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Film Fan Travel Guide to Iceland
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Film Fan Travel Guide to Iceland

July 2nd, 2017 Sonja
Planning a film-inspired trip to Iceland? This ultimate Film Fan Travel Guide to Iceland will tell you all you need to know in order to get the most out of your time and budget… 
Exploring Iceland on Horseback: My Lava Tour with  Íshestar Horse Riding
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Exploring Iceland on Horseback: My Lava Tour with  Íshestar Horse Riding

May 16th, 2017 Sonja
Would you like to experience Iceland from a totally different perspective? The unique breed of the Icelandic Horse is the way to go...
FILM REVIEW: You Are Wanted (2017) – filmed in Berlin, Germany
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FILM REVIEW: You Are Wanted (2017) – filmed in Berlin, Germany

May 5th, 2017 Sonja
Berlin high-flyer Lukas Franke (Matthias Schweighöfer) seems to have the perfect life. Until one fateful day, when he gets hacked and it all spirals horribly out of control...
FILM REVIEW: Lion (2016) – filmed in India and Australia
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FILM REVIEW: Lion (2016) – filmed in India and Australia

April 21st, 2017 Sonja
Based on a real story, Lion tells the incredible tale of a five-year-old boy who gets lost and survives on the streets of Calcutta before being adopted by a couple from Australia. 20 years later, he starts a near impossible quest to find his long-lost family....
FILM REVIEW: Young Adult (2011) – filmed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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FILM REVIEW: Young Adult (2011) – filmed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

April 14th, 2017 Sonja
A depressed and alcoholic fiction writer from Minneapolis returns to her small home town in Minnesota determined to rekindle her romance with her now happily married ex boyfriend...
4 Must-See Movies that take place in one day – filmed in New York City and Berlin
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4 Must-See Movies that take place in one day – filmed in New York City and Berlin

April 3rd, 2017 Sonja
Fancy a day trip to New York or Berlin? Do so from the comfort of your couch! These gripping one-day adventures will surely glue you to the screen, too...
FILM REVIEW: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) – filmed in Iceland and the USA
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FILM REVIEW: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) – filmed in Iceland and the USA

March 31st, 2017 Sonja
Daydreamer Walter Mitty has never done anything exciting in his life. Until this one day when he is off to Iceland and lives the adventures he could have never imagined in his wildest dreams...
FILM REVIEW: The Revenant (2015) – filmed in West Canada, the USA and Argentina
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FILM REVIEW: The Revenant (2015) – filmed in West Canada, the USA and Argentina

March 29th, 2017 Sonja
Don't miss Leonardo DiCaprio's Oscar performance as a revenge-seeking frontiersman filmed against the stunning backdrop of the beautiful Canadian Rocky Mountains...
FILM REVIEW: Toni Erdmann (2016) – filmed in Bucharest, Romania and Aachen, Germany
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FILM REVIEW: Toni Erdmann (2016) – filmed in Bucharest, Romania and Aachen, Germany

March 14th, 2017 Sonja
The war of the generations is on! My review of father-daugther drama "Toni Erdmann" – the German comedy surprise of the year set in the competitive corporate world of Romania's capital Bucharest...
FILM REVIEW: La La Land (2016) – filmed in Los Angeles, USA
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FILM REVIEW: La La Land (2016) – filmed in Los Angeles, USA

January 30th, 2017 Sonja
This refreshingly different musical-drama-comedy not only makes us laugh and cry along two aspiring Hollywood stars, but also provides lots of really cool alternative L.A. sightseeing highlights... 
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I recently started watching ski jumping competitio
I recently started watching ski jumping competitions on TV again. This inspired me to rewatch the film “Eddie the Eagle“ (2015), which is currently on Netflix.

The film is based on the real-life story of British ski jumper Eddie Edwards. Eddie managed to take part in the Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada in 1988 even though he only started training for his ski jumps at the mature age of 22. 😂🙈

The scenes for “Eddie the Eagle“ were mainly filmed at the real-life ski jumping hills in Garmisch-Patenkirchen and Oberstdorf in Bavaria, southern Germany.

I personally have not yet been to these ski jumping hills, but I have been to the ski jumping hill „Holmenkollen“ in Oslo, Norway, which is equally stunning.

Have you ever been to a ski jumping hill?

Photo 1: Scene from
“Eddie the Eagle“ (2015). Larry Horricks - © TM & 2016 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.
Photo 2: © Sonja Irani - FilmFanTravel.com

#eddietheeagle #netflix #filminspiredtravel #filmlocations #movielocations #skijumping #holmenkollen #oslo #norway #visitoslo #dreamchasersnorway #lovescandinavia #visitnorway #bestofscandinavia #dreamynorway #norwaytravel #norwaytrip #onlyinnorway

Christmas is almost over and although many things 
Christmas is almost over and although many things have been different this year, some things never change... Such as our favourite Christmas movies that we can watch over and over again... and that make us dream about future travel destinations! 😉 💭 

One of my favourite Christmas series to look forward to this year was the second season of the Norwegian romcom series “Home for Christmas” (OT: Hjem til jul) with @idaelisebroch_official and @felixsandman! The series was released on Netflix on 18 December 2020. 

When I was working as a tour guide in Norway this summer, I was lucky enough to pass by Røros - the UNESCO world heritage town that served as the setting and main film location for the series! 

Read more about the series and its film location Røros on my blog FilmFanTravel.com(link in my bio above)! 

Which Christmas movie has inspired your upcoming travels? 

Photo 1: Scene from “Home for Christmas” (2019-) filmed in Røros, Norway. © Netflix. Photo 2: Me at the same street in Røros, Norway in August 2020. © Sonja Irani / FilmFanTravel.com

#destinationroros #destinasjonrøros  #netflix #netflixshows #norway #roros #homeforchristmasnetflix #hjemtiljul #dreamchasersnorway #traveleurope #filminspiredtravel #filmlocation #filmlocations #movielocations #lovescandinavia #norway #visitnorway #bestofscandinavia #dreamynorway #norwaytravel #norwaytrip #onlyinnorway #rorørosregionen #godjul @visitnorway

Just like American Marketing Manager Emily in the 
Just like American Marketing Manager Emily in the new Netflix series “Emily in Paris”, I followed almost every fashion trend back in 2007. 😂🤷🏻‍♀️Here I am in front of the Eiffel Tower wearing a massive “link chain necklace”. Hey, it was fashionable at the time, okay? InStyle magazine said so! 😂🙈

Writing my newest film review about the American girl who makes the big move to Paris (link currently in bio), I realised that it has been exactly 10 years since my last visit to the city of love in 2010. So I really would like to go back in 2021.

Who else was inspired to put Paris on their post-pandemic travel list by watching “Emily in Paris”?

Photo 1: Scene from “Emily in Paris” (2020-). © Netflix. Photo 2: © Sonja Irani / FilmFanTravel.com

#emilyinparis #netflix #netflixshows #paris #france #citytrip #traveleurope #filminspiredtravel #filmlocation #filmlocations #movielocations #lilycollins #thisisparis #visitparis #ig_paris #parisianlife #hello_france #parisjetaime #parislife #exploreparis

Blarney Castle near Cork, Ireland in full autumn b
Blarney Castle near Cork, Ireland in full autumn bloom back in October 2016.

The castle’s unique attraction is to kiss the famous Blarney stone on top of the castle. What’s more... you apparently get the gift of eloquence afterwards. The catch: You have to lean over backwards - head first - to reach it! Apart from that, kissing a stone that millions others have kissed before is not exactly in line with the current Covid hygiene rules... 😂

As far as I know Blarney Castle itself has not yet been used as a filming location, but the website states that it’s open for bookings for TV and movie crews. Maybe something to look forward to in the year 1 or 2 AC (After Corona). 😂🙈 Let’s hope so because with Ireland being the main film location of major TV and movie productions such as “Game of Thrones”, “Star Wars” and “Vikings”, there is much to discover for film fans! 🤗
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#blarneycastleandgardens #autumn #autumnleaves #filminspiredtravel #ireland #loveireland #irelandtravel #discoverireland #map_of_europe #visitireland #instaireland #irland #irish_daily #daily_ireland #images_ireland  #castle #castlesineurope #castlesinfall #colorsinfall #castlesofireland #autumncolours


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