As you'd expect from a big action-spy franchise, the Mission: Impossible films have always been globe-trotting affairs – with iconic sequences having been filmed everywhere from Dubai to the Vatican City across the previous six films.

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It's therefore no surprise that the seventh film in the franchise – the newly released Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1 – once again makes use of a number of interesting locations from around the world.

But where exactly did filming take place for Mission: Impossible 7? Read on for everything you need to know.

Where was Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1 filmed?

Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames and Rebecca Ferguson in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning - Part One
Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames and Rebecca Ferguson in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning - Part One from Paramount Pictures and Skydance. Paramount Pictures and Skydance

During production, filming took place in a number of locations, with some famous cities such as Rome and Venice playing themselves – the former during a thrilling and sometimes comedic car chase and the latter for various scenes including a late-night combat sequence.

Meanwhile, other filming locations in the film are moonlighting as other places – with one such example being the sequence in the film's opening act at Abu Dhabi International Airport.

Although for exterior shots the real airport was used, much of the sequence was actually shot at Birmingham Grand Central Rail Station – a fair distance away from the United Arab Emirates!

Meanwhile, the already iconic motorbike cliff jump stunt was performed on location in Helsetkopen, Norway while the train scenes during that same climactic sequence were shot at Levisham, North Yorkshire – playing the role of the Swiss Alps – and also in Hellesy, Norway.

Other scenes for the film were shot in studios, with Warner Bros. Studios in Leavesden and Longcross Film Studios in Surrey both being used.

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Patrick CremonaSenior Film Writer

Patrick Cremona is the Senior Film Writer at Radio Times, and looks after all the latest film releases both in cinemas and on streaming. He has been with the website since October 2019, and in that time has interviewed a host of big name stars and reviewed a diverse range of movies.

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