Where was The Golden Compass filmed?
2007 film directed by Chris Weitz
The Golden Compass (2007) was filmed in Budapest, Toronto and Bergen — 3 recorded filming locations in Hungary, Canada, Norway. Every one is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
See them on the map → Wikipedia Source data
Filming locations
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🏙 Towns & cities
Budapest
🇭🇺 Hungary
capital and largest city of Hungary
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🏙 Towns & cities
Toronto
🇨🇦 Canada
capital and largest city of the province of Ontario, Canada
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🏙 Towns & cities
Bergen
🇳🇴 Norway
Norwegian city in Vestland, Norway
Also per Wikipedia's article
The article names 10 more places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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🎬 Studios & sets
Shepperton Studios
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
film studio, special effects studios and pre- and post-production centre
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Christ Church
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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
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🏙 Towns & cities
Greenwich
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
town in south-east London, England, UK
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Exeter College
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
constituent college of the University of Oxford
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Chatham Dockyard
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
former Royal Navy Dockyard located on the River Medway in Kent, United Kingdom
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Royal Naval College
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Royal Navy training establishment
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Hedsor House
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
mansion in Hedsor in Buckinghamshire, England, UK
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Chiswick House
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Neo-Palladian villa in the Chiswick district of London, England, UK
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🛣 Streets & squares
Radcliffe Square
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
public space in Oxford, UK
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
The Queen's College
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
college of the University of Oxford
Places whose own article says it was shot there
4 places whose own Wikipedia article names this film as something shot there, where Wikidata records nothing and this film’s own article does not say so either. The weakest evidence on this atlas: no pin on the map, and nothing in the downloads. Each sentence is quoted whole and linked to the article it came from, so it can be judged rather than taken on trust.
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Christ Church United Kingdom
“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
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Exeter College United Kingdom
“The 2007 film version of the first novel, The Golden Compass (originally Northern Lights), used the College for location filming.” Wikipedia
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Grindelwald Switzerland
“Some of the action scenes in The Golden Compass (2007) were shot in Grindelwald.” Wikipedia
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Hedsor House United Kingdom
“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
Wikidata also records this film as shot in Canton of Berne, Switzerland, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Also shot in these places
- The Martian 2015
- Dune 2021
- Munich 2005
- Black Widow 2021
- Dune: Part Two 2024
- Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol 2011
- Inferno 2016
- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2008
- Eragon 2006
- Underworld 2003
- Mortal Kombat 1995
- Evita 1996
Set in the same places
More filmed in Hungary
- The Martian 2015
- Dune 2021
- Munich 2005
- Black Widow 2021
- Dune: Part Two 2024
- Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol 2011
Every filming location in Hungary →
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does The Golden Compass have?
3 places recorded on Wikidata, and 10 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, across 3 countries.
In which countries was The Golden Compass filmed?
Hungary, Canada and Norway.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
The Martian (2015), Dune (2021), Munich (2005), Black Widow (2021) and 8 more, each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.