The Foreigner - Churton Street, London

I recently visited England with my family. We spent most of our time on the south coast, but we also wanted to visit London again. And of course I took advantage of the opportunity and photographed a few filming locations. James Bond films would be the obvious choice, but to stay somewhat true to the name of my blog, let's start with a Jackie Chan location. With Martin Campbell (GoldenEye, Casino Royale) in the director's chair and Pierce Brosnan as an actor, The Foreigner also contains a considerable touch of 007.

The terrorist attack that cost Jackie's film daughter her life was shot on Churton Street. This is where the stranger's campaign of revenge begins. 

The Foreigner - Lambeth Palace Road, London

A tense-looking young woman leaves the red double-decker bus and is greeted by her grim-looking accomplice. Then the camera pans to the bridge, where the bus is about to drive over. Something is wrong here.

The Foreigner - Lambeth Bridge, London

Boom the bus blows up. If you type "chan foreigner lambeth bridge" into Google, you will find lots of news articles about the explosion, which was filmed on a Sunday morning and apparently caused a stir. 

Dunkirk - Rue des Fusillés, Dunkerque

On our way to England we stayed overnight in Dunkerque so we could take the ferry to Dover the next morning. A good opportunity to visit a few filming locations from the opening scene from Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk. 

Dunkirk - Rue Belle Rade, Dunkerque

As you can easily see, Dunkerque has beautiful architecture. The path that the young soldier takes towards the beach corresponds exactly to the real path to the sea. 

Dunkirk - Plage de Malo les Bains, Dunkerque

And here we are on the beach. We would have loved to stay longer in Dunkerque, but our appetite for British Breakfast was too big and so we headed towards the ferry port.