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Joensuu

city in the region of North Karelia in Finland

Finland · 62.6000, 29.7639

Official site

Joensuu is recorded as a filming location for 6 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Joensuu, rather than at one identified spot. Published sources name it for more, each listed below with its publisher.

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

“Other winter sequences, mostly landscape scenes and Yuri's escape from the partisans, were filmed in Finland near Joensuu.”
Doctor Zhivago (1965) · Wikipedia

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Joensuu
Photo: tuohirulla · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Movies filmed in Joensuu

Filming locations inside Joensuu

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

From published sources

Productions a newspaper, a film office, a broadcaster, a national film archive, a city filming permit or the production itself says were filmed at Joensuu, where no wiki records it. Each one below says where it comes from, with its source linked beside it.

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Joensuu?

6 productions are recorded as filmed in Joensuu, including Doctor Zhivago (1965), Dead of Winter (2025) and Unna and Nuuk (2006).

Which is the best known production filmed in Joensuu?

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

Where is Joensuu?

Joensuu is in Finland. Its coordinates are 62.6000, 29.7639.

What other filming locations are near Joensuu?

Suvantosilta (under 1 km), Ilosaari (under 1 km), Joensuu railway station (under 1 km), North Karelia Central Hospital (1 km south-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. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by tuohirulla, Public domain.