Jantje Friese & Baran bo Odarcreators · April 2018
Louis HofmannJonas · February 2017
Andreas Pietschmannthe Stranger · February 2017
Oliver MasucciUlrich · April 2018
Netflix · 2017–2020 · Berlin, Brandenburg and the Harz
Winden is not on any map. A pine wood, a cemetery chapel, a bridge over a dead railway, an academy, a reading room and a ruined chemical works are.
The 33-year cycle
A year of moons is eleven days shorter than a year of the sun. Every year the moon’s new year slips eleven days earlier, until, 33 years on, the two agree again. The makers of Dark built the series on that: the passage only opens in steps of 33 years.
2019. In step. Winden’s story starts here.
In step. · the series goes back to 1953 and forward to 2052.
2019 is where it starts. Turn 33 years back, or 33 on.
Saarmund forest, Nuthetal
The cave entrance never existed: the production built it as a set in a hollow in the Saarmund forest. The set was taken down in December 2019.
It lies on the Fontane hiking trail between Saarmund and Tremsdorf. A 22 km walk to the Dark locations starts in Tremsdorf and ends in Stahnsdorf; the first stretch is hilly.
The set has gone. Walk the Fontane trail through the pines from Tremsdorf; there is a hollow and a forest, nothing more. Pinned at Tremsdorf, where the walk begins.
The hut stands near the cave site in the Saarmund forest and is privately owned; the land may not be entered. The bunker entrance was built beside it, but there is no bunker: its interior was filmed in a studio.
199 km west, as the crow flies from Tremsdorf
Most of the cave interiors were shot on a purpose-built set; the few shots in a real cave were made in the Einhornhöhle near Scharzfeld, in the West Harz.
Guided tours only, on the hour, Friday to Sunday 11am–4pm until 1 November 2026. Park at “Parkplatz Einhornhöhle”; cars may not drive up to the cave.
Bahnhofstraße 2 · Stahnsdorf · consecrated 1909
The wooden chapel of the Südwestkirchhof plays the church of Winden, and comes back again and again. The church, its forecourt and the meadow opposite are the settings for key scenes; the crew built gravestones on the meadow for characters who die.
Depending on the scene, the chapel has vintage cars outside it or stands as a ruin in a post-apocalyptic future made with special effects.
It was built by Gustav Werner and consecrated on 28 March 1909, modelled on Norwegian stave churches but built of horizontal logs. The cemetery is Germany’s second largest; Heinrich Zille, F. W. Murnau and Manfred Krug are buried there.
A working cemetery. Open 7am–6pm from October to February, 7am–8pm from March. Come quietly; the bench and the meadow opposite are where the scenes were.
Königsweg · 2 km from the chapel
Many scenes were shot at the bridge that carries the Königsweg over what is left of the old cemetery railway, on the Berlin city boundary near Stahnsdorf. The line ran from Wannsee to Stahnsdorf and was closed with the Wall in 1961; some of the track is still there.
A forest bridge on a public path. Look down at the rails from the bridge; do not walk the old track.
Potsdamer Chaussee 61A · 3 km from the chapel
The caravan in the series stands in the car park of the old Dreilinden service station. The round red pop-art building is from the 1970s and is listed; the Checkpoint Bravo border crossing was once here.
Look at the round building from the public road; the car park is not a public space.
Berlin and Brandenburg
The town was put together from places that are sometimes far apart. Make the lights flicker and the signs come down.
All five signs say Winden.
Maikäferpfad 30, Westend, Berlin · 13 km from the chapel
The Reinfelder-Schule in Westend plays the school of Winden.
A working school. Look from Maikäferpfad and do not go in.
Hanseatenweg 10, Hansaviertel, Berlin · 18 km from the chapel
The outside of the Winden police station is the Akademie der Künste on Hanseatenweg. The building is in the Tiergarten near Bellevue Palace; S-Bahn Bellevue and U-Bahn Hansaplatz are the nearest stations.
Open daily 10am–8pm; the bookshop until 7pm, Café Düttmann Tuesday to Sunday 11am–6pm. S-Bahn Bellevue or U-Bahn Hansaplatz.
Unter den Linden 8, Mitte, Berlin · 20 km from the chapel
The reading room of the Winden library is the Staatsbibliothek on Unter den Linden; the outside is a library in Königs Wusterhausen. The library opens Monday to Saturday 8am–10pm and Sunday 10am–6pm, and closes on public holidays.
A working library: Monday to Saturday 8am–10pm, Sunday 10am–6pm. The reading room is for registered readers; ask at the information desk.
Brahmsstraße 10, Grunewald, Berlin · 11 km from the chapel
The stranger checks in at the Schlosshotel im Grunewald; it was used for the reception of the forest hotel. The building dates from 1911 and is now a boutique hotel with the restaurant Catalina.
A hotel; the restaurant Catalina is open to non-residents for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Lanker Dorfstraße 10, Lanke, Wandlitz · 48 km from the chapel
Schloss Lanke is the outside of the Waldhotel Winden. It has eight holiday flats with historic furniture where you can stay.
Privately owned. Its holiday flats are the way in; otherwise see it from the village street.
Brahmsstraße 10, Berlin-Grunewald · Rooms from €180 a night
The 1911 palace in Grunewald where the stranger checks in: boutique rooms and suites, and the restaurant Catalina with a garden terrace in summer.
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Compare toursIn the series the world ends on 27 June 2020, the day the last season came out. What is left is filmed at two sites outside Berlin.
Most of the post-apocalyptic Winden was filmed in the old barracks at Krampnitz, on the northern edge of Potsdam. The gymnasium where Jonas looks for food has been pulled down for new housing; some buildings, the officers’ casino among them, are listed.
The barracks were built in 1937–1939 to plans by Robert Kisch. A district for about 10,000 people is being built on 140 hectares; the first parts opened to the public in August 2025.
Now a building site turning into a new district; the first parts opened in August 2025. Keep to the open streets and the fences.
The former chemical works at Rüdersdorf plays the nuclear power plant in the apocalyptic future. The site may only be entered with permission; it can be seen from the neighbouring Museumspark.
Entry only with permission. See it from the Museumspark next door: winter hours Tuesday to Sunday 10.30am–4pm.
The second and third seasons were shot at Studio Babelsberg for Netflix and Wiedemann & Berg. Studio interiors were shot at the CCC studios in Haselhorst, Spandau, and later at Studio Babelsberg.
A working studio. See the gate from August-Bebel-Straße.
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Jantje Friese & Baran bo Odarcreators · April 2018
Louis HofmannJonas · February 2017
Andreas Pietschmannthe Stranger · February 2017
Oliver MasucciUlrich · April 2018
Twenty-six episodes in three seasons, from December 2017 to June 2020: Netflix’s first German-language original, created by Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar, filmed in and around Berlin between October 2016 and December 2019.
Every place, by area.
13 places you can visit, from a forest south of Potsdam to a cave in the Harz. The cave mouth is gone; the Doppler hut is private and is not pinned; schools, studios and the chemical works are seen from outside.
Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: area · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. The set has gone. Walk the Fontane trail through the pines from Tremsdorf; there is a hollow and a forest, nothing more. Pinned at Tremsdorf, where the walk begins.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Guided tours only, on the hour, Friday to Sunday 11am–4pm until 1 November 2026. Park at “Parkplatz Einhornhöhle”; cars may not drive up to the cave.
Saarmund forest, between Saarmund and Tremsdorf, Nuthetal
The cave entrance never existed: the production built it as a set in a hollow in the Saarmund forest.
The set has gone. Walk the Fontane trail through the pines from Tremsdorf; there is a hollow and a forest, nothing more. Pinned at Tremsdorf, where the walk begins.
Haus Einhorn, Scharzfeld, Herzberg am Harz
Most of the cave interiors were shot on a purpose-built set; the few shots in a real cave were made in the Einhornhöhle near Scharzfeld, in the West Harz.
Guided tours only, on the hour, Friday to Sunday 11am–4pm until 1 November 2026. Park at “Parkplatz Einhornhöhle”; cars may not drive up to the cave.
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The Schlosshotel in Grunewald, which played the hotel’s reception.
Brahmsstraße 10, Berlin-Grunewald · Rooms from €180 a night
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Last tours in the cave, two walks and a carol concert at the chapel, and a torchlit walk by the chemical works.
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Two cycles of the score on vinyl.
Ben Frost · 12-inch vinyl, 2019
The first cycle of Ben Frost’s music for Dark, on vinyl.
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The third cycle of Ben Frost’s score, on vinyl.
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Saarmund forest, between Saarmund and Tremsdorf, Nuthetal
A cave entrance is built as a set in a hollow of the Saarmund forest.
Saarmund forest, near the cave site
A bunker entrance is built by the hut; the bunker inside is a studio set.
Haus Einhorn, Scharzfeld, Herzberg am Harz
The few shots inside a real cave are made in the Einhornhöhle; the rest is a built set.
Bahnhofstraße 2, Stahnsdorf
The wooden chapel plays Winden’s church, with gravestones built on the meadow opposite.
Königsweg, Düppel forest, Berlin–Stahnsdorf boundary
Many scenes are shot at the Königsweg bridge over the old cemetery railway.
Potsdamer Chaussee 61A, Nikolassee, Berlin
The caravan stands in the car park of the old Dreilinden service station.
Krampnitz, Fahrland, Potsdam
The old barracks play most of Winden after the apocalypse.
August-Bebel-Straße, Babelsberg, Potsdam
Seasons two and three are shot at Studio Babelsberg.
Maikäferpfad 30, Westend, Berlin
The Reinfelder-Schule plays Winden’s school.
Hanseatenweg 10, Hansaviertel, Berlin
The Akademie der Künste plays the outside of the Winden police station.
Unter den Linden 8, Mitte, Berlin
The Staatsbibliothek reading room plays Winden’s library.
Brahmsstraße 10, Grunewald, Berlin
The stranger checks in at the Schlosshotel, the hotel’s reception.
Tasdorf, Rüdersdorf bei Berlin
The ruined chemical works plays the nuclear power plant in the future.
Lanker Dorfstraße 10, Lanke, Wandlitz
Schloss Lanke plays the outside of the Waldhotel Winden.
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