Set jetting in Stockholm: Marten Trotzigs Grand, the tiny alley from Moby’s...
Wandering through Gamla stan (The Old Town) is one of many interesting things you can do in Stockholm. This part of the city dates back to the 13th century and consists of medieval passages, cobbled...
View ArticleSet jetting in Berlin: Run Lola Run
Do you remember the movie Run Lola Run, a hugely successful German movie from 1998 directed by Tom Tykwer and with Franka Potente as a leading character? The story follows a girl (Lola) who needs to...
View ArticleWhere is Lisbeth Salander’s home? A review of Millennium Tour in Stockholm
Every Saturday at 11:30 a bunch of people from all over the world gather in front of the yellow building at Bellmansgatan 1 in the capital of Sweden. There are locals, Norwegians, Finns, Germans,...
View ArticleJames Bond Crush chapter 1: Café Martinique, Bahamas
The helicopter skims over the waves of the translucent aqua waters, as James hovers precariously at the open door, binoculars trained unerringly on the sea bottom. The missing nuclear-missile equipped...
View ArticleJames Bond Crush chapter 2: James Bond Island, Thailand
Phang Nga Bay, depending on the day you go, can be either an eerie otherworldly obstacle course of unforgiving rocks shooting dramatically out of choppy, swirling waves, or an awe-inspiring landscape...
View ArticleBrands & Films in Ekran magazine
The latest issue of Ekran, Slovenian monthly magazine for film and television, featured my story about set-jetting “Where lives … Lisbeth Salander?” In the article I’ve described this relatively new...
View ArticleMap with locations from Mad Men
New York based public radio WNYC’s Culture Web site has recently created a very interesting project. They wanted to do a map of all locations from AMC’s TV show Mad Men. The map was created by Culture...
View ArticleSuburban Noir: Visiting the site of Brick
Many Southern California natives consider the Highway 1 city of San Clemente the last great beach town. With its scenic views and quiet suburban housing tracts mixing with the tourist scene and...
View ArticleHow to find a movie location: the diner from Looper
* This is guest post written by Bailee Grissom New Orleans is an exciting city to live in. Not only are there ghosts, great food, and music on every corner, it’s recently become a hub of activity for...
View ArticleMap with locations from Girls
American TV show Girls, which ended its second season on March 17, 2013, takes place in New York, mostly on Manhattan and in Williamsburg. New York based public radio WNYC’s Culture Web site once did a...
View ArticleWe have found the famous blue door from Notting Hill
On my recent trip to London I visited a place that I should have a long time ago. It’s located at 280 Westbourne Park Road in Notting Hill. The location I’m writing about has been made popular by...
View ArticleWe have found Don Draper’s childhood home
During my recent trip to Los Angeles and San Francisco we’ve made a stop in several beautiful areas of Los Angeles. One of them is called Angelino Heights, a small quarter within the Echo Park. It is...
View ArticleStalking in Los Angeles: Houses from Modern Family
Modern Family is a TV show that was covered in several blog posts on Brands&Films, but none of them had involved locations from the series. During my recent trip to Los Angeles I’ve found addresses...
View ArticleStalking in Los Angeles: Nakatomi Plaza from Die Hard
It was more than 20 years ago when I first saw it – in our living room while watching a movie that will eventually become my favorite one. Fast forward to the fall of 2013. We were driving on W Olympic...
View ArticleStalking in Los Angeles: Casa Walsh from Beverly Hills 90210
Beverly Hills 90210 was an American TV show that originally aired from October 1990 to May 2000 and was hugely popular – not only in the USA but also worldwide. The show follows the lives of a group of...
View ArticleStalking in Solvang: Restaurant from Sideways
Solvang is a small city (population around 5,000) in Santa Barbara County in California. It was founded in 1911 by a group of Danes who traveled west to establish a Danish colony far from Iowa. To...
View ArticleThe building with the most impressive interior in Los Angeles
If you watched Blade Runner you’re going to remember the scenery: Los Angeles in the year 2019. It’s dark. It’s raining all the time. There’s this unglamorous building just across the street from the...
View ArticleFamous movie locations: Pawn shop from Drive
About an hour’s drive north of Los Angeles is the desert community known as Canyon Country. While its population of nearly 60,000 people wouldn’t normally be considered small, it is dwarfed by the...
View ArticleFilming locations from True Detective
I’ve been living in New Orleans my entire life, so I really have not had much outsider’s perspective to allow me to truly appreciate my home. I thought it was just another city with a unique downtown...
View ArticleSearching for the house from Full House
I’m sure some of you read my previous blog post where I’ve written about my odyssey around Los Angeles and searching for locations from movies and TV shows. I’ve found house from Beverly Hills 90210,...
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