Where was Wednesday filmed? Jericho, the Castle in Ireland & all the Locations
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While the acclaimed first season of Wednesday was filmed in and around Bucharest in Romania, at the gateway to the mythical region of Transylvania, the second season relocated production to Ireland.
Netflix's Addams Family spinoff follows the adventures of Morticia and Gomez's teenage daughter, Wednesday, as she attends Nevermore Academy, a school for monstrous misfits located near the town of Jericho, Vermont.
Here is our spoiler-free guide to all the filming locations of Wednesday, listed in order of their first appearance, with the new Season 2 locations featured below.
Netflix's Addams Family spinoff follows the adventures of Morticia and Gomez's teenage daughter, Wednesday, as she attends Nevermore Academy, a school for monstrous misfits located near the town of Jericho, Vermont.
Here is our spoiler-free guide to all the filming locations of Wednesday, listed in order of their first appearance, with the new Season 2 locations featured below.
Wednesday's Academy
Founded in 1791, the Nevermore Academy is an educational facility for supernatural beings such as vampires, werewolves, sirens, and gorgons.
Nestled in the Carpathian Mountains between Bucharest and the historical city of Brasov, the exterior of the boarding school was filmed at Cantacuzino Castle.
Of course, a bit of CGI was called to transform this impressive complex, built by a Romanian prince in 1911, into Wednesday's academy.
(You can open all the locations on Google Maps by clicking on the links below in the captions ↴)
Image courtesy of Netflix and Costea Stefan - Map
Image courtesy of Netflix and Costea Stefan - Map
However, many interior rooms, including Larissa Weems's office (pictured) and the oval hall with a staircase are located in the elegant Monteoru House (Palatul Monteoru) in Bucharest.
The spectacular medusa's fireplace is part of the set dressing and doesn't exist in the real house.
Did you know that before the Second World War, Bucharest was so beautiful that the city was known as the Paris of the East? This palace witnessed the splendor and the opulent days when the Romanian capital thrived in the 19th century.
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One of the key locations in the academy, the Arabic-inspired courtyard, is one of the multiple sets built at Buftea Studios outside Bucharest.
Other sets included Wednesday and Enid's room in Ophelia Hall, Joseph Crackstone's crypt, Pilgrim World, and the secret library of the Nightshades society.
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The Nevermore Academy greenhouse where Mrs. Thornhill teaches the students about nature is an actual location.
This is one of the old greenhouses of the large Bucharest Botanical Garden, which opened in 1891.
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Also, the magnificent Niculescu-Dorobantu manor in Bucharest served as the interior of some areas of Nevermore in the sixth episode.
Decorated with gorgeous stained-glass windows, pointed arches, and gargoyles, this mansion resembling a Neo-Gothic cathedral survived the troubled history of Romania's 20th century.
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In Season 2, Nevermore Was Filmed in a Castle
In the second season, you'll notice that the interior courtyard at Nevermore Academy has a new layout.
The new sets were built at the renowned Ashford Studios in County Wicklow, Ireland, home to top productions including Vikings.
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Did you notice the large window on the right side of the previous image?
The new academy is inspired by Charleville Castle, located near Tullamore in County Offaly, where several scenes were filmed.
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The Gothic Revival–style interior rooms at Charleville Castle are spectacular.
The wooden staircase leading to Wednesday and Enid's attic bedroom is known as the Harriet staircase, said to be haunted by the ghost of Harriet, an 8-year-old girl who tragically fell to her death there in the 1860s.
The music room that appears in the first episode, "Here We Woe Again," and in the fourth episode, "If These Woes Could Talk," along with the entrance hall staircase, are also from Charleville Castle.
Built in the early 19th century, the castle features intricate woodwork and Gothic detailing, and is reputed to be one of Ireland’s most haunted buildings.
Wednesday's Jericho
Inspired by New England architecture, the production built the entire town of Jericho, Vermont, on a lot at Buftea Studios.
The Wednesday town set is located near the Colentina River, pictured in the background.
You can still see the layout of the Jericho set in Google Maps, next to the studios!
The Weathervane Cafe, the city hall, and the church were almost completely constructed, but the rest of the buildings are basically just the facade.
The Burlington station was filmed at the monumental royal train station in Sinaia, the town where is located Peleş Castle.
Situated near Cantacuzino Castle, Peleş Castle was the former summer retreat of the first king of Romania.
This national landmark was featured as the palace of the 2019' Netflix movie A Christmas Prince, set in the fictional Kingdom of Aldovia.
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Production designer Mark Scruton said to House Beautiful that the Poe Cup race on Raven Island in the second episode, "Woe Is the Loneliest Number", was filmed between Branesti Lake and Sterbei Lake near Bucharest.
Also starring Jenna Ortega, the new Beetlejuice 2 movie was partially filmed in Romania.
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The Gates Mansion in episode six, "Quid Pro Woe", is the Neo-Byzantine style house of the turn of the 20th-century Romanian writer and painter Olga Greceanu in Bâlteni village.
The crew transformed the surroundings of this national monument to look abandoned and rundown for the shoot.
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The New Season 2 Locations in Ireland
As Time Out reported, the airport scene was filmed at the modern Trinity Business School at Trinity College Dublin
The Kansas City street scene was filmed in the town of Newcastle, County Wicklow.
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Rotwood Cottage was a small mock-up structure built in Cloragh Woods, County Wicklow, with the interior scenes filmed in the studio.
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The Willow Hill Psychiatric Hospital was filmed at the old Holy Cross College, also known as Clonliffe College, a former seminary located in Drumcondra, Dublin.
The exterior gate was a film prop added to the large neo-Gothic complex dating from the 1850s.
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The Groton Inn in Groton, Massachusetts, was used for the establishing shot of the Inn at Apple Hollow, with the sign digitally inserted.
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All the scenes at Camp Jericho were filmed on the grounds of the famous Powerscourt Estate, with Powerscourt Waterfall as the backdrop.
Located in Enniskerry, County Wicklow, this grand 18th-century estate, renowned for its landscaped gardens, is also a popular filming location.
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The graveyard scenes were filmed at Deansgrange Cemetery, located in south Dublin, one of Ireland’s largest burial grounds, established in 1865.
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2 comments:
1- Anonymous - Dec 11, 2022, 7:22 AM
Also, the train station was the royal train station in Sinaia.
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2- Ra Moon - Dec 11, 2022, 9:24 PM
Thank you, updated!
1- Anonymous - Dec 11, 2022, 7:22 AM
Also, the train station was the royal train station in Sinaia.
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2- Ra Moon - Dec 11, 2022, 9:24 PM
Thank you, updated!
About the series
Co-directed by the visionary genius of Tim Burton, the titular role of the series is played by young actress Jenna Ortega, who already starred in The Fallout and Scream VI.
Completing the main cast are Emma Myers as werewolf student and Wednesday's roommate Enid Sinclair, Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones, The Sandman) as principal Larissa Weems, and Hunter Doohan (Your Honor) as Tyler Galpin.
Christina Ricci, who became famous after playing her brilliant portrayal of Wednesday Addams in the '90s movies, joined the cast in the first season as the mysterious professor Marilyn Thornhill.
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