🏙 Towns & cities
Porvoo
city in the region of Uusimaa in Finland
🇫🇮 Finland · 60.3931, 25.6639
Porvoo is recorded as a filming location for 3 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Porvoo, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 1 more.
“The film was shot in the summer of 2023 in Finland, in the archipelagos of Kotka, Porvoo and Espoo located in the Gulf of Finland.”
Movies filmed in Porvoo
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.
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The Jackal
1997
“Also the 1997 American film The Jackal features scenes depicting Russia, which are partly shot in Porvoo.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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🏙 Towns & cities
Helsinki
🇫🇮 Finland
capital and most populous city of Finland
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🏙 Towns & cities
Kallio
🇫🇮 Finland
11th neighbourhood of Helsinki, Finland
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Puhos
🇫🇮 Finland
shopping mall in Helsinki, Finland
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🏙 Towns & cities
Sipoo
🇫🇮 Finland
municipality in the region of Uusimaa in Finland
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🏙 Towns & cities
Vallila Allotment Garden
🇫🇮 Finland
allotment garden in Helsinki, Finland
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Suomenlinna
🇫🇮 Finland
sea fortress by Helsinki, Finland
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Porvoo?
4 productions are recorded as filmed in Porvoo, including Borrowing Matchsticks (1980), The Summer Book (2024) and Unna and Nuuk (2006). 1 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, at 60.3931, 25.6639.
What other filming locations are near Porvoo?
Helsinki, Kallio, Puhos, Sipoo 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 Jae Lo Presti, CC BY-SA 4.0.