Towns & cities

Nairobi

capital city of Kenya

Kenya · -1.2864, 36.8172

Nairobi is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 14 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.

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

“Much of it was filmed in the Karen / Lang'ata area near the actual Ngong Hills outside Nairobi.”

Out of Africa (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.

Out of Africa 1985
The Color Purple 1985
“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.” Wikipedia
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
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life 2003
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
Black Emanuelle 1975
Sacred Games 2018–2019
Company 2002
“Location filming for the project took place in the slums of Mumbai, Mombasa, Nairobi, Hong Kong, and Switzerland.” Wikipedia
Besieged 1998
Something of Value 1957
White Mischief 1987
Stories of Our Lives 2014
“The film's $15,000 came from Uhai/EASHRI - an East African sexual rights fund based in Nairobi, Kenya - and was shot by the collective over a period of eight months using a single Canon DSLR video camera.” Wikipedia
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 2001

Filming locations inside Nairobi

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

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?

14 productions are recorded as filmed in Nairobi, including Out of Africa (1985), The Color Purple (1985) and The Constant Gardener (2005). 14 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?

Out of Africa (1985), covered by 62 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Nairobi?

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

What other filming locations are near Nairobi?

Kibera (5 km south-west), Nairobi School (6 km north-west), Lang'ata (13 km south-west), Karen (14 km west) 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, 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.