Film & TV Locations

From James Bond to "Game of Thrones", Iceland has provided some of the finest locations for film and television series with car chases on a glacier and substitute Star Wars planets. Eyjafjallajokull Glacier was used as a setting for scenes from George Lukas' famous series before starring in its own real life drama, when its volcano erupted throwing ash into the sky and air travel into confusion. Iceland fills in for Bhutan during "Batman Begins" and provides the perfect ambience for Angelina Jolie during "Lara Croft - Tomb Raider". Truly, a diverse landscape.

From the 1958 classic Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis rendition of "The Vikings" to Star Wars (again), Norway has provided beautiful locations for films such as "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", "Ex Machina", where Oscar isaac's house is actually a hotel, Pierce Brosnan's last James Bond appearance in "Die Another Day", Matt Damon's "Downsizing", Philip Pullman's "The Golden Compass" and - whisper it quietly - even "The Danish Girl".

Stockholm lays claim to "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and its sequels, while Denmark shares bragging rights for the iconic "The Bridge" TV series with Sweden and the Finns have showcased Bruce Willis' "Reds", made infiinitely more watchable by Helen Mirren and John Malkovitch, the Michael Caine classic "The Billion Dollar Brain", "Doctor Zhivago" and Charlton Heston's "Call of the Wild."

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