Filming locations near Essen

136 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 Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, 5 km north-east; the most filmed is Cologne with 61 recorded productions.

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

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Within 100 km · 136 83 towns & cities · 33 landmarks, buildings & interiors · 12 castles, palaces & great houses · 5 landscapes, coasts & wilderness Closest · Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex · 5 km Most famous · Cologne

Within 25 km of Essen

1. Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex · 5 km north-east · 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 · 5 km north-east · Landmarks & buildings

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

3. Folkwang University of the Arts · 7 km south · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Palermo Shooting. German university for music, theater, dance, design, and academic studies

4. Bochum Railway Museum · 8 km east · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia: The Miracle of Bern. Railway museum in Bochum-Dahlhausen

5. Hans-Sachs-Haus · 9 km north-east · Landmarks & buildings

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

6. Gelsenkirchen · 9 km north-east · Towns & cities

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

7. Musiktheater im Revier · 9 km north-east · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia: The Miracle of Father Malachia. Opera house in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

8. Bottrop · 10 km north-west · Towns & cities

   1 production: Heaven. Large city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

9. Oberhausen · 11 km west · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia: The Miracle of Bern. City in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

10. Arena AufSchalke · 12 km north · Landmarks & buildings

    1 production, per Wikipedia: You Are the One. Football stadium in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

11. Freizeitstätte Wittringen · 13 km north · Landscapes & nature

    1 production, per Wikipedia: Berlin 36. Park in Gladbeck, Germany

12. Hattingen · 13 km south-east · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia: The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Town in the district of Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

+ 9 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.

Day trips: 25 to 60 km

1. Düsseldorf Airport · 26 km south-west · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Alarm for Cobra 11 – The Highway Police. International airport of Düsseldorf

2. Haus Neiser · 27 km south-west · Landmarks & buildings

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

3. Merkur Spiel-Arena · 29 km south-west · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production: Weekend Rebels. Stadium in the city of Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

4. Dreischeibenhaus · 30 km south-west · Landmarks & buildings

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

5. Düsseldorf · 30 km south-west · Towns & cities

   1 production: Die Fahnderin. Capital city of the German federated state of North Rhine-Westphalia

6. Königsallee · 30 km south-west · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Verbotene Liebe. Thoroughfare and shopping street in Düsseldorf, Germany

7. Westfalenstadion · 31 km east · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production: Weekend Rebels. Football stadium in the city of Dortmund, Germany

8. Grotenburg-Stadion · 31 km south-west · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia: The Miracle of Bern. Football stadium

9. Hendrich's Drop Forge · 31 km south · Landmarks & buildings

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

10. Solingen · 31 km south · Towns & cities

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

11. Hilden · 31 km south · Towns & cities

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

12. Alte Mälzerei · 32 km south-west · Landmarks & buildings

    1 production, per Wikipedia: Verbotene Liebe

+ 41 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.

Further out: 60 to 100 km

1. Stadtlohn · 61 km north · Towns & cities

   1 production: The Police Officer's Wife. Town in the district of Borken, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

2. Jackerath · 61 km south-west · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia: We Are the Wave. Human settlement in Germany

3. Tegelen · 62 km west · Towns & cities

   1 production: Riphagen. Village in Venlo, Netherlands

4. Efferen · 62 km south · Towns & cities

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

5. Hürth · 64 km south · Towns & cities

   5 productions, per Wikipedia: A Dangerous Method, Alarm for Cobra 11 – The Highway Police. Town in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

6. Havixbeck · 65 km north-east · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Beloved Sisters. Municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

7. Herdringen Castle · 66 km east · Castles & palaces

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Sisi & I. Castle in Westphalia

8. European Astronaut Centre · 67 km south · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Proxima. ESA field center in Köln, Germany

9. Ahlen · 70 km north-east · Towns & cities

   1 production: Faking Bullshit. Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

10. Burg Bergerhausen · 70 km south · Castles & palaces

    1 production: Ghosts. Castle

11. Münster · 71 km north-east · Towns & cities

    2 productions, per Wikipedia: Annette, Tatort. City in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

12. Arnsberg · 73 km east · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia: Sisi & I. Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

+ 50 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.

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