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Nairobi

capital city of Kenya

🇰🇪 Kenya · -1.2864, 36.8172

Nairobi is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 5 productions — in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.

1 production was filmed at 2 places inside Nairobi rather than at Nairobi itself — listed below, each with the place it was shot.

“Additional scenes were filmed on the Universal Studios Hollywood backlot, and a second unit led by Frank Marshall traveled to Kenya to shoot scenes in Nairobi and in the Maasai regions.”

The Color Purple (1985) · Wikipedia

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Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Nairobi as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

The Color Purple 1985
The Constant Gardener 2005
“The film was shot partly in 16mm on location in Loiyangalani and the slums of Kibera, a section of Nairobi, Kenya.” Wikipedia
Sense8 2015–2018
“In 2015 and 2016, Nairobi was the focus point for the American television series Sense8 which shot its first and second seasons partly in the city.” Wikipedia
The Snows of Kilimanjaro 1952
“The film was shot on location in Nairobi, Kenya, Cairo, Egypt, and the French Riviera, and studio work was done at Stage 14 in 20th Century Fox Studios.” Wikipedia
Sacred Games 2018–2019

Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Nairobi

1 production shot at 2 places inside Nairobi, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Nairobi itself.

Out of Africa Nairobi School per Wikipedia 1985

Named here by Nairobi’s own Wikipedia article

Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Nairobi, where neither Wikidata nor the production’s own article records it. That is the weakest evidence on this atlas, so these get no pin on the map and stay out of the downloads — the sentence is quoted in full below each one so you can judge it.

Money Heist 2017–2021

“Nairobi inspired the nicknaming of the character Ágata Jiménez as 'Nairobi; a fictional character in the Netflix series Money Heist, portrayed by Alba Flores.” Wikipedia
The Constant Gardener 2005

“The most recent of these was The Constant Gardener (2005), a large part of which was filmed in the city.” Wikipedia

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Nairobi?

6 productions are recorded as filmed in Nairobi, 1 of them at places inside it, including The Color Purple (1985), The Constant Gardener (2005) and Sense8 (2015–2018). 5 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Nairobi?

The Color Purple (1985), covered by 49 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Nairobi?

Nairobi is in Kenya, at -1.2864, 36.8172. The day trip guide for Nairobi lists 10 filming locations within 100 km.

What other filming locations are near Nairobi?

Karen, Lang'ata, Nairobi School, Ngong Hills 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 Daryona, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Planning a visit? Filming locations near Nairobi — 10 places within 100 km, with distances and directions.