I’m a Star Wars fan, so today is a big day for me since I will finally get to see the new Star Wars movie. Something that is interesting is that the previous six movies has been shot at locations all over the world. For instance the “Battle of Hoth (on the ice planet) was shot at the Hardangerjøkulen glacier close to Finse here in Norway, which is also the location of the train station in Norway with the highest altitude at 1222m. The picture above is from Finse. A friend of me, Isabella Rojs, has made a very nice map called A journey through Star Wars Filming Locations which shows all the filming locations of the previous episodes. It is made with ArcGIS online storymaps, and is very well made in my opinion. In addition to the locations it also has pictures of the places, trailers for the movies and fun facts about Star Wars. Well worth a visit if you’re a Star Wars fan.
Picture attribute: “FinseInWinter” by CyberK no – Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons.
