
Office, school & public building
The seat of Copenhagen's municipal government on Radhuspladsen, a National Romantic building from 1905 with a public atrium and clock tower, used for a tower scene in a 1978 comedy and for hospital-atrium scenes in a 2015 drama.
Seen in: The Olsen Gang Goes to War, The Danish Girl
Dokk1
Office, school & public building
A large glass and concrete public library and citizen service building on Aarhus harbourfront, with open multi-storey interiors and a public square outside.
H.C. Andersens Hus
Office, school & public building
A museum in Odense's old town dedicated to Hans Christian Andersen, combining a modern underground exhibition building with the historic house and courtyard where he was born.
Utzon Center
Office, school & public building
Waterfront exhibition and knowledge centre in Aalborg designed by architect Jorn Utzon as his last work, with gallery halls, a restaurant and rooms available for hire.
Room hire and booking, on-site restaurant
Film studios and backlots in Denmark 4
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.
DR Byen
Studio & backlot
The headquarters and production complex of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation on Amager, opened between 2006 and 2010, combining newsrooms, TV studios and the DR Koncerthuset concert hall.
Seen in: Borgen, The Killing (Forbrydelsen)
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
360-degree LED stage of 16 m diameter and 5.5 m height with LED walls and ceiling and an optional LED floor (ROE panels, up to 6,000 nits), run by...
Filmby Aarhus
Studio & backlot
Creative business park in Aarhus's Sydhavnen district housing over 80 film, TV, gaming and animation companies, with production premises and an event bar for hire.
Two studios: Studio 1 of 576 m2 with 10.5 m clear height, a 137-line grid, a 4.8 m high studio door, internet and an optional 4 x 10 m LED screen for...
Nordisk Film Shortcut (360 Stage)
Studio & backlot
A 360-degree LED volume in Valby, Copenhagen, 16 metres in diameter with walls and ceiling fully covered in LED panels, built for virtual production.
360-degree LED stage, 16m diameter, full LED coverage on walls and ceiling, Unreal Engine and optical camera tracking. On-site sound suites, editing...
Transport and infrastructure in Denmark 3
Stations, airports, ports, bridges, tunnels, metro lines and rolling stock, including disused stretches that can be closed off for a shoot. Transport and infrastructure across Europe.
Odense Havn
Transport & infrastructure
Commercial port on Funen with 3.9 kilometres of quay, heavy-lift cranes and large storage areas, used for offshore wind component handling and industrial tenants.
Industrial space and quay for lease, heavy-load area, crane operations up to 1,200 tonnes
Bornholm Airport
Transport & infrastructure
Regional airport near Roenne on Bornholm with scheduled flights to Copenhagen, Aalborg, Billund and Sonderborg, the island's only air link.
Oresund Bridge
Transport & infrastructure
A cable-stayed rail and motorway bridge running nearly 8 kilometres from the Swedish coast to the artificial island of Peberholm, continuing to Denmark via the Oresund Tunnel.
Seen in: The Bridge (Bron/Broen)
Hospitals, prisons and institutions in Denmark 3
Working and disused hospitals, clinics, prisons, barracks and asylums: corridors, wards and cells that are close to impossible to fake convincingly. Hospitals, prisons and institutions across Europe.
Copenhagen Police Headquarters (Politigarden)
Hospital, prison & institution
A 1924 neoclassical police headquarters in central Copenhagen built around a 45-metre circular courtyard with 44 Doric columns, still an active police building, that has repeatedly played itself on screen.
Seen in: Broen/Bron (The Bridge), Forbrydelsen (The Killing), Olsen-banden films
FAENGSLET (Horsens State Prison)
Hospital, prison & institution
Former Danish state prison in Horsens, closed in 2006 and reopened as a prison museum whose cell wings, exercise yards and workshop buildings are hired out for events and overnight stays.
Cell wings, museum halls, conference and event spaces, overnight accommodation
Vridslose Prison (Vridsloeselille Faengsel)
Hospital, prison & institution
A closed state prison in Albertslund built in 1859 and shut in 2018, its walled complex of cell blocks and a main gatehouse still standing at the edge of the town.
Seen in: The Olsen Gang (Olsen-banden) film series
Houses and apartments in Denmark 2
Private houses, villas, apartments and period interiors available for filming, from workers' housing to architect-designed homes. Houses and apartments across Europe.
Gammel Estrup
House & apartment
Renaissance manor house in Jutland, home to Denmark's national museum of manor life, with period rooms, stables, a moat and surrounding parkland used for events.
Nyboder
House & apartment
A historic grid of yellow single-storey row houses in central Copenhagen built from 1631 as Royal Danish Navy housing and still partly used as service housing, with a street used for a home-visit scene in a 2015 drama.
Seen in: The Danish Girl
Palaces and landmarks in Denmark 1
Palaces, state rooms and recognisable landmarks, the places an establishing shot is built around. Palaces and landmarks across Europe.
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)
Hotels and interiors in Denmark 1
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.
Hotel Koldingfjord
Hotel & interiors
A former sanatorium turned hotel and conference centre on the shore of Kolding Fjord, with period interiors, function rooms and parkland running down to the water.
Castles and estates in Denmark 1
Castles, fortresses, manor houses and country estates, usually with grounds, outbuildings and period interiors in one place. Castles and estates across Europe.
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)
Coast and beaches in Denmark 1
Beaches, cliffs, harbours and coastline, including stretches that can be closed off in the off season. Coast and beaches across Europe.
Moens Klint (GeoCenter)
Coast & beach
White chalk cliffs on the island of Moen rising up to 128 metres above the Baltic Sea, with a science centre, forest trails and beach access at the cliff base.
Churches and monasteries in Denmark 1
Cathedrals, churches, chapels, monasteries and cloisters, plus the crypts and refectories behind them. Churches and monasteries across Europe.
Roskilde Cathedral
Church & monastery
Brick cathedral in Roskilde and UNESCO World Heritage site, burial church of the Danish monarchy for over 500 years, with regular organ concerts and cultural events.
Bars, restaurants and shops in Denmark 1
Cafes, bars, restaurants, markets, shops and shopping streets, the everyday interiors a schedule eats through quickly. Bars, restaurants and shops across Europe.
Torvehallerne
Bar, restaurant & shop
Two glass-roofed market halls in central Copenhagen with food and drink stalls under one enclosed roof, plus an adjoining public square outside for exterior coverage.