The series keeps telling you which city you are in. Often it is lying. The very first scene’s Vienna is a town square near Siena. Pick a caption and spray it until the cover story is gone.
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Piazza Arnolfo di Cambio, Colle di Val d’Elsa, September 2021: the square where Bar Garibaldi stands. Photo by Wolfgang Moroder. Wolfgang Moroder · CC BY-SA 3.0
ViennaA café, the very first scene
Still in disguiseSaid: Vienna
Choose a caption, then press the bulb. Three sprays clear a cover story.
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Vienna, a café, the very first scene: Bar Garibaldi, Colle di Val d’Elsa, Tuscany.
Piazza Arnolfo di Cambio, Colle di Val d’Elsa, September 2021: the square where Bar Garibaldi stands. Photo by Wolfgang Moroder. Wolfgang Moroder · CC BY-SA 3.0
Piazza Arnolfo di Cambio, Colle di Val d’Elsa, near Siena
Bar Garibaldi, Colle di Val d’Elsa
The very first scene, captioned Vienna, was filmed at Bar Garibaldi in Colle di Val d’Elsa.
Villanelle eats an ice cream at a table here, and tips over a little girl’s on her way out.
A working bar on the town’s main square. The photograph shows the square.
Where we read it
Said Berlin
Fabric on Charterhouse Street, February 2020. Photo by Lolita Montana. Lolita Montana · CC BY-SA 2.0
77a Charterhouse Street, Farringdon
Fabric
Fabric, opposite Smithfield Market, plays the Berlin nightclub of series one: episode three, where Bill is killed.
Founded in 1999 on Charterhouse Street. DJ Magazine voted it the world’s number one club in 2007 and 2008.
A working nightclub for over-18s. By day, see the front from Charterhouse Street, across from Smithfield Market.
Where we read it
Said Moscow
The Romanian Athenaeum, May 2016. Photo by Diego Delso. Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0
Strada Benjamin Franklin 1–3, Bucharest
The Romanian Athenaeum
Its lobby was dressed as Cafe Radozhny, a Moscow restaurant, for the series one finale.
Opened in 1888 to the French architect Albert Galleron’s design. Part of the money came from a 28-year public subscription.
A working concert hall. Go to a concert of the George Enescu Philharmonic to see inside.
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Said Moscow, again
Hornsey Town Hall, Crouch End, September 2016. Photo by Philafrenzy. Philafrenzy · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Broadway, Crouch End, London N8
Hornsey Town Hall
It plays Moscow’s Hotel Atlasov, where Eve and Carolyn stay: its lobby, bar and restaurant were filmed here.
The first major building in the UK in the Modernist style, by Reginald Uren; the foundation stone was laid on 29 November 1934.
Restored, with a hotel, café and public lounges inside. The square in front is open to all.
Where we read it
Place Vendôme in October 2019. Photo by besopha. besopha · CC BY 2.0
1st arrondissement · the pink dress
Paris, honestly.
Villanelle meets Konstantin here in a pink tulle dress, after her psychiatric assessment. One guide puts it in series one, episode two; another in series two.
A public square in the 1st arrondissement, north of the Tuileries. Jules Hardouin-Mansart’s regular fronts and cut corners make the rectangle read as an octagon.
Napoleon raised the column for Austerlitz. The Paris Commune pulled it down on 16 May 1871; it was put back up later.
A public square, open at all hours. The column stands in the middle.
Where we read it
Villanelle walks home along Rue Guénégaud and Rue Mazarine in the 6th arrondissement. The flat she walks into is a set in a London studio, so no door there is hers.
Where we read it
The walk home on Rue Guénégaud and Rue Mazarine; the flat’s interior a London studio set.
Piazza Arnolfo di Cambio, Colle di Val d’Elsa, September 2021: the square where Bar Garibaldi stands. Photo by Wolfgang Moroder. Wolfgang Moroder · CC BY-SA 3.0
Piazza Arnolfo di Cambio, Colle di Val d’Elsa, near Siena
Bar Garibaldi, Colle di Val d’Elsa
The very first scene, captioned Vienna, was filmed at Bar Garibaldi in Colle di Val d’Elsa.
Villanelle eats an ice cream at a table here, and tips over a little girl’s on her way out.
Colle di Val d’Elsa is a town in the province of Siena, with about 21,600 people in 2017.
Villanelle goes back to Tuscany in series two.
A working bar on the town’s main square. The photograph shows the square.
Where we read it
Tivoli · the series two finale
The Maritime Theatre at Hadrian’s Villa, April 2019: a round island villa inside a moat. Photo by Daderot. Daderot · Public domain
Largo Marguerite Yourcenar 1, Villa Adriana, Tivoli, near Rome
Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli
The series two finale ends in these ruins: Villanelle leads Eve through them, with the Teatro Marittimo and the Grandi Terme named by one guide.
Built around AD 120 for the emperor Hadrian, about 20 km from Rome. Its remains are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
More than 30 buildings on terraces over at least a square kilometre: a larger area than Pompeii.
Free admission on the first Sunday of the month, so on Sunday 1 November 2026, and on 4 November.
A state archaeological site, open every day except 1 January and 25 December. Free on the first Sunday of the month.
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Four series · four head writers
Four series.
Each series had its own head writer and its own map. Pick one.
Series 1, 2018. Head writer Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Tuscany, Paris, Berlin, Bucharest and London, filmed from July to December 2017.
Place VendômeParis and Italy
Bar Garibaldi, Colle di Val d’ElsaParis and Italy
Hadrian’s Villa, TivoliParis and Italy
Friedrichstraße station, BerlinBerlin, Amsterdam, Bucharest, Barcelona
The RijksmuseumBerlin, Amsterdam, Bucharest, Barcelona
The Romanian AthenaeumBerlin, Amsterdam, Bucharest, Barcelona
Casa Ramos, BarcelonaBerlin, Amsterdam, Bucharest, Barcelona
Warwick House StreetLondon and Kent
FabricLondon and Kent
Hornsey Town HallLondon and Kent
Dreamland, MargateLondon and Kent
Where we read it
Head writers, filming dates and the cities of series one, three and four.
The Romanian Athenaeum, May 2016. Photo by Diego Delso. Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0
Strada Benjamin Franklin 1–3, Bucharest
The Romanian Athenaeum
Its lobby was dressed as Cafe Radozhny, a Moscow restaurant, for the series one finale.
Opened in 1888 to the French architect Albert Galleron’s design. Part of the money came from a 28-year public subscription.
Home of the George Enescu Philharmonic and of the George Enescu Festival.
A working concert hall. Go to a concert of the George Enescu Philharmonic to see inside.
Where we read it
Series three · Barcelona
Casa Ramos on Plaça de Lesseps, February 2015. Photo by Gabriele Giuseppini. Gabriele Giuseppini · CC BY 3.0
Plaça de Lesseps 30, Gràcia, Barcelona
Casa Ramos, Barcelona
The inside of Villanelle’s Barcelona flat in series three was filmed at Casa Ramos on Plaça de Lesseps.
A modernista apartment block by Jaume Torres i Grau, protected as a Bien Cultural de Interés Nacional of Catalonia.
Its front faces the square: beige and white sgraffito, bays of Montjuïc sandstone and wrought-iron balconies.
Private flats. See the front from Plaça de Lesseps; there is a metro stop on the square.
Where we read it
Where the show was made
London, playing everywhere.
London is home for Eve, and stand-in for half of Europe. The office door is a minute from Trafalgar Square; the Berlin club is 2 km east; the Moscow hotel is 8 km north, in Crouch End.
St James’s · the office
Warwick House Street from Pall Mall, March 2016. Photo by Robert Lamb, geograph.org.uk. Robert Lamb · CC BY-SA 2.0
Warwick House Street, off Pall Mall and Cockspur Street, St James’s
Warwick House Street
Eve’s base is a door on Warwick House Street, near Trafalgar Square.
One guide counts it as the second door on the right, the one with a round window, used through the series.
A public back street a minute from Trafalgar Square. The offices are private.
Where we read it
Farringdon · Berlin
Fabric on Charterhouse Street, February 2020. Photo by Lolita Montana. Lolita Montana · CC BY-SA 2.0
77a Charterhouse Street, Farringdon
Fabric
Fabric, opposite Smithfield Market, plays the Berlin nightclub of series one: episode three, where Bill is killed.
Founded in 1999 on Charterhouse Street. DJ Magazine voted it the world’s number one club in 2007 and 2008.
A working nightclub for over-18s. By day, see the front from Charterhouse Street, across from Smithfield Market.
Where we read it
Crouch End · Moscow
Hornsey Town Hall, Crouch End, September 2016. Photo by Philafrenzy. Philafrenzy · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Broadway, Crouch End, London N8
Hornsey Town Hall
It plays Moscow’s Hotel Atlasov, where Eve and Carolyn stay: its lobby, bar and restaurant were filmed here.
The first major building in the UK in the Modernist style, by Reginald Uren; the foundation stone was laid on 29 November 1934.
Grade II* listed. It was the Borough of Hornsey’s headquarters until 1965.
Since November 2025 part of it is an aparthotel, AMTD Dao by Dorsett Hornsey.
Restored, with a hotel, café and public lounges inside. The square in front is open to all.
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Dao by Dorsett
AMTD Dao by Dorsett Hornsey
Crouch End, north London · Studios 20–26 m² · one-bedroom apartments 37 m² · rates on the hotel’s booking page
Studios and one-bedroom apartments inside Hornsey Town Hall, the building that plays Moscow’s Hotel Atlasov. Opened November 2025; the rooms include historic studios.
The last series ends up by the sea in Kent. The Kent Film Office lists where it filmed in Margate in 2021, without saying which scene was where:
Dreamland
The Lido complex
The Nayland Rock Hotel
Market Square
The beach and its sea-defence steps
The Harbour Arm
Nayland Rock Shelter
Sands Café
Newgate Lower Promenade
Market Street, Duke Street, Broad Street and All Saints Avenue
Kent had been there before: series one, episode five opens on the M2 in Medway, and Eve and Elena question Frank at Nell’s Café, a truck stop off the A2 near Gravesend.
Where we read it
The Margate list for series four, and the M2 and Nell’s Café in series one, episode five.
The Scenic Railway at Dreamland, April 2016. Photo by Peet13. Peet13 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Marine Terrace, Margate, Kent
Dreamland, Margate
Series four came to Margate in 2021 for episodes four to seven, and Dreamland is on the Film Office’s list.
Its Scenic Railway, a wooden roller coaster now Grade II* listed, opened in 1920, the year the Dreamland name began.
Free to go in. Over half term, 24 October to 1 November 2026, it opens daily from 10:30.
Free to go in. Open daily over half term, 24 October to 1 November 2026, 10:30 to 16:00.
Where we read it
During the run, 2018–2021
Eve, Villanelle, and the writer.
Sandra Oh in New York, April 2018, the week series one began on BBC America. Photo by greg2600 on Flickr. greg2600 (Flickr) · CC BY-SA 2.0
Jodie Comer in August 2021, while series four was being filmed. Frame from a Lega Nerd video interview. Lega Nerd · CC BY 3.0
Phoebe Waller-Bridge in May 2018, during series one, which she adapted and led as head writer. Frame from an MTV International interview. MTV UK (YouTube) · CC BY 3.0
Phoebe Waller-Bridge adapted Luke Jennings’s Villanelle novellas and was head writer of series one; Emerald Fennell, Suzanne Heathcote and Laura Neal followed. It began on BBC America on 8 April 2018 and ran to 4 series and 32 episodes. Sandra Oh won a Golden Globe for Eve in 2019; that year Jodie Comer won the Emmy for Villanelle and a BAFTA, and Fiona Shaw a BAFTA for Carolyn.
Sandra OhEve Polastri
Jodie ComerVillanelle
Fiona ShawCarolyn Martens
Kim BodniaKonstantin Vasiliev
Owen McDonnellNiko Polastri
Camille CottinHélène
Where we read it
Writers, source novels, premiere, series, episodes, awards, cast and roles.
11 places you can visit: three in Paris and Italy, four in Berlin, Amsterdam, Bucharest and Barcelona, and four in London and Kent. Casa Ramos is private flats; see it from the square.
Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A public square, open at all hours. The column stands in the middle.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working bar on the town’s main square. The photograph shows the square.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A state archaeological site, open every day except 1 January and 25 December. Free on the first Sunday of the month.
1Place Vendôme in October 2019. Photo by besopha. besopha · CC BY 2.0
Place Vendôme, 1st arrondissement, Paris
Place Vendôme
Villanelle meets Konstantin here in a pink tulle dress, after her psychiatric assessment. One guide puts it in series one, episode two; another in series two.
A public square, open at all hours. The column stands in the middle.
Where we read it
2Piazza Arnolfo di Cambio, Colle di Val d’Elsa, September 2021: the square where Bar Garibaldi stands. Photo by Wolfgang Moroder. Wolfgang Moroder · CC BY-SA 3.0
Piazza Arnolfo di Cambio, Colle di Val d’Elsa, near Siena
Bar Garibaldi, Colle di Val d’Elsa
The very first scene, captioned Vienna, was filmed at Bar Garibaldi in Colle di Val d’Elsa.
A working bar on the town’s main square. The photograph shows the square.
Where we read it
3The Maritime Theatre at Hadrian’s Villa, April 2019: a round island villa inside a moat. Photo by Daderot. Daderot · Public domain
Largo Marguerite Yourcenar 1, Villa Adriana, Tivoli, near Rome
Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli
The series two finale ends in these ruins: Villanelle leads Eve through them, with the Teatro Marittimo and the Grandi Terme named by one guide.
A state archaeological site, open every day except 1 January and 25 December. Free on the first Sunday of the month.
Where we read it
Stay
A night in the Moscow hotel.
Hornsey Town Hall takes guests now.
Dao by Dorsett
AMTD Dao by Dorsett Hornsey
Crouch End, north London · Studios 20–26 m² · one-bedroom apartments 37 m² · rates on the hotel’s booking page
Studios and one-bedroom apartments inside Hornsey Town Hall, the building that plays Moscow’s Hotel Atlasov. Opened November 2025; the rooms include historic studios.
Dates, prices, rooms and stock change: confirm with the provider before you travel or buy. A stay or tour is described as a filming location only where the card says so.
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11 of 11 places · 11 of 11 Moments
Place Vendôme
Place Vendôme, 1st arrondissement, Paris
The pink dress
Villanelle meets Konstantin on Place Vendôme in a pink tulle dress.
Bar Garibaldi, Colle di Val d’Elsa
Piazza Arnolfo di Cambio, Colle di Val d’Elsa, near Siena
“Vienna”
The series opens on a café captioned Vienna: Bar Garibaldi in Colle di Val d’Elsa, where Villanelle eats an ice cream.
Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli
Largo Marguerite Yourcenar 1, Villa Adriana, Tivoli, near Rome
The ruins
The series two finale ends at Hadrian’s Villa.
Friedrichstraße station, Berlin
Friedrichstraße 142, Mitte, Berlin
Berlin
Series one films in Berlin at Friedrichstraße station.
The Rijksmuseum
Museumstraat 1, Amsterdam
After closing
Konstantin and Villanelle at the Rijksmuseum, filmed after closing, in series two, episode four.
The Romanian Athenaeum
Strada Benjamin Franklin 1–3, Bucharest
Cafe Radozhny
The Athenaeum’s lobby becomes a Moscow café for the series one finale.
Casa Ramos, Barcelona
Plaça de Lesseps 30, Gràcia, Barcelona
A flat on Plaça de Lesseps
Villanelle’s Barcelona flat in series three is filmed inside Casa Ramos.
Warwick House Street
Warwick House Street, off Pall Mall and Cockspur Street, St James’s
The door with the round window
Eve’s base is a door on Warwick House Street.
Fabric
77a Charterhouse Street, Farringdon
A Berlin club, in Farringdon
Fabric in London plays the Berlin nightclub of series one, episode three.
Hornsey Town Hall
The Broadway, Crouch End, London N8
Hotel Atlasov
Hornsey Town Hall plays the Moscow hotel where Eve and Carolyn stay.
Dreamland, Margate
Marine Terrace, Margate, Kent
Margate
Series four films across Margate in 2021 for episodes four to seven, Dreamland among the places.