T2 Trainspotting (2017)
- Documented locations
- 42
- Year
- 2017
- Directed by
- Danny BOYLE
- Cities
- Édimbourg, Bellshill, Glasgow, Clydebank, Budapest, South Queensferry, Blackburn
Édimbourg, United Kingdom
Main artery of Edinburgh, separating the old town from the Georgian New Town, lined with gardens on the castle side.
The scene : Back in Edinburgh after twenty years, Renton returns to the main artery where it all began.
Édimbourg, United Kingdom
Extinct volcanic hill overlooking Edinburgh from Holyrood Park, the highest point in the city at 251 m.
The scene : The hill offers wide panoramas of Edinburgh in several shots of the film.
Bellshill, United Kingdom
Neighborhood pub on Hamilton Road, in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire.
The scene : In this loyalist pub, Renton and Sick Boy improvise a sectarian song to extract the customers' bank card codes.
Édimbourg, United Kingdom
The scene : Scenes were filmed in the NCP multi-storey car park at Castle Terrace.
Édimbourg, United Kingdom
The scene : The metal recycling center of Leith serves as the backdrop for several scenes.
Édimbourg, United Kingdom
Former Georgian church of Stockbridge (1828), with a high clock tower, repurposed as an events venue. It is listed as a category A monument.
The scene : Spud participates in his therapy support group in this old church.
Édimbourg, United Kingdom
Scotland's main airport, located to the west of Edinburgh.
The scene : Renton lands and arrives in Edinburgh at the beginning of the film.
Glasgow, United Kingdom
The Glasgow Museum of Modern Art is located in a neoclassical townhouse on Royal Exchange Square, famous for the statue of the Duke of Wellington topped with a traffic cone. Opened in 1996, it is classified as a Category A listed building.
The scene : Renton and Sick Boy withdraw money from ATMs in front of the museum — Glasgow doubling for Edinburgh.
Édimbourg, United Kingdom
Luxury department store on St Andrew Square, in Edinburgh. It is listed as a category A monument.
The scene : Renton and Veronika are having dinner at the department store's restaurant.
Édimbourg, United Kingdom
Bar-restaurant with Victorian tiled decor, located on St Andrew Square in Edinburgh.
The scene : Begbie is reading Spud's notebooks.
Édimbourg, United Kingdom
Historic site of the old town of Edinburgh, under the castle, former marketplace and execution site. It is classified as a category C monument.
The scene : Renton bolts past Begbie across the square.
Édimbourg, United Kingdom
Winding Victorian street connecting the Royal Mile to Waverley Station in Edinburgh.
The scene : The chase between Renton and Begbie runs through this curved street.
Édimbourg, United Kingdom
Paved place behind St Giles' Cathedral, on the Royal Mile, the historic heart of Edinburgh.
The scene : Renton's escape from Begbie runs through Parliament Square, behind St Giles Cathedral.
Édimbourg, United Kingdom
The scene : Exterior shots were filmed in the South Gyle area.
Clydebank, United Kingdom
The scene : The establishment serves as the exterior for Port Sunshine, Begbie's pub.
Édimbourg, United Kingdom
Craigmillar/Niddrie Public Library, located in the east of Edinburgh.
The scene : Scenes were filmed at the Craigmillar library.
Édimbourg, United Kingdom
The scene : Scenes were filmed in the Piershill neighborhood.
Glasgow, United Kingdom
University founded in 1451, whose Gothic Revival building at Gilmorehill dominates the West End of Glasgow.
The scene : The gates of University Avenue mark the entrance of a private school.
Budapest, Hungary
Main railway station of Budapest, a large eclectic-style terminus inaugurated in 1884. Designed by architects Gyula Rochlitz and János Feketeházy, this dead-end railway station embodies the architectural prestige of Budapest in the 19th century.
The scene : The final sequence, where Veronika leaves the gang, was filmed in a train station in Budapest.
Édimbourg, United Kingdom
Long residential block of Leith, whose characteristic curve has earned it the local nickname of 'Banana Flats'.
The scene : Renton and Sick Boy recount the thread of their very first dose of heroin.
South Queensferry, United Kingdom
The scene : Mr. Doyle boards Renton and Sick Boy, makes them cross the bridge, and leaves them naked in the countryside. They will have to cross it on foot.
Édimbourg, United Kingdom
Tollcross Discotheque, formerly known as the Cav, renamed ATIK, is now closed.
The scene : The night out at the club comes to a quick end: Begbie runs into his sworn enemy, hiding in the restroom.
Édimbourg, United Kingdom
The scene : Cut scene: the shop, transformed into an Apple Store for the occasion, sees Renton and Spud stealing an iPad — a deliberate echo of the chase that opened the first film.
Édimbourg, United Kingdom
The scene : Renton and Sick Boy come to submit their application for a grant of 100,000 pounds.
Édimbourg, United Kingdom
The scene : The old tram depot, left abandoned, contained the chase scene that was ultimately cut from the final edit.
Édimbourg, United Kingdom
The scene : It is in this bar in Shore that Sick Boy loses his cool.
Édimbourg, United Kingdom
The scene : Mr. Doyle comes to pick up Renton and Sick Boy at the docks.
Édimbourg, United Kingdom
Edinburgh Prison, opened in 1919 in the Saughton area.
The scene : Begbie is preparing his escape; it is in front of these walls that he is abandoned at the end, in the trunk of a car.
Édimbourg, United Kingdom
The scene : The offices of the law firm where Diane now works.
Édimbourg, United Kingdom
The scene : In the bar's basement, Begbie and Sick Boy are devising their plan against Renton.
Édimbourg, United Kingdom
The scene : Sick Boy's apartment, whose windows overlook the nearby scrapyard.
Édimbourg, United Kingdom
The scene : The recreation complex spans the car chase of the iPad theft, which was cut from the final edit.
Édimbourg, United Kingdom
Abandoned buildings at the corner of Coatfield Lane and Giles Street, in Leith.
The scene : Spud comes to get drugs in these abandoned housing units.
Édimbourg, United Kingdom
The scene : This Pilton tower also serves as an apartment for Spud, in addition to the Greendykes flats.
Édimbourg, United Kingdom
The scene : Begbie lands after being stabbed by a fellow inmate — an orchestrated wound, with the sole purpose of opening the door for him.
Blackburn, United Kingdom
The scene : The house where Begbie's wife and son live.
Blackburn, United Kingdom
The scene : The parents' house of Renton.
Édimbourg, United Kingdom
The scene : Spud buys the books that he takes home.
Édimbourg, United Kingdom
The name of this alley in Old Edinburgh, literally "meat market", is its historical toponym and not a label invented for cinema.
The scene : Renton's escape from Begbie rushes into this stairway alley of the old town.
Édimbourg, United Kingdom
The scene : The shopping mall, already the setting for the "worst toilets in Scotland" twenty years earlier, is once again hosting film shoots.
Édimbourg, United Kingdom
The scene : The two towers of Greendykes, in Niddrie, house Spud's apartment.
Édimbourg, United Kingdom
The scene : Veronika's apartment, at the corner of Montpelier Park and Merchiston Place, in the Bruntsfield area.