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Towns & cities

Helsinki

capital and most populous city of Finland

Finland · 60.1708, 24.9375

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Helsinki is recorded as a filming location for 50 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Helsinki, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 40 more.

9 productions were filmed at 58 places inside Helsinki rather than at Helsinki itself: listed below, each with the place it was shot.

“Further scenes were shot in Amsterdam and then Helsinki, Finland.”
Jimpa (2025) · Wikipedia

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Helsinki
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Movies and TV series filmed in Helsinki

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Helsinki 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.

Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Helsinki

9 productions shot at 58 places inside Helsinki, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Helsinki itself.

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Helsinki?

99 productions are recorded as filmed in Helsinki, 9 of them at places inside it, including Doctor Zhivago (1965), The Unknown Soldier (2017) and The White Reindeer (1952). 40 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Helsinki?

Doctor Zhivago (1965), covered by 61 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Helsinki?

Helsinki is in Finland. Its coordinates are 60.1708, 24.9375. The day trip guide for Helsinki lists 157 filming locations within 100 km.

What other filming locations are near Helsinki?

Helsinki metropolitan area (under 1 km), Hotel Vaakuna (under 1 km), Yrjönkatu (under 1 km), National Museum of Finland (under 1 km) 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 Old Pionear, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Planning a visit? Filming locations near Helsinki: 157 places within 100 km, with distances and directions.