Filming locations near Cologne

138 places within 100 km of the city centre where films and television series were shot: every one on the interactive map, with photographs, distances and what was filmed there. The closest is Cologne Cathedral, 1 km south-east; the most filmed is Em Kölsche Boor with 1 recorded production.

Everything recorded against Cologne itself (rather than at a named spot near it) is on its own page.

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Within 100 km · 138 81 towns & cities · 34 landmarks, buildings & interiors · 14 castles, palaces & great houses · 6 landscapes, coasts & wilderness Closest · Cologne Cathedral · 1 km Most famous · Düsseldorf

Within 25 km of Cologne

1. Cologne Cathedral · 1 km south-east · Landmarks & buildings

   2 productions, per Wikipedia: Tatort, Itinerary of a Spoiled Child. Roman-Catholic cathedral in Cologne, Germany

2. Em Kölsche Boor · 1 km north · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production: Babylon Berlin. Inn

3. Gloria-Theater · 1 km south-west · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Der bewegte Mann. Theatre in Cologne, Germany

4. Uni-Center · 3 km south-west · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia: The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum. High-rise building in Cologne, Germany

5. Sülz · 4 km south-west · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia: The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum. City quarter No. 302 of Cologne, Germany

6. Cologne-Weidenpesch Racecourse · 4 km north · Landscapes & nature

   1 production, per Wikipedia: The Miracle of Bern. Park

7. Ossendorf · 5 km north-west · Towns & cities

   3 productions, per Wikipedia: A Dangerous Method, Verbotene Liebe. City quarter no. 406 of Cologne, Germany

8. Butzweilerhof · 6 km north-west · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production: Babylon Berlin. Former airport and airbase in Cologne, Germany

9. Efferen · 6 km south-west · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Jew Suss: Rise and Fall. Municipal district of Hürth, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

10. Bocklemünd/Mengenich · 8 km north-west · Towns & cities

    2 productions, per Wikipedia: Verbotene Liebe, Lindenstraße. City quarter no. 405 of Cologne, Germany

11. Georg-Büchner-Gymnasium · 8 km west · Landmarks & buildings

    1 production, per Wikipedia: How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast). School in Cologne

12. Weiden · 9 km west · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia: How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast). City quarter no. 307 of Cologne, Germany

+ 10 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.

Day trips: 25 to 60 km

1. Bonn · 25 km south-east · Towns & cities

   1 production: American Sweatshop. City in Germany and capital of former West Germany

2. Hilden · 26 km north · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Nymphomaniac. Town in the district of Mettmann, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

3. Olpe · 26 km north-east · Towns & cities

   1 production: Mord mit Aussicht. Village in Germany in municipality Kurten, Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

4. Hendrich's Drop Forge · 26 km north · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production: Unsere wunderbaren Jahre. A museum in Solingen, a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

5. Solingen · 27 km north · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia: We Are the Wave. City in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

6. Delling · 27 km north-east · Towns & cities

   1 production: Mord mit Aussicht. Human settlement in Germany

7. Ehreshoven Castle · 27 km east · Castles & palaces

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Verbotene Liebe. German Castle

8. Ippendorf · 29 km south · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia: How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast). Quarter of Bonn, Germany

9. Feilenfabrik Ernst Ehlis · 29 km north-east · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Alone in Berlin

10. Preyersmühle · 30 km north-east · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia: Alone in Berlin. Human settlement in Germany

11. Grevenbroich · 31 km north-west · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia: Alarm for Cobra 11 – The Highway Police. Town in Germany

12. Lindlar · 31 km east · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia: The Devil's Bath. Municipality in the Oberbergischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

+ 48 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.

Further out: 60 to 100 km

1. Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex · 61 km north · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Palermo Shooting. Large former industrial site in the city of Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

2. SANAA building at Zollverein Essen · 61 km north · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Palermo Shooting. Building in Essen, Germany

3. Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord · 61 km north · Landscapes & nature

   2 productions, per Wikipedia: The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Babylon Berlin. Park in Duisburg, Germany

4. Rathaus Bochum · 63 km north · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Alone in Berlin. Rathaus in Bochum, Germany

5. Bochum · 63 km north · Towns & cities

   1 production: Totem. City in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

6. Eygelshoven · 63 km west · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Antonia's Line. Town and former municipality in Kerkrade, the Netherlands

7. Gelsenkirchen · 64 km north · Towns & cities

   5 productions, per Wikipedia: Look Who's Back, Alice in the Cities. Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

8. Hans-Sachs-Haus · 64 km north · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia: The Miracle of Father Malachia. Architectural structure

9. Altena Castle · 64 km north-east · Castles & palaces

   1 production: Unsere wunderbaren Jahre. Castle in Altena, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

10. Aachen · 64 km west · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia: Rubinrot. City in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

11. Aachen Cathedral · 64 km west · Landmarks & buildings

    1 production, per Wikipedia: Rubinrot. Roman-Catholic cathedral in Aachen, Germany

12. Paradiesbrunnen · 64 km west · Landmarks & buildings

    1 production, per Wikipedia: Rubinrot. Historic fountain in Aachen, Germany

+ 44 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.

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