🏙 Towns & cities
Helsinki
capital and most populous city of Finland
🇫🇮 Finland · 60.1708, 24.9375
Helsinki is recorded as a filming location for 21 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Helsinki, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 4 more.
7 productions were filmed at 15 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.”
Movies and TV series filmed in Helsinki
- Doctor Zhivago 1965
- The Unknown Soldier 2017
- The White Reindeer 1952
- Matti: Hell is for Heroes 2006
- Forbidden Fruit 2009
- The Snow Queen 1986
- Naked Harbour 2012
- Little Wing 2016
- Jimpa 2025
- Sleeping Beauty (1949 film) 1949
- Inspector Palmu's Mistake 1960
- Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti 1979
- Almost 18 2012
- Right On, Man! 1980
- The Worthless 1982
- Kotikatu 1995–2012
- Hayflower and Quiltshoe 2002
- Pelicanman 2004
- The Prince of Soap 2006
- Road North 2012
- Dawn of War 2020
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.
- The Jackal 1997
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Reds
1981
“Filming took place in five countries and at various points the crew had to wait for snow to fall in Helsinki (and other parts of Finland), which stood in for the Soviet Union, and for rain to stop in Spain.” Wikipedia
- Bordertown 2016–2020
- Must Have Been Love 2012
Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Helsinki
7 productions shot at 15 places inside Helsinki, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Helsinki itself.
- Fallen Leaves Kallio per Wikipedia 2023
- The Other Side of Hope Puhos 2017
- Crime and Punishment Vallila Allotment Garden 1983
- Zátopek Helsinki Olympic Stadium per Wikipedia 2021
- Rollo and the Spirit of the Woods Lauttasaari 2001
- Behind Blue Skies Santahamina 2010
- Never Alone Bulevardi 2025
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🏙 Towns & cities
Kallio
🇫🇮 Finland
11th neighbourhood of Helsinki, Finland
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Puhos
🇫🇮 Finland
shopping mall in Helsinki, Finland
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Vallila Allotment Garden
🇫🇮 Finland
allotment garden in Helsinki, Finland
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Suomenlinna
🇫🇮 Finland
sea fortress by Helsinki, Finland
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Helsinki Cathedral
🇫🇮 Finland
cathedral in Helsinki, Church of Finland
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Helsinki Olympic Stadium
🇫🇮 Finland
stadium in Helsinki, Finland
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House of the Estates
🇫🇮 Finland
administrative building in Helsinki, Finland
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Lauttasaari
🇫🇮 Finland
31st neighbourhood of Helsinki, Finland
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
University of Helsinki Botanical Garden
🇫🇮 Finland
botanical garden in Helsinki, Finland
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Santahamina
🇫🇮 Finland
island, city district and the 51st neighbourhood of Helsinki, Finland
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🛣 Streets & squares
Bulevardi
🇫🇮 Finland
street in Helsinki, Finland
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Engelinaukio 8
🇫🇮 Finland
building in Helsinki, Finland
3 more places are inside Helsinki — see them on the map.
Filming locations nearby
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🏙 Towns & cities
Kallio
🇫🇮 Finland
11th neighbourhood of Helsinki, Finland
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Puhos
🇫🇮 Finland
shopping mall in Helsinki, Finland
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Sipoo
🇫🇮 Finland
municipality in the region of Uusimaa in Finland
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Vallila Allotment Garden
🇫🇮 Finland
allotment garden in Helsinki, Finland
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Espoo
🇫🇮 Finland
city in the region of Uusimaa in Finland
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Suomenlinna
🇫🇮 Finland
sea fortress by Helsinki, Finland
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Helsinki?
32 productions are recorded as filmed in Helsinki, 7 of them at places inside it, including Doctor Zhivago (1965), The Unknown Soldier (2017) and The White Reindeer (1952). 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 Helsinki?
Doctor Zhivago (1965), covered by 61 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Helsinki?
Helsinki is in Finland, at 60.1708, 24.9375. The day trip guide for Helsinki lists 45 filming locations within 100 km.
What other filming locations are near Helsinki?
Kallio, Puhos, Sipoo, Vallila Allotment Garden and 2 more, 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 Old Pionear, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Planning a visit? Filming locations near Helsinki — 45 places within 100 km, with distances and directions.