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Joensuu

city in the region of North Karelia in Finland

🇫🇮 Finland · 62.6000, 29.7639

Joensuu is recorded as a filming location for 3 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Joensuu, rather than at one identified spot.

1 place inside Joensuu has a page of its own — listed below. Everything shot at it 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

1 place inside Joensuu, with a page of its own. Every production shot at it is already listed above, because Wikidata records it against Joensuu too.

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Joensuu?

3 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, at 62.6000, 29.7639.

What other filming locations are near Joensuu?

Heinävaara, 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. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by tuohirulla, Public domain.