Where was Emerald City Filmed? Filming Locations Guide
Posted by Ra Moon
The NBC series was described as a dark version of The Wizard of Oz combined with Game of Thrones.
The producers spent a good slice of the budget traveling to multiple locations across different European countries, as did HBO's hit series.
Emerald City was primarily filmed in Spain, Croatia, and Hungary.
The producers spent a good slice of the budget traveling to multiple locations across different European countries, as did HBO's hit series.
Emerald City was primarily filmed in Spain, Croatia, and Hungary.
The story starts when quite a grown-up Dorothy from Kansas is caught in a storm, ending up in a parallel kingdom of sex, magic, and violent knights.
The cast is led by Adria Arjona, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, and Vincent D'Onofrio.
As the places where the Wicked movie was filmed, the show is a visually gorgeous trip to magnificent filming locations, accompanied by some interesting Steampunk stuff and Art Nouveau designs. No spoilers ahead!
The Emerald City locations
The Palace of the Wizard of Oz has an organic air that recalls the architecture of Antoni GaudÃ, the genius who created the Sagrada FamÃlia temple in Barcelona.
The Park Güell, heavily featured in the series as the Palace of Oz, is also a design from the same Catalan architect.
Image courtesy of NBC
If you've been here you can't forget the unique look of this popular tourist attraction of Barcelona.
Images courtesy of NBC, Jean-Christophe Benoist, and Angela Llop
Eye for detail: Emerald City art is inspired by Gaudi's work, like the hilt of Lucas's sword.
On the right, the chimney sentinels of La Pedrera house, also in Barcelona.
Image courtesy of NBC and Marc Cornelis
The next sets and outdoors are located in the south of Spain. Pictured, the Alcázar of Seville, of Moorish origin, served also as a filming location for Game of Thrones from season 5.
Image courtesy of NBC and Archigeek
The Baths of Lady MarÃa de Padilla, situated beneath this complex, is where Dorothy goes for purification.
This location was also featured as a section of the Warrior Nun city.
Image courtesy of NBC and QX L
Outside, the palace of the Witch of the East is the Calahorra Castle in the province of Granada.
Image courtesy of NBC and Stephane Seco
The yellow (brick?) road goes across the impressive karst landscapes of El Torcal in Antequera (Málaga).
Image courtesy of NBC and Goya Fotografia
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A scene from the third episode was filmed on the beach in the Cabo de Gata National Park, AlmerÃa.
Image courtesy of NBC
A scene from the third episode was filmed on the beach in the Cabo de Gata National Park, AlmerÃa.
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Troglodyte cave dwellings in Guadix (Granada) from the second episode.
Image courtesy of NBC and Emanuele
Now we move to the wonderful Adriatic coast in Croatia. The city of Oz is inspired by Dubrovnik.
Image courtesy of NBC
The Witch's sanctuary looks very much like the monumental Onofrio's Fountain (at the right).
However, Emerald City was not filmed in Dubrovnik: The production team built almost a whole city in the studios, along with amazingly detailed sets.
Image courtesy of NBC and Jimmy Harris
Some characters go through the superb scenery of Plitvice Lakes National Park in central Croatia.
Image courtesy of NBC and Carlo Columba
Hundreds of tourists explore every day these paths surrounded by hanging waterfalls.
All the info and many more pictures from this Balkanic wonder, one of the most beautiful parks in the world, can be found following this link.
Image by Tomislav Car
The industrious city of Ev is inspired by Budapest. We can easily recognize many elements from the Hungarian capital, like the Parliament building, the Chain Bridge, or the covered passages with glass roofs.
Image courtesy of NBC
The Budapest Castle Hill Funicular was used for some external shots representing the Palace of Ev.
Image courtesy of NBC
The Ev palace interior was filmed at the Ethnographic Museum of Budapest.
Founded as part of the Hungarian National Museum in 1872, this cultural space in the heart of the city hosts a large collection of Hungarian folk objects.
In this awesome hall is where was also filmed the Shadow and Bone 2021 Netflix series.
However, the bedchamber of the Princess seems to be the reception hall in the Wenckheim Palace (The Ervin Szabó Library), also in Budapest.
The palace was used in another scene featuring a beautiful room with a spiral staircase.
Image courtesy of NBC
The snowed mansion from episode four is the abandoned Schossberger Castle from 1883 in Tura, Hungary.
The metallic bridge from the previous scene is the K-Bridge connecting Budapest and Hajógyári Island, also known as Óbudai-Sziget. Here is where the famous music festival takes place.
Image courtesy of NBC and Torobala
Emerald City was shot at the Korda Studios facility in Etyek, near Budapest.
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where is the gallery of the episode 1.03 wher go Tip? some place in france? thanks
ReplyDeleteThe final pic in this series looks like the mall in Milan near the domo.
ReplyDeleteYep, the famous gallery Vittorio Emanuele, but we don't think that EC was filmed there.
DeleteThe castle in the 4th episode with orphans is located in my home town Tura, Hungary. The name is
ReplyDeleteSchossberger Castle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tura,_Hungary
Thanks a lot, updated!
DeleteHi, the bridge Tip tries to jump from is the K Bridge in Budapest, probably familiar to anyone who ever visited the Sziget Festival :) http://wikimapia.org/121081/K-Bridge
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure the scene where Jack is taken in front of the Princess (when he has to climb all those steps) was also shot in a palace somewhere in Budapest, the architecture is very characteristic.
The gallery is not in Budapest, I think. There is only one similar building here, but it's smaller and doesn't really look the same (Google 'Párisi udvar').
Thanks Juci, very interesting. Párisi Udvar is a wondrous building, by the way.
DeleteI was confused between the Alhambra palace in Granada and the Alacazar in Seville - since I just visited both those places last year and you cleared the confusion up! :D Thanks for this post.
ReplyDeleteCalahorra is province La Rioja, not Granada...error geografic.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment, but La Calahorra Castle in Granada has not to be confused with the town of Calahorra in La Rioja.
Deleteepisode 1x07 the Budapest Castle Funicular apears as the acess to the princess castle!
ReplyDeleteYep, like in Grand Budapest Hotel.
DeleteEpisode 1-7
ReplyDeletePrincess Castle also look like Château Frontenac in Canada. In the back oh the hotel where the funicular take you down
Where were the Kansas scenes filmed? That farmhouse. Was that in Europe too?
ReplyDeleteYes, it was recreated in Spain
DeleteThe farmhouse was built just outside the town of Carmona (Sevilla), as well as some road driving scene (Dorothy driving pickup + tornado)
DeleteHi, I'm pretty sure the princess's bedchamber scenes were shot in the Reception Hall of the Wenckheim Palace in Budapest (which is part of the Szabó Ervin Library). Check out the mirrors in the corner, for instance: http://www.szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu/a-csodaszep-palota-amelynek-regenybe-illo-tortenete-van/. It is a reading room in everyday life :)
ReplyDeleteThere is another part of the palace featured in the series: the library room with the spiral staircase where Jane confronts Frank (if I recall correctly) is the Philosophical Reading Room of the same library (see the last picture in the link above).
I have spent so many hours in this library staring numbly at the paneling and ceiling decoration, trying to cram more knowledge in my head that I recognised these locations immediately :D EC is a great show, I hope it gets renewed!
Thanks again Juci, you're right! It's curious that the design of the decoration of Festetics Palace is also very similar to that room from Wenckheim Palace.
DeleteIt is indeed. Although the Festetics Palace was built almost 150 years earlier, its last redesign came about at the same time the Wenckheim Palace was built. This must have been the hottest look in interior design in 1887 :)
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