Where was Interstellar filmed?

Interstellar reached for the edges of the known universe, yet some of its most haunting images were captured right here on Earth. The film's frozen, alien worlds feel utterly otherworldly, and that uncanny quality is the lure for travellers: a chance to walk a landscape that the camera passed off as another planet entirely. Few set-jetting trips deliver that thrill of recognition quite so strongly.

The icy world the crew explores beyond the wormhole is the blue glacier tongue of Svínafellsjökull, in the Vatnajökull region of south-east Iceland. Spilling down from Europe's largest ice cap, its cracked, frozen surface and pale crevasses gave the film its planet of frozen clouds, raw and elemental, no set dressing required. It is one of Iceland's most photographed glacier outlets for good reason.

For set-jetting, Svínafellsjökull sits conveniently along Iceland's south coast, an easy add to the classic Ring Road route past waterfalls and black beaches. Glacier walks here are run by licensed guides, the only safe way onto the ice, so plan around a guided outing and pair it with the nearby ice-cap viewpoints for the full Interstellar effect.