🏙 Towns & cities
Chernobyl
partially abandoned city in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
🇺🇦 Ukraine · 51.2667, 30.2167
Chernobyl is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 2 productions — in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.
“According to director Neill Blomkamp, during the winter season, Johannesburg "actually looks like Chernobyl", a "nuclear apocalyptic wasteland".”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Chernobyl as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
- District 9 2009
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Silent Hill
2006
“The film was influenced by the work of Sergio Leone and David Lean: the city of the seventies was created under the inspiration of the films Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), and in general, it was filmed under the influence of various works ranging from a book of pictures about Chernobyl to The Matrix.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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🏙 Towns & cities
Pripyat
🇺🇦 Ukraine
abandoned city in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
🇺🇦 Ukraine
decommissioned nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat, Ukraine, known by Chernobyl disaster
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🌍 Countries & regions
Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
🇺🇦 Ukraine
officially designated exclusion area around the site of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster in Ukraine
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Chernobyl?
2 productions are recorded as filmed in Chernobyl, including District 9 (2009) and Silent Hill (2006). 2 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Chernobyl?
District 9 (2009), covered by 59 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Chernobyl?
Chernobyl is in Ukraine, at 51.2667, 30.2167.
What other filming locations are near Chernobyl?
Pripyat, Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Clay Gilliland, CC BY-SA 2.0.