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Saint Paul
capital city of the U.S. state of Minnesota and seat of Ramsey County
🇺🇸 United States · 44.9442, -93.0936
Saint Paul is recorded as a filming location for 2 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Saint Paul, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 2 more.
1 production was filmed at 3 places inside Saint Paul rather than at Saint Paul itself — listed below, each with the place it was shot.
“Jingle All the Way was set and filmed in the Twin Cities metropolitan area of Minnesota at locations such as Bloomington's Mall of America, Mickey's Diner, downtown Minneapolis, Linden Hills, residential areas of Edina and primarily downtown Saint Paul.”
Movies filmed in Saint Paul
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Saint Paul 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.
- A Prairie Home Companion 2006
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Grumpy Old Men
1993
“Interior scenes were filmed at Paisley Park Studios, while St. Paul, Faribault and Center City doubled as Wabasha.” Wikipedia
Movies filmed elsewhere in Saint Paul
1 production shot at 3 places inside Saint Paul, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Saint Paul itself.
- The Day the Earth Stood Still University of Minnesota per Wikipedia 2008
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
University of Minnesota
🇺🇸 United States
public research university in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
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Mickey's Diner
🇺🇸 United States
restaurant in Saint Paul, Minnesota, US
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Fitzgerald Theater
🇺🇸 United States
theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Filming locations nearby
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Minneapolis
🇺🇸 United States
city in and seat of Hennepin County, and largest city in State of Minnesota, United States
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Minneapolis–Saint Paul
🇺🇸 United States
metropolitan area in Minnesota, United States
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Bloomington
🇺🇸 United States
city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
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Edina
🇺🇸 United States
city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
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Richfield
🇺🇸 United States
city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
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St. Louis Park
🇺🇸 United States
city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Saint Paul?
5 productions are recorded as filmed in Saint Paul, 1 of them at places inside it, including A Serious Man (2009), Jingle All the Way (1996) and A Prairie Home Companion (2006). 2 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Saint Paul?
A Serious Man (2009), covered by 41 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Saint Paul?
Saint Paul is in the United States, at 44.9442, -93.0936.
What other filming locations are near Saint Paul?
Minneapolis, Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Bloomington, Edina 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 John Polo, CC BY-SA 3.0.