Maps of Movies

Wild Strawberries (1957)

Where Wild Strawberries says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

A one-day drive from Stockholm to Lund: only a few of the places on the road are really known, and the cathedral wasn't one of them

Scenes and places

The empty-street nightmare (1957)

Isak, a 78-year-old widower and doctor, has a nightmare of walking alone through empty streets with ruined houses. It sets up a film about a man who has to look back at his own life.

Set in Dream streets of ruined houses — In a dream, Isak walks his morning route and finds only empty streets and ruined houses.

Gamla stan is the medieval old town on a small island in the middle of Stockholm.

Filmed at Gamla stan, Stockholm (Gamla stan, Stockholm, Sweden) — Part of the nightmare sequence was shot here in predawn summer light; the exact streets are not named. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Isak and his housekeeper argue over the car (1957)

Isak insists on driving to Lund against the objections of his housekeeper Agda, and his daughter-in-law Marianne asks to ride along. The car trip becomes the frame for the whole film.

Set in Isak Borg's home in Stockholm — Isak decides to drive to Lund instead of flying, and his housekeeper Miss Agda objects.

A home in Stockholm; most of the film was made in studio sets, and the sources give no street address.

The childhood summer house (1957)

Isak shows Marianne the house of his childhood and goes off alone. There he drifts into a memory of his cousin Sara picking wild strawberries, before she married his brother.

Set in The family summer house by the sea — Isak stops at the house where his family spent every summer for the first twenty years of his life and slips into a daydream of strawberry picking.

Saltsjöbaden is a fashionable seaside resort east of central Stockholm.

Filmed at Saltsjöbaden, Stockholm archipelago (Saltsjöbaden, Stockholm area, Sweden) — The summer-house scenes were filmed in this resort; the exact house is not named. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The roadside stop and the poem (1957)

Isak joins the hitchhikers at a roadside inn and, after wine, takes part in a recitation of a hymn verse about the friend one seeks. The young people quarrel about God and science, and he stays out of it.

Set in Gyllene Uttern roadside inn — On the road the group stops for lunch at an inn with a view over a lake. Isak is in good spirits, and the young hitchhikers argue about God over the table. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A hotel and restaurant by the Vättern lake road south of Gränna, with a view of the lake and Visingsö island.

Filmed at Gyllene Uttern, near Gränna (Gyllene Uttern, Gränna, Sweden) — A Swedish Wikipedia article says this inn appears in the film; it does not say which scenes were filmed here. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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A visit to Isak's mother (1957)

Isak and Marianne visit his old mother, who greets him with little warmth. Her cold manner shows Marianne, and Isak, what loneliness runs in the family.

Set in Isak's mother's house — Before the last stretch, Isak calls on his 96-year-old mother, who lives nearby.

A house in the district where Isak once practiced; the sources give no town or address.

The honorary degree in Lund (1957)

Isak reaches Lund and is awarded the degree he set out for. The long day of memories has changed how he looks at the ceremony.

Set in Lund Cathedral — Isak arrives in Lund to be made Doctor Jubilaris 50 years after receiving his doctorate there. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The Romanesque cathedral of Lund, in southern Sweden.

Characters

• Isak Borg — A 78-year-old widowed doctor driving from Stockholm to Lund to receive an honorary degree.
• Marianne — Isak's daughter-in-law, who rides with him to Lund and plans to separate from his son Evald.

Questions answered on the map

• Where was Wild Strawberries really filmed?