🎬Iceland on Screen
Iceland's volcanic landscapes, glaciers and black sand beaches have doubled as alien planets, frozen wastelands and fantasy worlds for 16+ major productions. Find every filming location with GPS coordinates and directions.
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2011 · TV Series
Iceland as the Lands Beyond the Wall
2014 · Film
Iceland as the ice planet Mann
2012 · Film
Dettifoss as the beginning of life on Earth
2005 · Film
Iceland as the League of Shadows
1985 · Film
Two Bond films, one legendary lagoon
2016 · Film
Iceland as planet Scarif and Jedha
2013 · Film
Iceland's most romantic road movie
2013 · Film
Post-apocalyptic Earth, filmed in Iceland
2020 · Film
Will Ferrell in Iceland
2015 · TV Series
Riley Blue's Icelandic story
2017 · Film
Street racing on Icelandic ice
2001 · Film
Jökulsárlón as an Arctic adventure
Every Iceland filming location plotted on an interactive map. Filter by movie, region or type. GPS coordinates for every site.
Every verified filming location with GPS coordinates, photos and the productions that used them.
The iconic arrowhead-shaped mountain on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula appeared as the Arrowhead Mountain north of the Wall in Game of Thrones Season 7. One of the most photographed mountains in Iceland.
📍 64.9266, -23.3054 — Open in Google MapsThis charming fishing town on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula was used as the Greenlandic town of Nuuk in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.
📍 65.0726, -22.7282 — Open in Google MapsThe mystical glacier-capped volcano on Snæfellsnes, immortalised by Jules Verne as the entrance to the Earth's centre. Appeared in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.
📍 64.8087, -23.7737 — Open in Google MapsUNESCO World Heritage site where the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates meet. Used as the Eyrie exterior in Game of Thrones and for Silfra fissure diving scenes.
Game of Thrones (2014)
The Bloody Gate road to the Eyrie, various exterior shots (Seasons 4–6)
Sense8 (2015)
Diving scenes in the Silfra fissure
Iceland's capital has appeared in dozens of productions. Hallgrímskirkja church, Harpa concert hall, and the city streets have all been used as filming locations.
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)
Reykjavík scenes, song contest venue
Sense8 (2015)
Reykjavík segments — Riley Blue's storyline
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
Various Reykjavík scenes
The volcanic landscape around Lake Mývatn doubled as the lands beyond the Wall and Hardhome in Game of Thrones. The geothermal lava formations of Dimmuborgir and the Námaskarð mud pools were both used extensively.
📍 65.6005, -17.0010 — Open in Google MapsA lava cave with a geothermal hot spring, famous as the cave where Jon Snow and Ygritte had their romantic scene in Game of Thrones Season 3.
📍 65.6257, -16.8831 — Open in Google MapsDramatic lava towers and caves near Lake Mývatn, used as the wildling camp and lands beyond the Wall in Game of Thrones.
📍 65.5904, -16.9117 — Open in Google MapsEurope's most powerful waterfall by volume (500 m³/s). The opening scenes of Ridley Scott's Prometheus were filmed here — the Engineer's sacrifice in the primordial Earth sequence.
📍 65.8148, -16.3851 — Open in Google MapsIceland's whale-watching capital was the primary filming location for Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga. The town's church, harbour and streets all feature prominently.
📍 66.0449, -17.3389 — Open in Google MapsAn outlet glacier of Vatnajökull, used to represent the ice planet Mann in Interstellar. The stark white landscape provided a perfect alien world. Also used in Batman Begins.
Interstellar (2014)
The ice planet Mann — where Matt Damon's character is stranded
Batman Begins (2005)
Opening scenes at the League of Shadows monastery
One of Iceland's largest waterfalls (60m drop, 25m wide). Featured in Thor: The Dark World and multiple music videos. The rainbow that forms on sunny days makes it one of Iceland's most iconic locations.
Thor: The Dark World (2013)
Asgard exterior scenes
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
Iceland segment — Walter Mitty's skateboarding journey
Iceland's most dramatic black sand beach, flanked by basalt columns and the Reynisdrangar sea stacks. Appeared in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as Scarif beach.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Planet Scarif — the beach battle sequence
Game of Thrones (2017)
Dragonstone beach scenes (Season 7)
Iceland's most spectacular glacier lagoon, filled with floating icebergs calved from Breiðamerkurjökull. Used in two James Bond films, Tomb Raider, Batman Begins and several others.
A View to a Kill (1985)
Pre-title iceberg sequence — Bond escapes on a disguised submarine
Die Another Day (2002)
Hovercraft chase across the ice lagoon
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
Opening action sequence on the glacier
Batman Begins (2005)
League of Shadows scenes
One of Iceland's most active volcanoes, the stark lunar landscape around Hekla was used in Ridley Scott's Prometheus for alien planet scenes.
Prometheus (2012)
Alien planet surface — Engineers' home world
Oblivion (2013)
Post-apocalyptic Earth surface
Europe's largest glacier by volume. Used extensively for alien planet and post-apocalyptic landscapes in multiple Hollywood productions.
Oblivion (2013)
Post-apocalyptic Earth — drone patrol sequences and exterior scenes
Interstellar (2014)
Various glacier planet sequences
The iconic white church overlooking Vík appeared in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. The village is Iceland's southernmost settlement.
📍 63.4187, -19.0061 — Open in Google MapsA dramatic volcanic headland rising from the black sands of Mýrdalssandur. Used as the desert planet Jedha in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
📍 63.4177, -18.7776 — Open in Google MapsA remote island in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago. Its lone abandoned house has become iconic on the internet. Used in various film and television productions.
📍 63.4813, -20.2724 — Open in Google MapsThe wreck of a US Navy DC-3 that crashed in 1973 on the black sand desert of Sólheimasandur. Used in music videos by Justin Bieber and various other productions.
📍 63.4595, -19.3643 — Open in Google MapsA stunning 100m deep canyon carved by glacial floods. Featured in Justin Bieber's music video I'll Show You, which made it go viral and caused overtourism concerns.
Justin Bieber – I'll Show You (2015)
Canyon walking scenes
Game of Thrones (2019)
The army of the living marches north (Season 8)
The dramatic highland plateau near Háifoss, Iceland's second tallest waterfall. Used in Fast & Furious 8 for the ice racing sequence.
📍 64.0671, -19.5272 — Open in Google MapsThe vast black sand desert stretching east from Vík, one of Europe's largest outwash plains. Used as alien and post-apocalyptic landscapes in multiple films.
Oblivion (2013)
Post-apocalyptic Earth surface — Tom Cruise's patrol sequences
Fast & Furious 8 (The Fate of the Furious) (2017)
Ice road and desert racing sequences
The iconic waterfall you can walk behind. Featured in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and multiple music videos.
📍 63.6156, -19.9886 — Open in Google MapsThe colourful rhyolite mountains of the Highlands. This otherworldly landscape of orange, pink and green mountains has been used in multiple sci-fi productions.
📍 63.9957, -19.0660 — Open in Google MapsA remote volcanic caldera in the Highlands with an acid lake. Apollo astronauts trained here before the Moon landing. Used as an alien landscape in Ridley Scott's Prometheus.
📍 65.0483, -16.7520 — Open in Google MapsEurope's largest bird cliff and westernmost point of Iceland. Remote and dramatic, used in various documentary and nature productions.
📍 65.5028, -24.5232 — Open in Google MapsIceland's dramatic and diverse landscapes offer something no other country on Earth can match: you can stand on a volcanic black sand beach, drive 30 minutes to a glacier, and be in a geothermal lava field an hour later. For filmmakers, this means an entire alien world is available within a small island.
The country's light is also unique — the long summer days with near-24-hour light, the extraordinary winter sunsets, and the dramatic weather patterns all create looks that are impossible to replicate elsewhere. The Icelandic Film Industry has also become highly professional, with experienced crews, rental equipment and established infrastructure.
Iceland offers generous film tax rebates of up to 25% on qualifying production costs, which has helped attract some of the world's biggest films since the early 2000s. The combination of financial incentives and unmatched natural beauty has made Iceland one of the world's leading film locations.
Glaciers, volcanoes, lava fields and black beaches all within driving distance
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