That Film Spot is an independent filming location archive and travel guide documenting real places used in film and television.
The site was created from a personal interest in visiting filming locations and comparing what appears on screen with the real places behind the scenes. Films and television series are shot everywhere: famous landmarks, city streets, hotels, restaurants, beaches, bridges, houses, shops, railway stations, car parks and countless places that most people would otherwise pass without a second thought. That Film Spot connects those real-world locations with the productions and scenes that made use of them.
The aim is to make filming locations easy to identify, understand and visit. Each location page focuses on the real place first, then explains how it was used on screen. Maps, nearby locations, photographs and related film pages are included as navigation tools, but the core of the site is the documentation of real-world filming locations.
Many of the locations featured on That Film Spot have been visited and photographed by us. Others are researched through maps, production information, visible screen details, public records and other available sources. Entries are written and edited manually, with emphasis on accuracy, useful scene information and clear links between the screen image and the real location.
That Film Spot can be explored in several ways. Readers can look up the known locations used in a particular film or television series, browse places by city or country, or start from a real-world location and discover which productions have filmed there. Some locations are internationally recognised attractions, while others are ordinary buildings, streets or businesses whose connection to a particular scene may be known only to dedicated fans. Both are part of what the site documents.
A location does not need to be spectacular in its own right to have an interesting place in film or television history. Sometimes the most interesting places are the quiet streets, shops, stations, cafés, parks or industrial corners that appear on screen for only a few seconds. That Film Spot documents both the famous landmarks and the obscure places that help connect film and television to the real world.
Registered users can keep track of their own film-location travels by marking places as “Been here” or “Want to go”. These features make it possible to build a personal record of locations already visited and save others for future trips.
Accuracy is an important part of the project. Filming information can occasionally be incomplete, disputed or difficult to verify, especially when productions use ordinary streets, private buildings or altered screen geography. Corrections, additional details and well-sourced tips are always welcome.
Many filming locations remain working businesses, private homes or places where people live their everyday lives. That Film Spot encourages anyone visiting a location to respect private property, residents, staff, local restrictions and access rules. Being featured on the site does not necessarily mean that a location is open to the public.
The archive continues to grow as new films, television series and locations are researched and added. The goal is to build a detailed and useful record of where film and television were made — from instantly recognisable landmarks to the obscure corners of the world that appeared on screen for only a moment.
That Film Spot is researched, written and maintained by Runar Pettersen, a Norway-based writer, photographer and filming-location enthusiast, also the head of horror film festival Oslo Fright Fest, and curator of Inferno film program. The site grew out of a personal interest in visiting filming locations, identifying real places seen on screen, and documenting them through original photography and research.