Film and TV locations in Prague
15 places to shoot in Prague, the Czech Republic: 4 studios and backlots, 2 theatres, arenas and venues, 2 bars, restaurants and shops and 7 more. 7 have a photo and 9 carry practical details the location publishes itself.
What is here
- Film studios and backlots 4
- Theatres, arenas and venues 2
- Bars, restaurants and shops 2
- Offices, schools and public buildings 2
- Transport and infrastructure 2
- Hospitals, prisons and institutions 1
- Hotels and interiors 1
- Houses and apartments 1
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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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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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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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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).
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...
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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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...
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.
What the Czech Republic pays back
The Czech Republic runs the Czech production incentive (Audiovisual Fund), worth 25% (35% animation and VFX). Work out the net value on your own spend in the incentive comparison.
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