Towns & cities
Finse
mountain village in Ulvik in Vestland, Norway
Norway · 60.6000, 7.5000
Finse is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Finse, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 2 more.
“The first shooting location was the Hardangerjøkulen glacier near Finse, Norway, representing the planet Hoth.”
Movies filmed in Finse
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Finse 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.
Named here by Finse’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Finse, where neither Wikidata nor the production’s own article records it. That is the weakest evidence on this atlas, so these get no pin on the map and stay out of the downloads — the sentence is quoted in full below each one so you can judge it.
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“For the 1980 movie The Empire Strikes Back, the second feature film of the Star Wars franchise, Finse was used as filming location for several scenes taking place on the ice planet Hoth.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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Landscapes & nature
Hardangerjøkulen
Norway·9 km south-west
glacier in Norway
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Towns & cities
Ulvik Municipality
Norway·23 km west
municipality in Vestland, Norway
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Finse?
3 productions are recorded as filmed in Finse, including Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Atlantis (1913) and Scott of the Antarctic (1948). 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 Finse?
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980), covered by 84 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Finse?
Finse is in Norway. Its coordinates are 60.6000, 7.5000.
What other filming locations are near Finse?
Hardangerjøkulen (9 km south-west) and Ulvik Municipality (23 km west), 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 Tine.wv, CC BY-SA 3.0.