🏙 Towns & cities
Zurich
most populous city in Switzerland and capital of the canton of Zurich
🇨🇭 Switzerland · 47.3744, 8.5411
Zurich is recorded as a filming location for 13 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Zurich, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 5 more. 1 video game is also set here.
1 production was filmed at 5 places inside Zurich rather than at Zurich itself — listed below, each with the place it was shot.
“In addition to Paris, filming took place in Prague, Imperia, Rome, Mykonos, and Zürich; several scenes set in Zürich were also filmed in Prague.”
Movies filmed in Zurich
- The Bourne Identity 2002
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 2011
- A Dangerous Method 2011
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The Eiger Sanction
1975
“The picture was filmed on location on the Eiger mountain and Zürich in Switzerland, in Monument Valley and Zion National Park in the American Southwest, and in Carmel-by-the-Sea and Monterey in California.” Wikipedia
- The Informant! 2009
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Phenomena
1985
“The Rietberg Museum in Zurich portrayed the fictional "Richard Wagner School." Interior sets were constructed at Elios Studios in Rome.” Wikipedia
- Vitus 2006
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Jack the Ripper
1976
“The West German and Swiss co-production was filmed largely in Zurich, and was released on September 23, 1976.” Wikipedia
- Espion, lève-toi 1982
- Late Shift 2025
- Fogi Is a Bastard 1998
- Justice 1993
- Varning för Jönssonligan 1981
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Zurich 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 Muppets
2011
“Scooter's scene in the Muppet reunion montage was filmed at Google's Zürich headquarters in Switzerland.” Wikipedia
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Dhoom 3
2013
“In the second week of March 2013, it was reported that the crew had departed for Zurich and Ticino, Switzerland to film the climax.” Wikipedia
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Poltergeist II: The Other Side
1986
“Because Giger did not want to leave Zurich for long periods of time, his colleague Cornelius De Fries was hired to represent Giger at the studio during production.” Wikipedia
- The Search 1948
- Heidi 1952
Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Zurich
1 production shot at 5 places inside Zurich, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Zurich itself.
- Derrick Dolder Grand 1974–1998
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Dolder Grand
🇨🇭 Switzerland
hotel in Zürich
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Grossmünster
🇨🇭 Switzerland
church buildings in the city of Zurich, Switzerland
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🛣 Streets & squares
Münsterbrücke
🇨🇭 Switzerland
bridge in Zürich (ZH), Switzerland
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Museum Rietberg
🇨🇭 Switzerland
museum in Zurich (Switzerland)
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🛣 Streets & squares
Polybahn
🇨🇭 Switzerland
funicular in the city of Zürich, Switzerland
Set here
Video games that take place here. A game is filmed nowhere, so this is where the story is set rather than where a camera stood — a different claim from everything above, and kept under its own heading for that reason.
Filming locations nearby
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🏙 Towns & cities
Hittnau
🇨🇭 Switzerland
municipality in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Zurich Airport
🇨🇭 Switzerland
international airport serving Zurich, Switzerland
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Dolder Grand
🇨🇭 Switzerland
hotel in Zürich
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Grossmünster
🇨🇭 Switzerland
church buildings in the city of Zurich, Switzerland
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Limmat
🇨🇭 Switzerland
river in Switzerland
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🛣 Streets & squares
Münsterbrücke
🇨🇭 Switzerland
bridge in Zürich (ZH), Switzerland
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Zurich?
19 productions are recorded as filmed in Zurich, 1 of them at places inside it, including The Bourne Identity (2002), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) and A Dangerous Method (2011). 5 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Zurich?
The Bourne Identity (2002), covered by 62 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Zurich?
Zurich is in Switzerland, at 47.3744, 8.5411. The day trip guide for Zurich lists 60 filming locations within 100 km.
What other filming locations are near Zurich?
Hittnau, Zurich Airport, Dolder Grand, Grossmünster 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 Ikiwaner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Planning a visit? Filming locations near Zurich — 60 places within 100 km, with distances and directions.