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where was winter castle filmed

“Winter Castle” (the 2019 Hallmark movie) was primarily filmed in Canada, with the signature ice-hotel scenes shot at the Hôtel de Glace near Québec City.

Main filming location: the “winter castle”

  • The ice hotel in the movie is the real Hôtel de Glace in Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, just north of Québec City, Québec, Canada.
  • It is a seasonal ice hotel rebuilt every year and is known as the only true ice hotel in North America, which is why it gives the film its fairytale look.

Other Canadian locations used

  • Several exterior and town scenes were filmed in and around Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
  • The movie used the Cumberland Heritage Village Museum in Cumberland, Ontario, for rural-style exteriors meant to evoke small-town North America in the early 20th-century style.
  • Additional opening city scenes were filmed at ByWard Market and elsewhere in Ottawa.

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      <th>How it was used</th>
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      <td>Ice hotel</td>
      <td>Hôtel de Glace, Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier</td>
      <td>Québec, Canada</td>
      <td>Main “winter castle” / ice hotel setting and most interior ice scenes</td>
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      <td>Rural surroundings</td>
      <td>Cumberland Heritage Village Museum</td>
      <td>Ontario, Canada</td>
      <td>Village-style exteriors and wintry small-town atmosphere</td>
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      <td>City shots</td>
      <td>ByWard Market and Ottawa</td>
      <td>Ontario, Canada</td>
      <td>Opening city scenes and additional outdoor sequences</td>
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One-line TL;DR

“Winter Castle” was filmed in Canada, mainly at Hôtel de Glace in Québec for the ice hotel, with supporting scenes shot around Ottawa and the Cumberland Heritage Village Museum in Ontario.

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