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Max Riemelt, who plays Wolfgang, at the Berlinale in February 2017, between the Christmas special and season two. Martin Kraft · CC BY-SA 3.0
Doona Bae with a black bob and a black jacket, looking at the camera
Doona Bae, who plays Sun, in July 2016, the year season two was shot. K-POPIT 케이팝잇 · CC BY 3.0
Tuppence Middleton in black lace, smiling, in front of a backdrop with the show's name
Tuppence Middleton, who plays Riley, in front of a Sense8 backdrop in August 2015, two months after season one came out. Sidewalks Entertainment · CC BY 3.0
Two women on motorcycles in a parade, one in rainbow knee socks, watched by a crowd behind barriers
Riders at San Francisco Pride on 29 June 2014, the month the show began filming in the city. Quinn Dombrowski from Berkeley, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
Miguel Ángel Silvestre in a white polo shirt and Naveen Andrews in a leather jacket, seated side by side
Miguel Ángel Silvestre (Lito) and Naveen Andrews (Jonas) talking about Sense8 in June 2015, the month it came out. Nerd Rabugento · CC BY 3.0
Aml Ameen in a pink shirt, standing outdoors at night
Aml Ameen, Capheus in season one, at the Miami International Film Festival in October 2016. MiamiFilmFestival · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Babulnath Temple on its hill above Girgaon Chowpatty, February 2024. Pradeep717 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Eight strangers · eight home cities · Netflix, 2015–2018

Sense8

Eight people born at the same moment, who can stand beside each other anywhere. The Wachowskis filmed it for real in every city. Tap a window to stand in that city.

You stand in Berlin, at Theodor-Wolff-Park. Visiting: Nomi from San Francisco, Sun from Seoul. Call the others in

Visiting

Call the others in.

In the show a sensate can turn up beside another, in the other’s city, as if they had walked in. Choose where you stand. Then call someone in, and the real place where their city was filmed opens inside yours. Three can visit at once.

You stand in
A green park with young trees and paths between pale apartment blocks
Theodor-Wolff-Park off Friedrichstraße in July 2012: lawns and trees between Kreuzberg housing blocks. Gunnar Klack · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wolfgang’s Berlin · Theodor-Wolff-Park
People sitting on a sloping green lawn with the San Francisco skyline in the distance
Mission Dolores Park on a sunny afternoon, August 2013, with downtown behind. Travel Coffee Book · CC0
Nomi · San Francisco
A long curving silver building lit at night among city towers
Dongdaemun Design Plaza at night, April 2014, the year it opened. Eugene Lim · CC BY 2.0
Sun · Seoul

Call in

You stand in Berlin, at Theodor-Wolff-Park. Visiting: Nomi from San Francisco, Sun from Seoul.

Where we read it

  • Sense8 follows eight people in eight cities who share one another’s minds; the pairing of each city with one filming place is this page’s own.

    Wikipedia: Sense8

  1. Where you stand
    A green park with young trees and paths between pale apartment blocks
    Theodor-Wolff-Park off Friedrichstraße in July 2012: lawns and trees between Kreuzberg housing blocks. Gunnar Klack · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Berlin · Friedrichstraße at Franz-Klühs-Straße, Kreuzberg, Berlin

    Theodor-Wolff-Park

    Its pitch is where Wolfgang plays football with Felix and Kala comes to find him, in season two, episode six.

    The park lies between Friedrichstraße, Franz-Klühs-Straße, the Rahel-Varnhagen-Promenade and Wilhelmstraße.

    A public park in Kreuzberg, open to walk through from Friedrichstraße or Wilhelmstraße.

    Where we read it
  2. Visiting
    People sitting on a sloping green lawn with the San Francisco skyline in the distance
    Mission Dolores Park on a sunny afternoon, August 2013, with downtown behind. Travel Coffee Book · CC0

    San Francisco · Dolores Street at 19th Street, San Francisco

    Mission Dolores Park

    The San Francisco Film Commission lists Dolores Park, on 20th Street between Church and Dolores, as a Sense8 location.

    The park is in the opening credits and the first episode; the Pride scenes of episodes one and two play here.

    It lies two blocks south of Mission Dolores, at the western edge of the Mission District.

    A city park on a slope at the western edge of the Mission, open to all. The view of downtown is from the top lawns.

    Where we read it
  3. Visiting
    A long curving silver building lit at night among city towers
    Dongdaemun Design Plaza at night, April 2014, the year it opened. Eugene Lim · CC BY 2.0

    Seoul · 281 Eulji-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul

    Dongdaemun Design Plaza

    The courtyard of Dongdaemun History and Culture Park is a place to sit and think, and the scene of a vision, in season one, episodes two and six.

    Zaha Hadid designed it with Samoo. It has a walkable park on its roofs and restored parts of the Seoul fortress wall.

    Walk the park on its roofs and the restored stretch of the city wall at any hour; exhibitions are ticketed.

    Where we read it

Season one · 18 June 2014 to 21 January 2015

Four units, nine cities.

Season one was filmed in nine cities in eight countries, starting in San Francisco and finishing in Iceland. Four directors split the world between them. Send out a unit.

  1. 01San Francisco
  2. 02Chicago
  3. 03London
  4. 04Reykjavík
  5. 05Mexico City
  6. 06Mumbai
  7. 07Berlin
  8. 08Nairobi
  9. 09Seoul

No unit out. Choose a director.

Where we read it

  • Season one: nine cities in eight countries, from 18 June 2014 in San Francisco to 21 January 2015 in Iceland; the Wachowskis directed Chicago, San Francisco, London and Iceland (seven episodes), James McTeigue Mexico City, Mumbai and some of Reykjavík (two), Tom Tykwer Berlin and Nairobi (two), and Dan Glass made his directing debut in Seoul (one).

    Wikipedia: Sense8

A concert hall clad in green and blue glass panels by the sea
Harpa on the Reykjavík harbour, July 2026. Holger Uwe Schmitt · CC BY-SA 4.0

Reykjavík · Austurbakki 2, Reykjavík

Harpa

Harpa is the concert hall of season one, episode ten.

Its opening concert was on 4 May 2011. The coloured glass front is inspired by Iceland’s basalt.

Concert hall and conference centre on the harbour. The foyers are open to walk in; concerts are ticketed.

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Two women on motorcycles in a parade, one in rainbow knee socks, watched by a crowd behind barriers
Riders at San Francisco Pride on 29 June 2014, the month the show began filming in the city. Quinn Dombrowski from Berkeley, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0

Shot inside the parade

The crowds were real.

Filming began in San Francisco on 18 June 2014. That day motorcycles carrying riders in bright outfits raced up and down 18th Street between Valencia and Guerrero, for close-ups the crew could not get at the parade itself. A crew member said they would be shooting at Pride in a couple of weeks.

Footage of that year’s Dyke March is in the show. In the story Nomi, a trans woman played by Jamie Clayton, rides to Pride with Amanita, played by Freema Agyeman.

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People sitting on a sloping green lawn with the San Francisco skyline in the distance
Mission Dolores Park on a sunny afternoon, August 2013, with downtown behind. Travel Coffee Book · CC0

Dolores Street at 19th Street, San Francisco

Mission Dolores Park

The San Francisco Film Commission lists Dolores Park, on 20th Street between Church and Dolores, as a Sense8 location.

The park is in the opening credits and the first episode; the Pride scenes of episodes one and two play here.

It lies two blocks south of Mission Dolores, at the western edge of the Mission District.

A city park on a slope at the western edge of the Mission, open to all. The view of downtown is from the top lawns.

Where we read it
A sweeping marble staircase rising under a tall domed rotunda
The grand staircase under the rotunda of San Francisco City Hall, November 2025. Matt Joseph · CC BY-SA 4.0

1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Civic Center, San Francisco

San Francisco City Hall

The Film Commission lists City Hall as a location for the second season; a gay men’s chorus sings there in the Christmas special.

Reopened in 1915 to replace the city hall lost in the 1906 earthquake, it has a dome 42 feet taller than that of the United States Capitol.

The seat of the city government in Civic Center, a working building; check its opening hours before you go in.

Where we read it

In 2016 Sense8 won the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Drama Series.

Where we read it
A columned neoclassical concert hall lit warm against a deep blue evening sky
The Konzerthaus on the Gendarmenmarkt at the blue hour, May 2015. Ansgar Koreng · CC BY 3.0 DE

Gendarmenmarkt, Mitte, Berlin

Konzerthaus Berlin

The Konzerthaus is the Christmas party in the Christmas special.

A separate Berlin shoot for the Christmas special began on 30 December 2015.

It was built as a theatre, the Schauspielhaus, became a concert hall after the Second World War and took its present name in 1994. It is home to the Konzerthausorchester Berlin.

The steps face the Gendarmenmarkt, an open square in Mitte. Go in for a concert by the Konzerthausorchester.

Where we read it

Wolfgang · Max Riemelt

Wolfgang’s Berlin.

Max Riemelt in a grey jacket against a blue festival backdrop
Max Riemelt, who plays Wolfgang, at the Berlinale in February 2017, between the Christmas special and season two. Martin Kraft · CC BY-SA 3.0

Max Riemelt plays Wolfgang, a Berlin locksmith. Berlin was Tom Tykwer’s unit in season one, and the city came back for the Christmas special and for the finale, which began shooting here in October 2017.

Where we read it

  • Wolfgang is a locksmith in Berlin, played by Max Riemelt; Tykwer directed the Berlin unit in season one; a separate Berlin shoot began on 30 December 2015 and the finale began in Berlin on 2 October 2017.

    Wikipedia: Sense8

  • A green park with young trees and paths between pale apartment blocks
    Theodor-Wolff-Park off Friedrichstraße in July 2012: lawns and trees between Kreuzberg housing blocks. Gunnar Klack · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Kreuzberg

    Theodor-Wolff-Park

    Its pitch is where Wolfgang plays football with Felix and Kala comes to find him, in season two, episode six.

    The park lies between Friedrichstraße, Franz-Klühs-Straße, the Rahel-Varnhagen-Promenade and Wilhelmstraße.

    A public park in Kreuzberg, open to walk through from Friedrichstraße or Wilhelmstraße.

    Where we read it
  • A long low glass-fronted zoo building with its name along the roofline
    The Alfred-Brehm-Haus at the Tierpark, December 2023. Woleonard · CC BY 4.0

    Friedrichsfelde

    Tierpark Berlin

    The Tierpark is the zoo where a conversation plays out in season two, episode two.

    Founded in 1955 on the grounds of Friedrichsfelde Palace, which still stands inside it, the zoo covers 160 hectares.

    A zoo in Friedrichsfelde, East Berlin, round the old palace grounds. Tierpark U-Bahn station is close by.

    Where we read it
  • A modern glass office front with flags and a red carpet at the entrance
    The Federal Press Office on Reichstagufer during an open day in August 2010. Sludge G · CC BY-SA 2.0

    Mitte, on the Spree

    Federal Press Office

    The building stands in for a hospital, with a guard at the door, in season one, episode eleven.

    It houses the federal government’s press and information office, with 490 staff at its Berlin headquarters.

    Government offices, not open to visitors. See the front from Reichstagufer on the Spree.

    Where we read it
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Cancelled, then finished

Brought back.

A crowd at a Pride march holding rainbow flags and hand-lettered signs asking for Sense8 to be renewed
Fans march for the show at Pride in Nantes on 10 June 2017, nine days after Netflix cancelled it. morgan crbn · CC BY-SA 2.0
  1. 1 June 2017Netflix cancels the show: the audience was passionate, it said, but too small for the cost.
  2. June 2017Fans answer with petitions and hashtags. In Nantes they carry signs for it at Pride.
  3. 2 Oct 2017The finale starts shooting in Berlin, then Brussels, Naples and Paris.
  4. 8 June 2018The finale comes out, two and a half hours long.
Where we read it

  • Cancellation on 1 June 2017 and the reason given; fans’ petitions and hashtags; the finale shot in Berlin, Brussels, Naples and Paris from 2 October 2017; released on 8 June 2018 at two and a half hours.

    Wikipedia: Sense8

The lit Eiffel Tower across the river with a bridge in the foreground
The Eiffel Tower lit at night beyond the Pont Alexandre III, January 2012. Getfunky Paris · CC BY 2.0

Champ de Mars, Paris

Eiffel Tower

The wedding celebration of the finale is at the Eiffel Tower, where a four-minute fireworks show was filmed.

The finale was shot in Berlin, Brussels, Naples and Paris, starting in Berlin on 2 October 2017.

Gustave Eiffel’s company designed and built the tower from 1887 to 1889.

Walk the Champ de Mars free of charge. Tickets for the lifts and stairs are sold separately.

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The people

Who made it.

  • Max Riemelt in a grey jacket against a blue festival backdrop
    Max Riemelt, who plays Wolfgang, at the Berlinale in February 2017, between the Christmas special and season two. Martin Kraft · CC BY-SA 3.0
    Max RiemeltWolfgang · 2017
  • Doona Bae with a black bob and a black jacket, looking at the camera
    Doona Bae, who plays Sun, in July 2016, the year season two was shot. K-POPIT 케이팝잇 · CC BY 3.0
    Doona BaeSun · 2016
  • Tuppence Middleton in black lace, smiling, in front of a backdrop with the show's name
    Tuppence Middleton, who plays Riley, in front of a Sense8 backdrop in August 2015, two months after season one came out. Sidewalks Entertainment · CC BY 3.0
    Tuppence MiddletonRiley · 2015
  • Miguel Ángel Silvestre in a white polo shirt and Naveen Andrews in a leather jacket, seated side by side
    Miguel Ángel Silvestre (Lito) and Naveen Andrews (Jonas) talking about Sense8 in June 2015, the month it came out. Nerd Rabugento · CC BY 3.0
    Miguel Ángel Silvestre and Naveen AndrewsLito and Jonas · June 2015
  • Aml Ameen in a pink shirt, standing outdoors at night
    Aml Ameen, Capheus in season one, at the Miami International Film Festival in October 2016. MiamiFilmFestival · CC BY-SA 2.0
    Aml AmeenCapheus, season one · 2016
  • Freema Agyeman with long braids, holding a coffee cup at a convention
    Freema Agyeman, who plays Amanita, at Fan Expo in 2016. GabboT · CC BY-SA 2.0
    Freema AgyemanAmanita · 2016
  • Tom Tykwer smiling, in a dark jacket
    Tom Tykwer, who directed the Berlin and Nairobi units, at the Berlinale in February 2017. Martin Kraft · CC BY-SA 3.0
    Tom TykwerDirector, Berlin and Nairobi · 2017
  • Lana Wachowski with pink dreadlocks, smiling
    Lana Wachowski at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2012, two years before the shoot; no free photograph of her from the years the show ran has been found. Josh Jensen from Toronto, Ontario, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0
    Lana WachowskiCo-creator · 2012

Lana and Lilly Wachowski created it with J. Michael Straczynski. Around the faces above are Jamie Clayton as Nomi, Tina Desai as Kala, Brian J. Smith as Will and Toby Onwumere, who took over as Capheus in season two, with Terrence Mann, Anupam Kher and Daryl Hannah.

  1. 9cities in 8 countries for season one
  2. 16cities in 11 countries for season two
  3. 18 Jun 2014first day, in San Francisco
  4. 8 Jun 2018the finale comes out
Where we read it

  • Creators, cast and roles, the change of Capheus actor in season two, nine cities in eight countries for season one, sixteen in eleven countries for season two, the first day in San Francisco on 18 June 2014 and the finale on 8 June 2018.

    Wikipedia: Sense8

Go there.

Where it is now

15 places you can visit, every one of them public. Start with the city nearest you: Berlin has 4, and the Americas 5.

Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.

  • General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. The steps face the Gendarmenmarkt, an open square in Mitte. Go in for a concert by the Konzerthausorchester.

  • General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A zoo in Friedrichsfelde, East Berlin, round the old palace grounds. Tierpark U-Bahn station is close by.

  • General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A public park in Kreuzberg, open to walk through from Friedrichstraße or Wilhelmstraße.

  • General reference · Restricted access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Government offices, not open to visitors. See the front from Reichstagufer on the Spree.

  1. A columned neoclassical concert hall lit warm against a deep blue evening sky
    The Konzerthaus on the Gendarmenmarkt at the blue hour, May 2015. Ansgar Koreng · CC BY 3.0 DE

    Gendarmenmarkt, Mitte, Berlin

    Konzerthaus Berlin

    The Konzerthaus is the Christmas party in the Christmas special.

    The steps face the Gendarmenmarkt, an open square in Mitte. Go in for a concert by the Konzerthausorchester.

    Where we read it
  2. A long low glass-fronted zoo building with its name along the roofline
    The Alfred-Brehm-Haus at the Tierpark, December 2023. Woleonard · CC BY 4.0

    Am Tierpark 125, Friedrichsfelde, Berlin

    Tierpark Berlin

    The Tierpark is the zoo where a conversation plays out in season two, episode two.

    A zoo in Friedrichsfelde, East Berlin, round the old palace grounds. Tierpark U-Bahn station is close by.

    Where we read it
  3. A green park with young trees and paths between pale apartment blocks
    Theodor-Wolff-Park off Friedrichstraße in July 2012: lawns and trees between Kreuzberg housing blocks. Gunnar Klack · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Friedrichstraße at Franz-Klühs-Straße, Kreuzberg, Berlin

    Theodor-Wolff-Park

    Its pitch is where Wolfgang plays football with Felix and Kala comes to find him, in season two, episode six.

    A public park in Kreuzberg, open to walk through from Friedrichstraße or Wilhelmstraße.

    Where we read it
  4. A modern glass office front with flags and a red carpet at the entrance
    The Federal Press Office on Reichstagufer during an open day in August 2010. Sludge G · CC BY-SA 2.0

    Reichstagufer and Dorotheenstraße 84, Mitte, Berlin

    Federal Press Office

    The building stands in for a hospital, with a guard at the door, in season one, episode eleven.

    Government offices, not open to visitors. See the front from Reichstagufer on the Spree.

    Where we read it

Stay

By the harbour.

A hotel a short walk from Harpa in Reykjavík.

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What’s on

December.

A gay men’s chorus sings at City Hall in the Christmas special; San Francisco’s own sings its holiday concerts in December.

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Take it home

The soundtrack.

The season-one soundtrack, title theme first.

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Fourteen tracks released on 5 May 2017, opening with the title theme, which was nominated for an Emmy in 2016.

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Every thread

Every place and moment behind this page, with sources.

15 of 15 places · 15 of 15 Moments

  • Konzerthaus Berlin

    Gendarmenmarkt, Mitte, Berlin

    • Christmas in Berlin

      The Berlin Christmas party in the Christmas special.

  • Tierpark Berlin

    Am Tierpark 125, Friedrichsfelde, Berlin

    • The zoo

      A conversation at the zoo in season two.

  • Theodor-Wolff-Park

    Friedrichstraße at Franz-Klühs-Straße, Kreuzberg, Berlin

    • Football

      Wolfgang plays football with Felix; Kala comes to find him.

  • Federal Press Office

    Reichstagufer and Dorotheenstraße 84, Mitte, Berlin

    • The hospital door

      The press office plays a hospital with a guard at the door.

  • Mission Dolores Park

    Dolores Street at 19th Street, San Francisco

    • Pride

      Nomi and Amanita ride to San Francisco Pride, and Capheus is there with them.

  • San Francisco City Hall

    1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Civic Center, San Francisco

    • The chorus

      A gay men’s chorus sings at City Hall.

  • Crown Fountain

    Millennium Park, Michigan Avenue, Chicago

    • The fountain

      Jonas tells Will he has been held captive.

  • Museo Anahuacalli

    Calle Museo, San Pablo Tepetlapa, Coyoacán, Mexico City

    • The first date

      Lito tells the story of a first date.

  • Avenida Paulista

    Avenida Paulista, São Paulo

    • Paulista

      Three of the cast ride a float through São Paulo Pride for the second season.

  • Primrose Hill

    Primrose Hill, Camden, London

    • Up the hill

      Visits to the hilltop above London.

  • Harpa

    Austurbakki 2, Reykjavík

    • The concert hall

      A concert hall on the Reykjavík harbour.

  • Eiffel Tower

    Champ de Mars, Paris

    • The wedding

      The finale’s wedding celebration, with fireworks at the Eiffel Tower.

  • Dongdaemun Design Plaza

    281 Eulji-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul

    • The courtyard

      A Seoul courtyard to sit and think in, and a vision.

  • Babulnath Temple

    Babulnath Road, Malabar Hill, Mumbai

    • The temple

      Prayer, and later a protest, at the temple on the hill.

  • Kenyatta International Convention Centre

    Harambee Avenue, City Square, Nairobi

    • A birthday party

      A birthday party at the convention centre.

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