Film and TV locations in Finland
30 places to shoot in Finland: 8 industrial and derelict locations, 6 theatres, arenas and venues, 3 offices, schools and public buildings and 13 more. 13 have a photo and 17 carry practical details the location publishes itself. Search and put three side by side in the locations search.
What Finland pays back
Finland runs the Finnish Production Incentive, 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 9 companies we list in Finland.
Regions
- Pirkanmaa 20
- Uusimaa 4
And single locations in 6 more regions, all of them in the list below.
Industrial and derelict locations in Finland 8
Factories, warehouses, power stations, mines, depots and abandoned buildings: raw space, hard surfaces and the kind of decay that is impossible to build. All 8 on their own page.
Finlayson Area
Industrial & derelict
Former cotton mill founded in 1820 beside the Tammerkoski rapids in Tampere, a complex of red-brick factory buildings including the 1877 Plevna weaving hall, now holding restaurants, a cinema, shops and offices.
About 80,000 sq m of rentable space across the former factory buildings; individual premises range from about 10 sq m to several thousand sq m. The...
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Kehräsaari
Industrial & derelict
Former needle factory and wool mill on a small island in central Tampere, its 1897 red-brick U-shaped building now a shopping and business centre linked by footbridge to the riverside Koskikeskus district.
Former needle factory and spinning mill, now used as a commercial and business centre between Laukontori marketplace and Koskikeskus shopping centre.
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Suvilahti
Industrial & derelict
Former power plant and gasworks complex in Helsinki with red-brick industrial halls and open concrete yards, now a cultural venue mixing galleries, restaurants and a brewery inside the original industrial shells.
Site explicitly offers outdoor and indoor space rental for events, festivals and photo shoots.
Cable Factory (Kaapelitehdas)
Industrial & derelict
Former Nokia cable factory in Helsinki's Ruoholahti district, a long brick industrial building with high factory halls, now a large cultural centre housing museums, studios, galleries and rentable event spaces.
Dedicated space-for-rent pages for event and studio hire within the former factory halls.
Haveri Mine
Industrial & derelict
A former iron and gold mine near Ylojarvi, closed in 1960 and since flooded to form a deep, clear water-filled pit now used as a dive site.
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Hiedanranta Area
Industrial & derelict
A former pulp and paper mill site on Tampere's lakeshore, now repurposed as a mixed venue for arts, culture and research while redevelopment of the wider area continues.
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Melo Power Plant
Industrial & derelict
A hydroelectric power plant in Nokia near Tampere offering both industrial interiors and surrounding nature for productions, listed by Film Tampere as a filming location.
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Viitaniemi Quarry
Industrial & derelict
An open-pit feldspar quarry near Orivesi, worked from 1935 to 1965 for lithium-bearing feldspar, with gemstones still found among its waste rock piles.
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Theatres, arenas and venues in Finland 6
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.
Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Theatre, arena & venue
Functionalist 1938 stadium built for the 1952 Olympics, with a 72-metre tower and a renovated bowl used today for athletics, concerts, conferences and stadium tours.
Seen in: The Amazing Race (US, 2006)
Meeting rooms, restaurant, seated event spaces and a rentable tower with panoramic views.
Sibelius Hall
Theatre, arena & venue
A wooden concert hall on the shore of Lake Vesijarvi in Lahti, with a main hall, several conference rooms and a live music club, offering full event production and streaming services.
Main hall (Paasali), Metsahalli, Puusepan Sali, conference rooms, restaurants and the Finlandia-klubi live music venue
Tampere Hall
Theatre, arena & venue
Largest congress centre in the Nordic countries, a modern building beside Sorsapuisto park in central Tampere with a 1,756-seat main auditorium and several smaller halls used for concerts and conferences.
Capacity: 1756
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Tullikamari
Theatre, arena & venue
A former customs warehouse in Tampere converted into a cultural venue with a large main hall and a smaller club space, used for concerts, theatre and festivals, listed by Film Tampere as a filming location.
Capacity: 1200
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Pekilo Performance and Event Venue
Theatre, arena & venue
A former animal-feed factory building beside the closed Mantta pulp mill, converted into an exhibition and event space with variable rooms and a ceiling rising to 12 metres.
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Sarkanniemi Amusement Park
Theatre, arena & venue
A lakeside amusement park in central Tampere combining rides, an aquarium, a planetarium, a children's zoo and the Nasinneula observation tower.
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Offices, schools and public buildings in Finland 3
Offices, town halls, courtrooms, libraries, universities and schools: the interiors most contemporary drama actually needs. Offices, schools and public buildings across Europe.
Tampere City Hall
Office, school & public building
A neo renaissance city hall from 1890 on Tampere's central square, with several period halls, listed by Film Tampere as a filming location.
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Nokia Museums (Hinttala)
Office, school & public building
A local history museum in the town of Nokia occupying a relocated worker's house, part of a small cluster of preserved 19th and 20th century industrial-era homes.
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Vehoniemi Car Museum
Office, school & public building
A car museum on the Vehoniemi ridge near Kangasala, open since 1983, with a rotating display of vintage vehicles kept in running order.
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Historic towns and streets in Finland 2
Old towns, squares and streets that can double for a period without dressing out a modern skyline. Historic towns and streets across Europe.
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)
Pispala Area
Historic town & street
A protected hillside neighbourhood in Tampere of narrow streets and restored wooden houses between two lakes, home to Rajaportti, the oldest public sauna in Finland.
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Bars, restaurants and shops in Finland 2
Cafes, bars, restaurants, markets, shops and shopping streets, the everyday interiors a schedule eats through quickly. Bars, restaurants and shops across Europe.
Stable Yards (Tallipiha)
Bar, restaurant & shop
A 19th century stable courtyard from the Finlayson factory community in Tampere, restored with Russian style cottages that now house craft shops and a cafe, listed by Film Tampere as a filming location.
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Tampere Market Hall (Kauppahalli)
Bar, restaurant & shop
Largest market hall in the Nordic countries when it opened in 1901, a protected two-story brick building in central Tampere with roughly 30 food stalls, cafes and restaurants.
174 retail outlets, opened 1901; about 40 percent of outlets are cafes and restaurants (Film Tampere).
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Castles and estates in Finland 2
Castles, fortresses, manor houses and country estates, usually with grounds, outbuildings and period interiors in one place. Castles and estates across Europe.
Suomenlinna
Castle & estate
Sea fortress built from 1748 across a cluster of islands off Helsinki, with stone bastions, tunnels, dry docks and cobbled courtyards, now a UNESCO World Heritage site with museums and open parkland.
Turku Castle
Castle & estate
Medieval keep begun around 1280 at the mouth of the Aura river, expanded into a Renaissance bailey under Gustav Vasa in the 16th century, now a city museum with period rooms, banqueting halls and rentable event spaces.
Seen in: Sadan miekan mies (1951), The Girl King (2015)
Capacity: 250 · Rooms published for hire: Kuninkaan sali (King's Hall, up to 250), Linnan kirkko (Castle Church, up to 240), Kuningattaren sali (Queen's Hall, up to...
Houses and apartments in Finland 1
Private houses, villas, apartments and period interiors available for filming, from workers' housing to architect-designed homes. Houses and apartments across Europe.
Hatanpaa Manor
House & apartment
A manor house on the shore of Lake Pyhajarvi close to central Tampere, set in an English-style park with rose gardens and on-site parking for about 20 cars.
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Villages and countryside in Finland 1
Villages, farmland, meadows and rural roads: open country with somewhere to put a unit base. Villages and countryside across Europe.
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-)
Mountains and wilderness in Finland 1
Mountains, moors, volcanic ground, glaciers and empty terrain, where access and weather decide the schedule. Mountains and wilderness across Europe.
Levi Ski Resort
Mountains & wilderness
Finland's largest ski resort on Levi fell in Kittila, with 43 marked slopes and 27 lifts amid birch and pine wilderness, used in winter for skiing and Northern Lights and in summer for fell hiking under the midnight sun.
Seen in: The Grand Tour: A Scandi Flick (2022)
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Film studios and backlots in Finland 1
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.
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)
Two Yle broadcast studios of 432 m2 (24 x 18 m) and 342 m2 (19 x 18 m) with tungsten lighting, hoists and 360-degree curtains; a 1,200 m2 Factory Hall...
Transport and infrastructure in Finland 1
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.
Parking Garages by Finnpark
Transport & infrastructure
A network of multi storey car parks operated by Finnpark in and around central Tampere, listed by Film Tampere as available filming locations.
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Churches and monasteries in Finland 1
Cathedrals, churches, chapels, monasteries and cloisters, plus the crypts and refectories behind them. Churches and monasteries across Europe.
Pirkkala Old Church
Church & monastery
A wooden church built in 1921 in Pirkkala, with an adjoining cemetery, a church boat and a bird observation tower on the grounds.
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Hospitals, prisons and institutions in Finland 1
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.
Pitkäniemi Hospital Area
Hospital, prison & institution
Former psychiatric hospital on a lakeshore park in Nokia near Tampere, with stone buildings from the 1890s including an Italianate villa, in clinical use from 1900 until closure in 2024 and now largely vacant.
Historical stone hospital buildings completed in 1894-1895 in parkland on the shore of Lake Pyhäjärvi, part of Tampere University Hospital. The former...
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