Towns & cities
Porvoo
city in the region of Uusimaa in Finland
Finland · 60.3931, 25.6639
Porvoo is recorded as a filming location for 8 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Porvoo, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 3 more.
3 productions were filmed at 7 places inside Porvoo rather than at Porvoo itself: listed below, each with the place it was shot.
Movies filmed in Porvoo
- Borrowing Matchsticks 1980
- The Summer Book 2024
- Unna and Nuuk 2006
- Rolli - Amazing Tales 1991
- Vinski and the Invisibility Powder 2021
- Dirty Story 1984
- The South 2000
- Off the Map 2016
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Porvoo 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.
Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Porvoo
3 productions shot at 7 places inside Porvoo, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Porvoo itself.
- The Kremlin Letter Emäsalo per Wikipedia 1970
- Red Line Ilola 1959
- Kansan mies Kerkkoo 2013–2014
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Landscapes & nature
Emäsalo
Finland
island in Porvoo, Finland
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Landscapes & nature
Gäddragfjärden
Finland
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Towns & cities
Kilpilahti
Finland
village in Porvoo, Finland
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Landscapes & nature
Vessölandet
Finland
island in Porvoo, Finland
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Ilola
Finland
village in Porvoo, Finland
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Porvoon maalaiskunta
Finland
former municipality of Finland, now part of Porvoo
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Kerkkoo
Finland
village in Porvoo, Finland
Filming locations nearby
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Porvoon maalaiskunta
Finland·3 km south-west
former municipality of Finland, now part of Porvoo
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Kerkkoo
Finland·7 km north
village in Porvoo, Finland
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Ilola
Finland·9 km north-east
village in Porvoo, Finland
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Vessölandet
Finland·11 km south
island in Porvoo, Finland
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Kilpilahti
Finland·13 km south-west
village in Porvoo, Finland
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Landscapes & nature
Emäsalo
Finland·16 km south
island in Porvoo, Finland
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Porvoo?
14 productions are recorded as filmed in Porvoo, 3 of them at places inside it, including Borrowing Matchsticks (1980), The Summer Book (2024) and Unna and Nuuk (2006). 3 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Porvoo?
Borrowing Matchsticks (1980), covered by 16 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Porvoo?
Porvoo is in Finland. Its coordinates are 60.3931, 25.6639.
What other filming locations are near Porvoo?
Porvoon maalaiskunta (3 km south-west), Kerkkoo (7 km north), Ilola (9 km north-east), Vessölandet (11 km south) 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 Jae Lo Presti, CC BY-SA 4.0.