Filming locations near Essen

21 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 Bottrop, 10 km north-west; the most filmed is Cologne with 39 recorded productions.

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

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Within 100 km · 21 16 towns & cities · 2 landscapes, coasts & wilderness · 2 castles, palaces & great houses · 1 landmarks & buildings Closest · Bottrop · 10 km Most famous · Cologne

Within 25 km of Essen

1. 🏙 Bottrop · 10 km north-west · Towns & cities

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

2. 🏞 Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord · 16 km west · Landscapes & nature

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

3. 🏙 Duisburg · 18 km west · Towns & cities

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

4. 🏙 Wuppertal · 24 km south-east · Towns & cities

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

Day trips: 25 to 60 km

1. 🏙 Düsseldorf · 30 km south-west · 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

2. 🏙 Hilden · 31 km south · Towns & cities

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

3. 🏙 Neuss · 36 km south-west · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Palermo Shooting. German city

4. 🏰 Schloss Nordkirchen · 48 km north-east · Castles & palaces

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Spencer. Palace in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany

5. 🏙 Mönchengladbach · 49 km south-west · Towns & cities

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

6. 🏙 Cologne · 57 km south · Towns & cities

   39 productions — Amélie, The Reader. Most populous city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Further out: 60 to 100 km

1. 🏙 Tegelen · 62 km west · Towns & cities

   1 production — Riphagen. Village in Venlo, Netherlands

2. 🏙 Hürth · 64 km south · Towns & cities

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

3. 🏙 Münster · 71 km north-east · Towns & cities

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

4. 🏙 Bonn · 80 km south · Towns & cities

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

5. 🏙 Oberkassel · 83 km south · Towns & cities

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

6. 🏰 Schloss Drachenburg · 88 km south · Castles & palaces

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

7. 🏞 IJssel · 92 km north-west · Landscapes & nature

   1 production, per Wikipedia — A Bridge Too Far. Branch of the Rhine in the Netherlands

8. 🏙 Zutphen · 95 km north-west · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — A Bridge Too Far. City in Zutphen, Netherlands

9. 🏙 Sittard-Geleen · 95 km south-west · Towns & cities

   1 production — Flodder 3. Municipality in the Netherlands

10. 🏙 Munstergeleen · 96 km south-west · Towns & cities

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

11. 🏛 Palatine Chapel in Aachen · 99 km south-west · Landmarks & buildings

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

Nearby city guides

Duisburg · 18 km Düsseldorf · 30 km Cologne · 57 km Roermond · 77 km Enschede · 86 km

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