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The Adventures of Tintin (2011)

Where The Adventures of Tintin says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

A film shot entirely in motion capture: Brussels, a drifting lifeboat and a Moroccan port that does not exist, with no real set to visit

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Scenes and places

Tintin buys the Unicorn model at a Brussels market

Tintin buys a ship model and two men at once try to take it off him. It sets the whole chase going.

Set in Brussels outdoor market — Tintin browses an outdoor market with Snowy and buys a model of a ship called the Unicorn. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A market in 1940s Brussels; the film's Brussels is a digitally built set, so no real market is shown.

The broken model in Tintin's apartment

A chase between Snowy and a cat knocks the model to the floor. A hidden scroll rolls under the furniture and Tintin does not yet know it.

Set in Tintin's apartment, Brussels — Tintin takes the model home, where a chase between Snowy and a cat breaks it and a scroll slips out. Google Maps · Apple Maps

His home in Brussels, where the scroll first appears.

The Maritime Library

Tintin digs into the history of the Unicorn and learns what he is dealing with. When he returns, the model has been stolen.

Set in Maritime Library — Tintin visits the Maritime Library to find out the history of the Unicorn.

A library of ship history; the film gives no real-world location.

Marlinspike Hall

Tintin accuses Sakharine of the theft but notices Sakharine's own model is not broken. He realizes there are two Unicorn models.

Set in Marlinspike Hall — Suspecting Sakharine, Tintin goes to Marlinspike Hall and accuses him of the theft.

A grand house in the film; Wikidata gives it no coordinates.

Trapped aboard the SS Karaboudjan

Tintin is held prisoner by Sakharine's men and meets Captain Haddock, who is permanently drunk. The two plot their way out.

Set in SS Karaboudjan — Tintin is abducted and held on the ship SS Karaboudjan, where he meets its drunken captain Haddock.

A ship at sea; it has no fixed place.

Lifeboat, explosion and seaplane

Tintin, Haddock and Snowy flee in a lifeboat and are hunted by a seaplane. Haddock's whisky blows the boat over and they take the plane.

Set in Lifeboat and seaplane at sea — The trio escape in a lifeboat, Haddock's whisky causes an explosion, and they seize a seaplane.

Open water; no fixed place.

The desert crash and trek

Low on fuel and hit by a storm, the plane crashes. Trekking across the sand, Haddock remembers his ancestor, captain of the Unicorn.

Set in Desert — The seaplane crashes in a desert, and Haddock hallucinates his ancestor Sir Francis while trekking.

A desert on the way to Morocco; no real place is named.

Arrival in Bagghar

Rescued from the desert, the trio reach Bagghar, where Thomson and Thompson return Tintin's wallet and the first scroll.

Set in Bagghar, Morocco (fictitious) — French soldiers rescue the trio and they make their way to the port of Bagghar.

A made-up Moroccan port; it does not exist.

The Castafiore concert and chase

Sakharine steals the third model at the concert and a chase breaks out. Tintin nearly gives up until Haddock talks him into going on.

Set in Bagghar, Morocco (fictitious) — Sakharine steals Omar ben Salaad's model during a Bianca Castafiore concert and a chase through the city follows.

The same made-up port, during a concert.

The sword fight on the Brussels docks

Tintin and Haddock set a trap for Sakharine in Brussels. Sakharine challenges Haddock to a sword fight among the cranes and threatens to burn the scrolls.

Set in Docks, Brussels — Back in Brussels, Haddock and Sakharine fight with swords among the dock cranes. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A harbor in Brussels; the film gives no exact dock.

Filmed at Playa Vista motion-capture stage, Los Angeles — Test filming, November 2006 Google Maps · Apple Maps

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