Film and TV locations in Vilnius County
33 places to shoot in Vilnius County, Lithuania: 5 offices, schools and public buildings, 4 theatres, arenas and venues, 4 studios and backlots and 20 more. 10 have a photo and 0 carry practical details the location publishes itself.
What is here
- Offices, schools and public buildings 5
- Theatres, arenas and venues 4
- Film studios and backlots 4
- Industrial and derelict locations 2
- Houses and apartments 2
- Bars, restaurants and shops 2
- Hospitals, prisons and institutions 2
- Modern architecture 2
- Palaces and landmarks 2
- Castles and estates 2
- Historic towns and streets 2
- Transport and infrastructure 2
- Hotels and interiors 1
- Villages and countryside 1
Energy and Technology Museum
Industrial & derelict
The city's first power station, in use from 1903 to 1998, keeping boilers, turbines, control panels, pipework and brick machine halls beside the river.
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Fabijoniskes housing estate
House & apartment
Late Soviet estate of prefabricated panel blocks with wide courtyards, playgrounds and unchanged 1980s facades, used repeatedly to double for cities in the former Soviet bloc.
Seen in: Chernobyl, Young Wallander, Paradise
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Hales Market
Bar, restaurant & shop
Covered market of 1906 with a cast iron and glass roof, stalls on two levels, cellars and a produce yard, trading daily at the edge of the Old Town.
Lukiskes Prison 2.0
Hospital, prison & institution
Prison built in 1904 and closed in 2019, now a cultural venue: cell blocks, galleries, exercise yards, a chapel and the original barred corridors are open for events and shoots.
Seen in: Stranger Things
Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania
Palace & landmark
Reconstructed royal residence at the foot of Gediminas Hill, with renaissance and gothic halls, archaeological cellars and a walled forecourt.
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Sapieha Palace
Palace & landmark
Baroque palace of about 1700 in Antakalnis restored in 2024, with stucco state rooms, an arcaded facade and a formal park used as an arts centre.
Seen in: Young Wallander, Conspiracy of Silence, Playlist
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Trakai Island Castle
Castle & estate
Fifteenth century brick castle on an island in Lake Galve, reached by footbridge, with a keep, ducal palace, courtyards and defensive galleries.
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Vilnius Airport
Transport & infrastructure
International airport whose 1954 terminal keeps a Stalinist portico and marble hall next to the modern departure buildings, aprons and taxiways.
Vilnius Railway Station
Transport & infrastructure
Main passenger station with platforms, an under track passage, a 1950s hall and a station square, plus depots and freight sidings in the surrounding district.
Vilnius TV Tower
Modern architecture
Concrete tower of 1980 standing 326 metres, with a revolving observation deck at 165 metres, technical floors and a wide open site around the base.
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Arena Vilnius
Theatre, arena & venue
Indoor arena on Ozo street seating around 11,000, with a bowl, concourses, locker rooms and a large flat floor used for concerts and sport.
Contemporary Art Centre
Office, school & public building
Modernist 1967 exhibition building at the edge of the Old Town, with wide halls, terrazzo staircases and glazed frontage, used as a gallery and event space.
Hotel Pacai
Hotel & interiors
Seventeenth century Pac Palace on Didzioji street converted into a hotel, keeping frescoed ceilings, a stone courtyard, vaulted cellars and a grand staircase.
Kernave Archaeological Site
Village & countryside
UNESCO listed site of five hill forts above the Neris terrace, with open meadows, a reconstructed settlement and a small village, an hour from Vilnius.
Kino Manufaktura
Studio & backlot
Studio space in the former industrial quarter on Manufakturu street, listed by the Vilnius Film Office among the city studios available for hire.
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KS Independent Film Studio
Studio & backlot
Independent studio on the old Minsk road outside Vilnius offering stage space and production facilities in a rural setting with room for exterior sets and unit parking.
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Lithuanian Film Studio
Studio & backlot
Working studio complex founded in 1940 that rents out stages, production offices and technical services for feature, television and commercial shoots in Vilnius.
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Lithuanian National Drama Theatre
Theatre, arena & venue
State drama theatre on Gedimino Avenue with several stages, rehearsal rooms, dressing rooms and a sculpted facade on the city's main street.
Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre
Theatre, arena & venue
Opera house opened in 1974 with a 1,000 seat auditorium, chandeliered foyers, marble staircases and backstage areas typical of Soviet era civic architecture.
Seen in: Moscow Noir
Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall
Theatre, arena & venue
Concert hall of 1902 with a gilded neo-baroque auditorium, balconies and mirrored foyers, dressed as an imperial palace interior for period drama.
Seen in: Sisi
Lithuanian Writers' Union Palace
Office, school & public building
Nineteenth century town palace on K. Sirvydo street with period rooms, a staircase hall and a garden courtyard, used for club, salon and residence interiors.
Seen in: Sisi
Loftas Art Factory
Industrial & derelict
Former fuel equipment plant turned event complex, with raw concrete halls, loading bays, a yard and gantry structures used for concerts and shoots.
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Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania
Office, school & public building
Monumental 1960s state library rebuilt in 2016, with a stone colonnade, long reading rooms, stacks and modern atria suitable for institutional and archive scenes.
Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights
Hospital, prison & institution
Former KGB headquarters on Auku street with the basement prison preserved: cells, padded isolation rooms, an interrogation wing and the execution chamber, plus 1950s office interiors.
National Gallery of Art
Modern architecture
Gallery on the right bank rebuilt in 2009 from a 1980 museum, with grey stone volumes, a long ramp, high white halls and a terrace over the river valley.
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Paupys Market
Bar, restaurant & shop
Food hall in the redeveloped Paupys quarter with open kitchens, bars, a mezzanine and glass frontage onto the river, opened in 2019.
Traku Voke Manor
Castle & estate
Tyszkiewicz manor of 1880 on the southwest edge of Vilnius, with a neo-renaissance house, restored salons, stables and a landscape park by Edouard Andre.
Seen in: War and Peace, Anna Karenina, Catherine the Great, Hilma
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Uzupis
Historic town & street
River district next to the Old Town with narrow cobbled lanes, low workshops, courtyards and artist studios, on foot from the main historic locations.
Vileisis Palace
House & apartment
Early 20th century mansion in Antakalnis with panelled rooms, a formal staircase and a garden, dressed in productions as both a private residence and an institution.
Vilnius Film Cluster Green Screen Studio
Studio & backlot
Converted Soviet sports hall on Meistru street holding a sound stage of about 1,100 square metres with a large green screen, set up for small and mid-size film, TV and commercial work.
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Vilnius Old Town streets
Historic town & street
Pilies, Didzioji, Universiteto and Ausros Vartu streets form a compact grid of baroque and classical facades, arched gateways and courtyards that stand in for 19th century Europe.
Seen in: Sisi, Catherine the Great, War and Peace, Clark
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Vilnius Town Hall
Office, school & public building
Neoclassical town hall of 1799 on the Old Town square, hired out for events, with a colonnaded portico, a main hall, side rooms and cellars.
Seen in: Catherine the Great, Clark, Hilma, Sisi
Vilnius University Old Campus
Office, school & public building
University founded in 1579 with thirteen linked courtyards, vaulted arcades, frescoed halls, a library of historic reading rooms and St John's Church inside the ensemble.
Seen in: Sisi, Catherine the Great
What Lithuania pays back
Lithuania runs the Lithuanian Film Tax Incentive, worth Up to 30% of the production budget. Work out the net value on your own spend in the incentive comparison.
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