Towns & cities

Cologne

most populous city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Germany · 50.9422, 6.9578

Official site

Cologne is recorded as a filming location for 61 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Cologne, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 38 more.

12 places inside Cologne have a page of their own: listed below. Everything shot at them is already named above, recorded against Cologne as well.

“The studio scenes were filmed in the MMC Studios Coloneum in Cologne (Germany).”
Amélie (2001) · Wikipedia

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Cologne
Photo: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de · CC BY-SA 3.0 de · Wikimedia Commons

Movies and TV series filmed in Cologne

The 60 most widely covered are above. The other 1 filmed in Cologne:

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Cologne as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

Filming locations inside Cologne

12 places inside Cologne, each with a page of their own. Every production shot at them is already listed above, because Wikidata records them against Cologne too.

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Cologne?

99 productions are recorded as filmed in Cologne, including Amélie (2001), The Reader (2008) and Rush (2013). 38 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Cologne?

Amélie (2001), covered by 78 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Cologne?

Cologne is in Germany. Its coordinates are 50.9422, 6.9578. The day trip guide for Cologne lists 138 filming locations within 100 km.

What other filming locations are near Cologne?

Cologne Cathedral (under 1 km), Em Kölsche Boor (under 1 km), Gloria-Theater (1 km south-west), Uni-Center (3 km south-west) and 2 more, all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.

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 Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.

Planning a visit? Filming locations near Cologne: 138 places within 100 km, with distances and directions.