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X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

Where X-Men: Apocalypse says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

The Poland and Berlin of the story were shot far away: mostly in Montreal and an English country house

Scenes and places

The ceremony in ancient Egypt

In 3600 BC, En Sabah Nur rules Egypt with four followers at his side. During a ceremony to move his mind into a new body, conspirators turn on them. His followers die and he is buried alive.

Set in Ancient Egypt, 3600 BC — En Sabah Nur rules ancient Egypt until a ceremony goes wrong and he is entombed alive.

Ancient Egypt is the film's prologue setting; the film does not name a specific pyramid site.

The cage fight in East Berlin

In East Berlin, Raven rescues Kurt Wagner from a cage fight. Kurt is a prisoner of the club, and she is revered as a mutant hero. She then asks a black marketeer to get him to America.

Set in East Berlin underground fight club — A cage-fight club where Kurt Wagner is forced to fight and Raven steps in. Google Maps · Apple Maps

East Berlin is the Soviet-sector half of the divided city in the film's 1983 setting.

Erik's life in Pruszków

Erik lives under a false name with his wife Magda and daughter Nina. When he saves a coworker during an earthquake, the militia comes for him. It costs him everything he built.

Set in Pruszków, Poland — The small Polish town where Erik lives as Henryk Gurzsky and works at a factory. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Pruszków is a town just southwest of Warsaw.

Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters

In 1983, Scott Summers cannot control the beams from his eyes, so his brother Alex brings him to Xavier's school. There Scott meets Jean Grey, and Xavier promises to teach him control. A first test ends with a tree split in half.

Set in Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, New York — The mansion school where Scott Summers is enrolled and Jean Grey has nightmares.

The mansion is a fictional school in New York State.

Filmed at Englefield House, Berkshire — Said to be the mansion exterior; the sources conflict. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Auschwitz

En Sabah Nur finds Erik in his grief and takes him to Auschwitz, where he shows Erik the full extent of his powers.

Set in Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland — En Sabah Nur takes Erik back to the camp where he was held as a boy. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Auschwitz is the former Nazi concentration camp in southern Poland.

Stryker's secret base

Colonel Stryker's forces blame Xavier and capture Hank McCoy, Raven, Peter and Moira MacTaggert for interrogation.

Set in Stryker's secret base — The facility where Colonel Stryker's forces take the captured mutants.

The base is not tied to any real place.

The showdown in Cairo

Xavier sends a telepathic distress call, and Jean and the others travel to Cairo to battle En Sabah Nur and his Four Horsemen. They manage to rescue Xavier.

Set in Cairo — The city where the young X-Men face En Sabah Nur and his Four Horsemen. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Cairo is Egypt's capital and the setting of the film's final stage.

Filmed at Hôtel de Ville de Montréal — Montreal shooting, scene not matched Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at McGill University, Montreal — Montreal shooting, scene not matched Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at John Abbott College, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue — Montreal shooting, scene not matched Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Hampstead, Montreal area — Montreal shooting, scene not matched Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Erik Lehnsherr — A mutant living under a false name in Communist Poland with a wife and daughter.
• Charles Xavier — The telepath who runs a school for gifted young mutants.
• Raven — A shape-shifter revered as a mutant hero, hiding in East Berlin.
• En Sabah Nur (Apocalypse) — The first mutant, entombed for thousands of years.

Questions answered on the map

• Where was the Poland of X-Men: Apocalypse really filmed?
• Where is Xavier's mansion really?