Filming locations near Cologne

29 places within 100 km of the city centre where films and television series were shot — every one on the interactive map, with photographs, distances and what was filmed there. The closest is Hürth, 9 km south-west; the most filmed is Bonn with 1 recorded production.

Everything recorded against Cologne itself — rather than at a named spot near it — is on its own page.

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Within 100 km · 29 21 towns & cities · 3 castles, palaces & great houses · 3 landmarks, buildings & interiors · 2 landscapes, coasts & wilderness Closest · Hürth · 9 km Most famous · Düsseldorf

Within 25 km of Cologne

1. 🏙 Hürth · 9 km south-west · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Alarm for Cobra 11 – The Highway Police. Town in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Day trips: 25 to 60 km

1. 🏙 Bonn · 25 km south-east · Towns & cities

   1 production — American Sweatshop. City in Germany and capital of former West Germany

2. 🏙 Hilden · 26 km north · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Nymphomaniac. Town in the district of Mettmann, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

3. 🏙 Oberkassel · 29 km south-east · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — The Bridge at Remagen. Quarter of Bonn, Germany

4. 🏙 Düsseldorf · 34 km north · Towns & cities

   3 productions, per Wikipedia — Cloud Atlas, Alarm for Cobra 11 – The Highway Police. Capital city of the German federated state of North Rhine-Westphalia

5. 🏙 Neuss · 34 km north-west · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Palermo Shooting. German city

6. 🏰 Schloss Drachenburg · 35 km south-east · Castles & palaces

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Babylon Berlin. 19th century villa in Königswinter, Germany

7. 🏙 Wuppertal · 39 km north-east · Towns & cities

   1 production — Antichrist. City in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

8. 🏙 Mönchengladbach · 47 km north-west · Towns & cities

   1 production — Vijay and I. City in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

9. 🏙 Duisburg · 56 km north · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. City in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

10. 🏙 Essen · 57 km north · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia — Palermo Shooting. City in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Further out: 60 to 100 km

1. 🏞 Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord · 61 km north · Landscapes & nature

   1 production, per Wikipedia — The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Park in Duisburg, Germany

2. 🏛 Palatine Chapel in Aachen · 64 km west · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia — The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Historical part of Aachen Cathedral, Germany

3. 🏙 Bottrop · 65 km north · Towns & cities

   1 production — Heaven. Large city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

4. 🏰 Bürresheim Castle · 67 km south · Castles & palaces

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Castle in Germany

5. 🏛 Nürburgring · 67 km south · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production — Rush. Race track in Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

6. 🏙 Hergenrath · 70 km west · Towns & cities

   1 production — Trouble at Timpetill. Section of Kelmis, Belgium

7. 🏙 Mayen · 70 km south · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Municipality of Germany

8. 🏙 Tegelen · 73 km north-west · Towns & cities

   1 production — Riphagen. Village in Venlo, Netherlands

9. 🏞 High Fens · 76 km south-west · Landscapes & nature

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Mandy. Upland area in Belgium and Germany

10. 🏙 Munstergeleen · 77 km west · Towns & cities

    1 production — Flodder 3. Village in Sittard-Geleen, Netherlands

11. 🏙 Sittard-Geleen · 78 km west · Towns & cities

    1 production — Flodder 3. Municipality in the Netherlands

12. 🏙 Waimes · 83 km south-west · Towns & cities

    1 production — Eldorado. Municipality in Wallonia, Belgium

+ 6 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.

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