Towns & cities
Rovaniemi
city in the region of Lapland in Finland
Finland · 66.5028, 25.7285
Rovaniemi is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 12 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.
1 production was filmed at 2 places inside Rovaniemi rather than at Rovaniemi itself: listed below, each with the place it was shot.
“The railway station sequence where Steiner and his men make their first appearance was filmed in Rovaniemi, Finland.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Rovaniemi 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.
- Doctor Zhivago 1965
- Reds 1981
- The Eagle Has Landed 1976
- Lovers of the Arctic Circle 1998
- The Unknown Soldier 1955
- Farewell 2009
- Lapland Odyssey 2010
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Tommy and the Wildcat
1998
“In addition to Ranua, the film was also shot in Posio and Rovaniemi.” Wikipedia
- Crazy Finland 1967
- Aurora 2019
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At the Rovaniemi Fair
1951
“The film was shot in Helsinki, Inari and Rovaniemi during the summer of 1951 and its production costs were 7.2 million Finnish marks.” Wikipedia
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The Finnish Line
2024
“The film was shot in Iceland and also in Finnish Lapland, such as in the Santa Claus Village located in Rovaniemi.” Wikipedia
Movies filmed elsewhere in Rovaniemi
1 production shot at 2 places inside Rovaniemi, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Rovaniemi itself.
- The Fourth Protocol Ounasvaara per Wikipedia 1987
Filming locations nearby
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Towns & cities
Rovaniemen maalaiskunta
Finland·2 km north-east
former municipality of Finland, now part of the city of Rovaniemi
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Landscapes & nature
Ounasvaara
Finland·2 km east
mountain in Rovaniemi, Finland
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Rovaniemi?
13 productions are recorded as filmed in Rovaniemi, 1 of them at places inside it, including Doctor Zhivago (1965), Reds (1981) and The Eagle Has Landed (1976). 12 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Rovaniemi?
Doctor Zhivago (1965), covered by 61 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Rovaniemi?
Rovaniemi is in Finland. Its coordinates are 66.5028, 25.7285.
What other filming locations are near Rovaniemi?
Rovaniemen maalaiskunta (2 km north-east) and Ounasvaara (2 km east), 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 Tarja Mitrovic, CC BY 2.0.