Hospitals, prisons and institutions to film in the Czech Republic

Terezín Small Fortress

Usti nad Labem Region

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)

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Bohnice Psychiatric Hospital

Prague

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).

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Hamza Treatment Centre, Luže-Košumberk

Pardubice Region

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)

South Moravian Region

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)

Olomouc Region

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).

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Pardubice Hospital

Pardubice Region

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.

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Pardubice Prison

Pardubice Region

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

Zlin Region

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.

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Ústí nad Orlicí Hospital

Pardubice Region

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

Central Bohemian Region

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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