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Where was The Golden Compass filmed?

2007 film directed by Chris Weitz

The Golden Compass (2007) was filmed at 3 places in Canada, Hungary and Norway: Budapest, Toronto and Bergen. Every place comes from Wikidata.

See them on the map → Wikipedia Source data

Filming locations

Also per Wikipedia's article

The Wikipedia article names 17 more places. Each links to the sentence that says so.

Towns & cities London England Capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom
Studios & sets Shepperton Studios United Kingdom Film studio, special effects studios and pre- and post-production centre
Towns & cities Farnham England Town in Surrey, England, UK
Towns & cities Oxford England City in Oxfordshire, England
Landmarks & buildings Christ Church England Constituent college of the University of Oxford in England
“Filming also took place at the Old Royal Naval College at Greenwich, Chiswick House in London, and in Radcliffe Square, Christ Church, Oxford, Exeter College, Oxford, The Queen's College, Oxford, The Historic Dockyard Chatham and Hedsor House in Buckinghamshire.” Wikipedia
Towns & cities Grindelwald Switzerland Village and municipality in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
Towns & cities Greenwich England Town in south-east London, England, UK
Landmarks & buildings Old Royal Naval College England Architectural landmark in Greenwich, London and UNESCO World Heritage Site
Landmarks & buildings Exeter College England Constituent college of the University of Oxford
Landscapes & nature Chatham Dockyard England Former Royal Navy Dockyard located on the River Medway in Kent, United Kingdom
Landmarks & buildings Royal Naval College England Royal Navy training establishment
Towns & cities Chatham England Town in Kent, England, United Kingdom
Castles & palaces Hedsor House England Mansion in Hedsor in Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Landscapes & nature Chiswick House England Neo-Palladian villa in the Chiswick district of London, England, UK
Streets & squares Radcliffe Square England Public space in Oxford, UK
Landmarks & buildings The Queen's College England College of the University of Oxford
Towns & cities Spalding England Market town in Lincolnshire, England

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Places whose own article says it was shot there

4 places say on their own Wikipedia pages that this film was shot there. Not on the map: each quote is linked so you can check it.

Landmarks & buildings Christ Church England Constituent college of the University of Oxford in England
“More recently it has been used in the filming of the movies of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series and also the film adaptation of Philip Pullman's novel Northern Lights (the film bearing the title of the American edition of the book, The Golden Compass).” Wikipedia
Towns & cities Grindelwald Switzerland Village and municipality in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
“Some of the action scenes in The Golden Compass (2007) were shot in Grindelwald.” Wikipedia
Landmarks & buildings Exeter College England Constituent college of the University of Oxford
“The 2007 film version of the first novel, The Golden Compass (originally Northern Lights), used the College for location filming.” Wikipedia
Castles & palaces Hedsor House England Mansion in Hedsor in Buckinghamshire, England, UK
“The house has been used as a film location for both television dramas and feature films including The Golden Compass, Fleabag, A Touch of Cloth and Spooks.” Wikipedia

Recorded only at country level

Also filmed in Canton of Berne, Switzerland, but the exact places are not known, so they are not on the map.

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