The 1996 re-make of the TV series was mainly set in Prague and London and I certainly wasn’t going to pass up the opportunity to scout out the filming locations while I was in the former. Once I’d done a couple of Casino Royale spots I found myself at Hotel Evropa (yes that is the correct spelling!) at Vaclavske namesti 25 (below) which was the headquarters of mysterious arms dealer Max.

A bit further down the same road and just past Wenceslas Square is the National Museum (below); the ‘American Embassy’ where the teams first operation commences as they infiltrate some fancy reception.

Liechtenstein Palace (below) is just a stones throw from Kampa Park (as featured in ‘The Bourne Identity‘ and mentioned in ‘Prague Pt II’) and was not where I thought it was. I’d actually given up on finding it but on my descend from Prague Castle I found it by chance. It was actually this place that provided the exterior shots of the ‘American Embassy’ as the real embassy was no doubt deemed to not be glitzy enough for the movie.

Undoubtedly the city’s (and indeed the films) major attraction is the world heritage Charles Bridge (below) which connects the Old Town with Prague Castle. It’s here that things really go wrong with controller Jim Phelps (Jon Voight) plunging into the Vltava having taken a bullet on the bridge. This famous bridge was also used music video’s by Linkin Park (Numb) and Kanye West (Diamonds From Sierra Leone) as well as ‘XxX‘ (2002). It’s here that Vin Diesel comes up with an out-of-this-world stunt to save the bridge and the city of Prague from a deadly bomb!

London Pt III: Mission Impossible Filming Locations can be seen here.