Most of Greenland (2020) was filmed in the U.S., primarily around Atlanta and other parts of Georgia, with additional work in Chicago and Iceland for the “Greenland” landscapes.

Main Filming Locations

  • Atlanta, Georgia – Core setting for the Garrity family’s home life and many city sequences.
  • Marietta, Georgia – Upscale neighborhood used for the family’s house and surrounding streets.
  • Conyers & Georgia International Horse Park (GA) – Key evacuation and crowd scenes.
  • Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta – Used for large interior set pieces and emergency-staging environments.
  • Robins Air Force Base, Houston County, Georgia – Airport and military evacuation scenes, with real personnel as extras.
  • Chicago, Illinois – Additional urban and travel inserts to broaden the disaster’s scale.
  • Iceland (doubling as Greenland) – The icy, remote bunker and final approach landscapes that are supposed to be in Greenland.

Mini Location Spotlight

  • The “upstate New York” highway meteor strike was actually shot on Red Top Mountain Road SE near Emerson, Georgia , north of Atlanta.
  • Everyday-life scenes (like grocery shopping when the first alerts hit) used real Atlanta-area stores such as Wayfield Foods in Jonesboro, GA.

Quick Storytelling Angle

The film’s title points to a far‑off Arctic refuge, but the emotional core of the story is grounded in very ordinary American suburbs and highways. Georgia’s mix of neighborhoods, highways, event venues, and a major Air Force base gave the production a flexible “anywhere USA” look, while Iceland delivered the stark, survivalist feel needed for the final “Greenland” bunker sequences.

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