Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One was shot extensively in & around Norway (Photo: Visit Norway)
In frames right out of a faraway world on glacial lakes, hanging bridges and arctic flora and fauna, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One was shot extensively around Norway. A major momentum to the country’s tourism scene, Visit Norway, the country’s tourism board, explores some of the shooting locations and places in and around the beautiful Nordic country for visitors to explore.
Hellesylt for the epic stunt
Hellesylt is where Tom Cruise did the epic motorcycle stunt
From between the two bridges right in the centre of a picturesque village, water masses cascade down polished granite stones. That is exactly where Tom Cruise did the famous motorcycle jump off the 1,246 metre tall Helsetkopen mountain cliff. Summers here make up for a busier site, with its impressive snow thaw period.
Visit Norway says that engineers, base jumpers and the movie crew have spent months in Hellesylt close to the Geirangerfjord in Sunnmøre. A guided hiking tour is also available at the Helsetkopen mountain, which takes visitors through parts of the Geirangerfjord UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Dramatic train ride in Romsdalen
Kylling Bridge is fashioned out of hand-hewn stone
Against a backdrop of ‘Europe’s most beautiful railway line’, Tom Cruise and co-actor Esai Manuel Morales Jr fight on the roof of a moving train on Rauma Railway framed by the dramatic nature in the Northwest. In an hour and 40 minutes, the journey takes visitors from the wild mountains surrounding Dombås to the fjord in the mountaineering capital Åndalsnes.
Kylling Bridge, also named ‘a tiger leap in stone’, is a railway bridge that is fashioned out of hand-hewn stone, crossing the river at 60 metres high measured from the riverbed. Below the shop at Verma there is a marked path to the lookout point towards Kylling Bridge, where visitors find an information board as well as the popular photo motif when the Rauma line crosses the bridge.
Valldal for an ideal recreation
Valldal is known as the adventure valley, with rafting, a climbing park and fjord kayaking
The strawberry village Valldal is not only known for its sweet berries, but also as the adventure valley with activities the whole year through, notably kayaking, rafting, snowshoe trips and yoga. All of this visitors can explore between Geiranger and the Trollstigen road.
Tom Cruise is said to have stayed in the charming village of Valldal in Sunnmøre, and commuted to the different surrounding locations from there. Valldal is known as the adventure valley, with rafting, a climbing park and fjord kayaking. When in Valldal visitors should try to abseil down the Zakarias dam in Tafjord, says the statement.
A cliffhanger ending at Preikestolen
The mountain plateau was most probably shaped by the expansion of ice some 10,000 years ago
Towering an impressive 604 metres over the Lysefjord, further south in Fjord Norway, visitors can hike to Preikestolen. This is one of the most iconic tourist spots in the Nordic country that provided the perfect backdrop for the cliffhanger finale of the former Mission: Impossible – Fallout 6.
The mountain plateau was most probably shaped by the expansion of ice some 10,000 years ago. Water that froze in the crevices in the mountain broke loose large edged blocks of stone that the ice glacier brought along on its course. It was not until around 1900, that the first tourist travelled to the top and Preikestolen as a tourist destination was discovered.
Coming up: Mission: Impossible 8 in Svalbard
Tom Cruise and his action crew is already filming in the Polar wonderland of Svalbard
With an arctic vibe to it, Svalbard’s majestic wilderness will serve as the backdrop for Mission: Impossible 8. The board says that Tom Cruise and his action crew is already filming in the Polar wonderland, a place far removed from the rest of the world. This isolated Norwegian island, located halfway between Norway and the North Pole, is renowned for its extreme climate, pristine glaciers and lazing polar bears.
Svalbard experiences polar days during the summer, when the sun never sets, providing 24-hour daylight. This phenomenon allows for extended exploration and outdoor activities. On the other hand, during the winter, tourists can witness the magical polar nights with extended periods of darkness, making it a unique experience for stargazing and potentially seeing the Northern Lights.
