🏙 Towns & cities
Kathmandu
capital of Nepal
🇳🇵 Nepal · 27.7100, 85.3200
Kathmandu is recorded as a filming location for 2 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Kathmandu, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 2 more.
5 places inside Kathmandu have a page of their own — listed below. Everything shot at them is already named above, recorded against Kathmandu as well.
“The 44-member crew arrived on 12 January 2014 in Nepal and stayed in Kathmandu.”
Movies filmed in Kathmandu
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Kathmandu 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.
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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023
“Kathmandu in Nepal was then considered, until an outbreak occurred there as well.” Wikipedia
- Little Buddha 1993
Filming locations inside Kathmandu
5 places inside Kathmandu, each with a page of their own. Every production shot at them is already listed above, because Wikidata records them against Kathmandu too.
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🛣 Streets & squares
New Road of Kathmandu
🇳🇵 Nepal
high street and financial hub of Kathmandu, Nepal
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Pashupatinath Temple
🇳🇵 Nepal
Hindu temple in Kathmandu
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Swayambhunath
🇳🇵 Nepal
Hindus and Buddhist holy place and tourist center in Kathmandu, Nepal
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🏙 Towns & cities
Thamel
🇳🇵 Nepal
neighbourhood in Kathmandu, Nepal
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Tribhuvan International Airport
🇳🇵 Nepal
airport in Kathmandu, Nepal
Filming locations nearby
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🏙 Towns & cities
Lalitpur
🇳🇵 Nepal
city in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Kathmandu Valley
🇳🇵 Nepal
valley in Bagmati Province, Nepal
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🛣 Streets & squares
New Road of Kathmandu
🇳🇵 Nepal
high street and financial hub of Kathmandu, Nepal
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Pashupatinath Temple
🇳🇵 Nepal
Hindu temple in Kathmandu
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🛣 Streets & squares
Patan Durbar Square
🇳🇵 Nepal
square in Lalitpur, Nepal
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Swayambhunath
🇳🇵 Nepal
Hindus and Buddhist holy place and tourist center in Kathmandu, Nepal
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Kathmandu?
4 productions are recorded as filmed in Kathmandu, including Doctor Strange (2016), Everest (2015) and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023). 2 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Kathmandu?
Doctor Strange (2016), covered by 73 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Kathmandu?
Kathmandu is in Nepal, at 27.7100, 85.3200.
What other filming locations are near Kathmandu?
Lalitpur, Kathmandu Valley, New Road of Kathmandu, Pashupatinath Temple 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 Royonx, CC0.