🎬 Paris Filming Locations
The complete guide to iconic TV & cinema sites across the French capital

📍 Place de l'Estrapade

🎥 All seasons — Emily's apartment and Gabriel's restaurant

The most photographed address from the show. It's here, on the corner of this charming little square in the Latin Quarter, that Emily's building stands — the famous chambre de bonne on the top floor. Since the show premiered, the square has become a pilgrimage site for fans, who pose in front of the blue carriage door and the flower-filled balcony. The neighborhood, nestled between the Panthéon and Rue Mouffetard, is genuinely one of the most picturesque in Paris.

Address: Place de l'Estrapade, 75005 Paris

📍 Palais Garnier (Paris Opera)

🎥 Seasons 1 & 2 — Galas and Savoir events

The sumptuous Opéra Garnier appears in several episodes as the epitome of Parisian luxury and culture. The grand marble staircase, the red-and-gold auditorium, and the ceiling painted by Chagall serve as backdrops for the glamorous events Emily attends with her Savoir colleagues. The Opéra Garnier, Charles Garnier's masterpiece inaugurated in 1875, is a spectacle in its own right.

Address: 8 Rue Scribe, 75009 Paris

📍 Pont Alexandre III

🎥 Multiple seasons — Romantic scenes and walks

Widely considered the most beautiful bridge in Paris, the Pont Alexandre III with its gilded cherubs, Art Nouveau lampposts, and sweeping view of Les Invalides features in numerous romantic scenes throughout the show. Several pivotal conversations between Emily and her love interests unfold here. The bridge has become inseparable from the "romantic Paris" image the series broadcasts to the world.

Address: Pont Alexandre III, 75008 Paris

📍 Jardin du Palais Royal

🎥 Seasons 2 & 3 — Walks and photo shoots

The elegant arcades and Buren columns of the Palais Royal appear regularly as a meeting spot and backdrop for strolls. This hidden garden, tucked away in the heart of the 1st arrondissement, perfectly embodies the show's aesthetic: a Paris that feels both timeless and contemporary, far from the crowds of the grand boulevards.

Address: 8 Rue de Montpensier, 75001 Paris

📍 Café des 2 Moulins

🎥 Central scenes — Amélie's workplace

The café where Amélie works as a waitress is a real establishment, still open for business, and it has become one of the most visited spots in Montmartre. Inside, you'll find the zinc counter, the red banquettes, and an atmosphere that has barely changed since filming. The café has preserved photos and memorabilia from the film, and its crème brûlée — Amélie's favorite dessert — remains on the menu. Expect a queue during peak hours.

Address: 15 Rue Lepic, 75018 Paris

📍 Abbesses Metro Station

🎥 Multiple sequences — Amélie's neighborhood

The Art Nouveau entrance of the Abbesses station, one of the last designed by Hector Guimard, is a recurring setting in the film. The Place des Abbesses itself, with its small park, the "Wall of Love" (inscribed in 250 languages), and the Church of Saint-Jean de Montmartre, embodies the authentic Montmartre soul that Jeunet immortalized. The nearby carousel, the fruit vendors on Rue Lepic — the entire neighborhood breathes Amélie.

Address: Place des Abbesses, 75018 Paris

📍 Canal Saint-Martin

🎥 The famous stone-skipping scene

The scene where Amélie skips stones on the Canal Saint-Martin is one of the most iconic in French cinema. The canal, with its locks, swing bridges, and shimmering reflections, has become synonymous with romantic Parisian walks thanks to the film. Today, the landscaped banks are a hotspot of Parisian life, where people picnic, read, and stroll exactly as they do in the movie.

Address: Quai de Jemmapes, 75010 Paris

📍 Rue Lepic Market / Maison Collignon

🎥 Collignon's grocery and Amélie's pranks

Rue Lepic, a bustling Montmartre shopping street winding from Place Blanche up to the top of the hill, is home to Monsieur Collignon's grocery shop in the film. The fruit and vegetable stalls, cheese shops, and bakeries along this street have barely changed. This is where Amélie amuses herself by subtly sabotaging the grumpy grocer's habits. The street was already famous: Van Gogh lived at number 54.

Address: Rue Lepic, 75018 Paris

📍 Palais de Justice (Île de la Cité)

🎥 All seasons — Hearings, Judge Roban's chambers

The historic Palais de Justice on the Île de la Cité is the central setting of the series. This is where Judge Roban holds court and where Maître Karlsson argues her cases. The building, which has housed French justice since the Middle Ages, is one of the most imposing in Paris. Its labyrinthine corridors, wood-paneled courtrooms, and monumental staircases are filmed with near-documentary precision. Note: since 2018, the criminal court has moved to the new Renzo Piano–designed courthouse in Batignolles.

Address: 10 Boulevard du Palais, 75001 Paris

📍 Quai des Orfèvres / 36 Rue du Bastion

🎥 All seasons — The criminal brigade's headquarters

The mythical "36" — the historic headquarters of the Paris criminal police (Police Judiciaire) — is at the heart of Spiral. This is where Captain Berthaud and her team run their investigations. The building, immortalized by the Maigret novels and Henri-Georges Clouzot's film "Quai des Orfèvres," saw the PJ move in 2017 to 36 Rue du Bastion, a modern building designed by Renzo Piano in the 17th arrondissement. Both addresses appear in the series.

Address: 36 Quai des Orfèvres, 75001 Paris

📍 Northeast Paris (Belleville, Stalingrad)

🎥 Numerous episodes — Field investigations and police raids

Spiral's criminal plots often unfold in the working-class neighborhoods of northeast Paris. Belleville, with its steep streets and cultural mix, Stalingrad with the Canal de l'Ourcq, and the areas around Porte de la Chapelle are filmed without embellishment. The series shows a Paris rarely seen on screen: one of squats, informal markets, and housing projects.

Address: Boulevard de la Villette, 75019 Paris

📍 Institut Médico-Légal de Paris

🎥 All seasons — Balthazar's laboratory

The Paris Medico-Legal Institute, located on the Quai de la Rapée by the Seine, is Balthazar's workplace. This sober building, constructed in 1923, is the capital's only forensic institute. It's here that autopsies are performed on suspicious deaths in Paris. The series helped bring this discreet and fascinating place to the attention of the general public.

Address: 2 Place Mazas, 75012 Paris

📍 Seine Quaysides (Left and Right Banks)

🎥 Numerous episodes — Walks, jogging, and investigation scenes

The Seine quaysides, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1991, are omnipresent in the series. Balthazar's jogging scenes, his meditative walks, and certain body discoveries take place along the river. The bridges, the bouquinistes (second-hand booksellers), and the silhouette of Notre-Dame in the background compose a natural setting of breathtaking beauty.

Address: Quai de la Tournelle, 75005 Paris

📍 Steps of the Sacré-Cœur

🎥 Film opening — Panoramic view of Paris

The opening scene, where Gil and his fiancée gaze out over Paris from the steps of the Sacré-Cœur, is unforgettable. The basilica, built between 1875 and 1914, offers one of the finest panoramic views of the capital. At dusk, as the city's lights gradually flicker on, you understand exactly why Woody Allen chose this spot to open his ode to Paris.

Address: 35 Rue du Chevalier de la Barre, 75018 Paris

📍 Pont Alexandre III

🎥 Central scenes — The portal to the 1920s

It's on this bridge that Gil waits every evening at midnight for the mysterious car that transports him back to the 1920s. The bridge, inaugurated for the 1900 World's Fair, is adorned with nymphs, pegasi, and gilded cherubs that seem to belong to another era — the perfect vehicle for a journey through time. Fun fact: the bridge connects the Right Bank to the Left Bank, just as the film connects the present to the past.

Address: Pont Alexandre III, 75008 Paris

📍 Claude Monet's Garden (Giverny)

🎥 Romantic excursion — The impressionist gardens

Though technically in Normandy (75 km from Paris), Monet's gardens at Giverny appear in the film as a day trip from the capital. The Japanese bridge, the water lilies, and the flower-lined paths provide a dreamlike setting perfectly suited to the film's tone. Giverny is easily accessible by train from Gare Saint-Lazare.

Address: 84 Rue Claude Monet, 27620 Giverny