Film and TV locations in Community of Madrid
41 places to shoot in Community of Madrid, Spain: 10 offices, schools and public buildings, 7 industrial and derelict locations, 6 theatres, arenas and venues and 18 more. 17 have a photo and 25 carry practical details the location publishes itself.
What is here
- Offices, schools and public buildings 10
- Industrial and derelict locations 7
- Theatres, arenas and venues 6
- Transport and infrastructure 5
- Bars, restaurants and shops 5
- Film studios and backlots 3
- Houses and apartments 2
- Historic towns and streets 1
- Churches and monasteries 1
- Hospitals, prisons and institutions 1
Ciudad Pegaso
House & apartment
A 1955 workers housing estate in San Blas-Canillejas with low rise apartment blocks, single family homes, a parish church and shared sports ground, catalogued by Madrid Film Office.
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Complutense University of Madrid
Office, school & public building
A large 1930s university campus, Ciudad Universitaria, west of central Madrid, with monumental faculty buildings, an observatory and open lawns.
Conde Duque
Office, school & public building
A former 18th-century army barracks in Madrid with a long baroque facade and large parade-ground courtyards, converted into a public cultural centre.
Rentable spaces include Sala de Bovedas 1 and 2 (basement), the Auditorio/Sala de Conciertos, Sala Polivalente/Cafeteria, Sala de Exposiciones 2,...
Cuatro Vientos Airport
Transport & infrastructure
General-aviation aerodrome opened in 1911, 8km from central Madrid, mixed civil-military use with flying schools, hangars, workshops and three control towers, no scheduled passenger traffic.
Hangars, workshops, terminal building with cafeteria, parking for about 220 vehicles
Estadio Vallehermoso
Theatre, arena & venue
Municipal athletics stadium reopened in 2019 in Chamberi, with a partly covered 10,000-seat stand around a lime-green 400m track, a covered training straight and a natural grass infield.
Capacity: 10000 · Access control, offices, changing rooms, storage, technical rooms, covered training straight
Hospital 12 de Octubre
Hospital, prison & institution
Large public hospital complex opened in 1973 in Usera, with a 15-storey red brick inpatient tower, a semicircular maternity building and a newer glass outpatient block around wide gardens and its own helipad.
Instituto Cervantes Headquarters
Office, school & public building
A 1918 former bank headquarters on Calle Alcala known as the Edificio de las Cariatides, with a caryatid facade, a stained glass domed lobby, a vault-turned-exhibition room and a rooftop terrace.
Lobby, exhibition hall, original elevators, main staircase, assembly hall, vault room, rooftop terrace
Madrid Arena
Theatre, arena & venue
Circular multipurpose arena with a glazed dome on the Casa de Campo exhibition ground, three connected floors, a retractable seating rack and a tunnel link to two neighbouring pavilions.
Retractable seating, changing rooms, dressing rooms, cafeteria, press boxes, vehicle access to the main floor, outdoor area for trucks and mobile...
Matadero Madrid
Industrial & derelict
A former municipal slaughterhouse and cattle market beside the Manzanares river, its early 20th-century brick pavilions converted into galleries, studios and event spaces.
Rentable filming spaces include Plaza Matadero (sections A and B, combinable), Nave 16 (full nave or modules), the Naves Teatro Espanol (Sala Fernando...
Mercado de San Miguel
Bar, restaurant & shop
A restored early 1900s cast-iron and glass market hall next to Plaza Mayor in Madrid, now a covered food and tapas market.
Museo ABC de Dibujo e Ilustracion
Office, school & public building
Former Mahou brewery building from 1891 near Plaza Espana, refurbished into a museum of illustration with six floors around an interior courtyard, exposed brick and a 200 square metre main exhibition hall.
Main exhibition hall, glass room, cube room, mains power, extra production space, suitable for direct sound
Museo Chicote
Bar, restaurant & shop
Art Deco cocktail bar on the Gran Via opened in 1931, with its original 1930s wood and chrome interior by Luis Gutierrez Soto intact, plus an in-house sound and lighting rig.
Storage area, catering area, dressing rooms, restrooms, vehicle access with restricted load/unload hours
Museo del Ferrocarril de Madrid
Transport & infrastructure
Spain's railway museum, housed in the former Delicias terminus with its 19th-century iron and glass trainshed, displaying historic locomotives and carriages.
Capacity: 2800 · Multiple hireable spaces: Nave Central 5,640 sqm (or a 3,240 sqm configuration, cocktail capacity 2,800), Nave de Fomento 422 sqm (cocktail 380), Sala...
Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas
Office, school & public building
Decorative arts museum from 1912 in a 19th century Madrid townhouse near the Retiro park, with four floors of period rooms including a Valencian 18th century tiled kitchen and an Imperial staircase.
Residencia de Estudiantes
Office, school & public building
Student residence founded in 1910 in a Mudejar-style cluster of pavilions from 1915, once home to Garcia Lorca, Dali and Bunuel, with a historic assembly hall, twin residential wings and a historic garden.
Assembly hall, twin residential pavilions, garden, office wing, rooftop, own parking with access to the building
Royal Tapestry Factory
Industrial & derelict
A working tapestry and carpet workshop in Madrid founded in 1721, still weaving on wooden looms in its original workshop halls, open for guided tours.
Teatro La Latina
Theatre, arena & venue
900-seat theatre on the Plaza de la Cebada spread over three floors, with a lobby, club level and boxes, and an upper amphitheatre with good sightlines and acoustics.
Seen in: El Corte Ingles Emidio Tucci advert (2023)
Capacity: 900 · Lobby, stalls, club level, boxes, amphitheatre, dressing rooms, catering area, storage
297Studio
Studio & backlot
A column free 700 sqm sound stage in Leganes, south of Madrid, with a large cyclorama, dressing rooms and direct street level vehicle access for series, commercials and photo shoots.
Column-free main stage 21.8 x 30.6 m x 5.0 m high (about 700 sqm); cyclorama 11.55 m wide x 5.4 m deep x 3.9 m high; four dressing rooms with showers;...
Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport
Transport & infrastructure
Madrid's main international airport, operated by Aena, with passenger terminals and airside areas listed under transport locations in the Madrid Film Office catalogue.
Four operational terminals (T4 opened February 2006); electrical hookup and a loading dock with restricted loading hours; production offices, dressing...
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Anden 0 (Chamberi Ghost Station)
Transport & infrastructure
A disused 1919 Madrid Metro station preserved with its original tiled advertisements and platform furniture, opened to the public as a small museum called Anden 0.
Casco Histórico y Mercado de Villa de Vallecas
Historic town & street
The old quarter of Villa de Vallecas in southeast Madrid, with its historic square and adjoining municipal market, catalogued by Madrid Film Office for street and market scenes.
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Centro Comercial Arturo Soria Plaza
Bar, restaurant & shop
A 7,000 square metre shopping centre in Ciudad Lineal with two retail floors, renovated in 2019, listed on the Madrid Film Office catalogue with production offices and loading access.
Production offices, dressing rooms, catering space, storage, electric hookups, loading dock, parking
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Colegio Aleman de Madrid
Office, school & public building
German international school built in 2015 on a 34,700 square metre campus in Fuencarral, with a courtyard, assembly hall, sports hall and football pitch, filmed only outside term time.
Courtyard, assembly hall, sports hall, football pitch, production offices, dressing rooms, catering area, own parking
Fundacion Carlos de Amberes
Church & monastery
Private cultural foundation in a former 1584 church in the Salamanca district, protected as a site of cultural interest, with its chapel, two exhibition rooms and an auditorium with a dressing room and translation booth.
Chapel, two exhibition rooms, auditorium with dressing room and translation booth, terrace access
La Nave Madrid
Industrial & derelict
Former 1940s elevator factory of the Boetticher company in Villaverde, converted into a public innovation centre with a large open barrel-vaulted hall, a tower, classrooms and an auditorium.
Large open industrial hall, tower, classrooms, auditorium, rooftop with views over Villaverde
Madrid Content City
Studio & backlot
A production complex in Tres Cantos, north of Madrid, with two large sound stages, twelve smaller warehouse units, production offices and crew facilities, built on the former Secuoya Studios site.
Two sound stages of 2,350-2,800 sqm built (1,500-2,000 sqm usable recording space each, independently operable), plus 12 warehouse units of about 800...
Mercado de Anton Martin
Bar, restaurant & shop
Three-storey covered food market from the historic centre of Madrid, mixing traditional butcher, fishmonger and grocery stalls with newer restaurant units and a flamenco dance school on the top floor.
Freight lift, mains power, extra production space available, suitable for direct sound indoors
Mercado Municipal de Vallehermoso
Bar, restaurant & shop
A 1930 municipal market hall in Chamberí with a coloured corner facade, its stalls and storage areas offered for filming outside main trading hours.
Vehicle access, restricted loading hours, catering area, storage space, restrooms
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Nave Bellver
Industrial & derelict
Former sawmill in Tetuan converted into an events space, keeping its high ceilings, natural light and worn industrial character, now used for cultural events and shoots.
Dressing rooms, catering area, restrooms, vehicle access
Oficinas Room Mate
Office, school & public building
Former 18th century tapestry factory palace in central Madrid, restored in 2011 as offices for the Room Mate hotel chain, with a soundproofed 450 square metre event hall, a small cinema and a rooftop terrace.
Soundproofed main hall, small screening room, rooftop terrace, freight lift, production offices, dressing rooms, catering area, own parking
Palacio de Cibeles / CentroCentro
Office, school & public building
Madrid's ornate former post office building on Plaza de Cibeles, now the city hall, with a public exhibition centre, a rooftop viewpoint and a domed central hall.
Rentable rooms include the Galeria de Cristal, the Pasaje Galeria de Cristal, the Patio de Operaciones, the Auditorio Caja de Musica, the Mirador (7th...
Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas
Theatre, arena & venue
Madrid's Neo-Mudejar bullring seating over 23,000, with brick and ceramic tile facades, tiered stands and an on-site bullfighting museum.
Poblado Dirigido de San Cristóbal de los Ángeles
House & apartment
A 1959 social housing scheme in Villaverde built as open superblocks around courtyards, with two 12 and 14 storey towers and a surviving brick factory chimney, listed by Madrid Film Office.
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Poligono Industrial Ceramica
Industrial & derelict
Small 1980s industrial estate in Puente de Vallecas, built as repetitive brick warehouses with two-pitched roofs along a single curved access street, used by small and medium local businesses.
Poligono Industrial Julian Camarillo
Industrial & derelict
Industrial estate built between the 1950s and 1970s near the M-30 and M-40 ring roads, mixing surviving factories, warehouses and workshops with converted offices, low-rise housing and some abandoned units.
Riyadh Air Metropolitano
Theatre, arena & venue
Atlético Madrid's stadium in San Blas-Canillejas, built with conference and event functions alongside football, offering outdoor areas for private functions.
Robolt Studio
Studio & backlot
A virtual production studio in Madrid's Tetuan district with four stages, including an 800 sqm LED volume stage with a robotic motion-control rig, used for commercials and music videos.
Seen in: Erborian, Nike, Mutua Madrilena, Benidorm Fest
Capacity: 60 · Studio XL: 800 sqm, 7.2 m ceiling (4.5 m at sides), 12.16 x 4.32 m LED wall (1.8 mm pitch) plus a 5 x 3 m ceiling LED screen, robotic motion-control...
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Santiago Bernabeu Stadium
Theatre, arena & venue
Real Madrid's stadium in central Madrid, seating over 80,000 under a retractable roof, with dressing rooms, a trophy room and pitch-level tour access.
Seen in: Goal! (2005)
Túneles M-30
Transport & infrastructure
Underground service galleries and technical chambers within Madrid's M-30 ring road tunnels, reaching about 60 metres deep, made available by the road operator for corridor and underground scenes.
Seen in: Perverso, 30 Monedas, ¡García!, Intergalactic
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University of Alcala
Office, school & public building
A 16th-century university campus in Alcala de Henares, centred on the Colegio de San Ildefonso with its plateresque facade and a historic assembly hall.
Zona Industrial Villa de Vallecas
Industrial & derelict
A small industrial pocket of Villa de Vallecas with narrow streets, warehouses and low workshop buildings on distinctive corner plots, catalogued by Madrid Film Office.
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