Towns & cities

Gelsenkirchen

town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Germany · 51.5103, 7.0942

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Gelsenkirchen is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 4 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.

“Most scenes were shot in Gelsenkirchen in the Ruhr Area.”
The Miracle of Father Malachia (1961) · Wikipedia

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Gelsenkirchen
Photo: Thomas Robbin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Gelsenkirchen 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.

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Gelsenkirchen?

4 productions are recorded as filmed in Gelsenkirchen, including Look Who's Back (2015), Alice in the Cities (1974) and You Are the One (2006–2007). 4 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Gelsenkirchen?

Look Who's Back (2015), covered by 33 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Gelsenkirchen?

Gelsenkirchen is in Germany. Its coordinates are 51.5103, 7.0942.

What other filming locations are near Gelsenkirchen?

SANAA building at Zollverein Essen (4 km south-west), Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex (4 km south-west), Arena AufSchalke (5 km north), Trainingszentrum Bergbau (8 km north-east) 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 Robbin, CC BY-SA 3.0.