Landscapes & nature

Skógafoss

waterfall on the Skógá River in Iceland

Iceland · 63.5297, -19.5139

Skógafoss is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 3 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.

“The waterfall was a location for the filming of the 2013 film releases Thor: The Dark World and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.”

Thor: The Dark World (2013) · Wikipedia

Open on the map → Wikipedia Source data

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Skógafoss 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.

Thor: The Dark World 2013
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 2013
“The sequences where Walter Mitty follows Sean to Afghanistan were also filmed in Iceland, at the Skogafoss waterfall and in Vatnajökull National Park.” Wikipedia
Beowulf & Grendel 2005

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed at Skógafoss?

3 productions are recorded as filmed at Skógafoss, including Thor: The Dark World (2013), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) and Beowulf & Grendel (2005). 3 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed at Skógafoss?

Thor: The Dark World (2013), covered by 68 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Skógafoss?

Skógafoss is in Iceland. Its coordinates are 63.5297, -19.5139.

What other filming locations are near Skógafoss?

Skógar (under 1 km), Dyrhólaey (24 km south-east), Mýrdalsjökull (24 km north-east), Markarfljót (25 km west) 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 Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.