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People Share Pics Of Real-Life Locations That Look Like They’re Straight Out Of A Wes Anderson Movie
Fans of Wes Anderson will be delighted to learn that there are places in this world that will make you feel like you’ve stepped behind the silver screen and straight into one of his movies. From Scotland to Portugal, from Ukraine to even North Korea, there are real-life locations that wouldn’t look out of place in The Grand Budapest Hotel, Moonrise Kingdom, Rushmore or a whole host of the eccentric director’s other visually stunning masterpieces. People have been sharing their pictures on a subreddit called Accidental Wes Anderson, and you can find some of our favorites in the collection below.
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#1
Moomin House In Naantali, Finland
John L 8 years ago
There's just something about a round house that states "Efficiency" and "Good Looks", all in one package. I'd Love to own one like this. ;D
RaroaRaroa 8 years ago
But you'd have to have all your furniture custom made or have weird gaps everywhere. Or maybe just not put any furniture by the walls.
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Katri Pfuhl 8 years ago
It is out of a fairytale. It's the Moomin house we have in Finland
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Heidi Kemppainen 8 years ago
You sure can! Pls google "inside the moomin house in naantali" - you will find lovely pictures. Greetings from Naantali, Finland :)
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Elina Tenhu 8 years ago
Moomin House is attraction at amusement park Moominworld. So real people don't live there :D Moominworld is based books written by Tove Jansson and there is also animated tv-series.
Abderrahman Ghouli 8 years ago
this is a copy of the the moomins house the Animation Moomins_ho...360977.jpg 
Allana Rose 8 years ago
It looks like little gnomes should be living in it and the snow just adds to it's charm!
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#2
Stadt-Bad Gotha In Gotha, Germany
white widow 8 years ago
Because it's a well taken picture, it is centered and respects other good rules of a good photography.
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Cynthia Potter 8 years ago
This looks so much like one of the locations used in the movie "The Unbearable Lightness of Being".
therealpixie 8 years ago
How different it would be without the red--somebody knew what they were doing.
#3
A Chimney Sweep From Tallinn, Estonia
M O'Connell 8 years ago
Maybe coveralls are just that awesome over there.
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Nickie LaRue 8 years ago
He looks familiar.. Are we sure he's a chimney sweep, and not an actor who maybe played one? I swear I've seen him..
#4
Hotel Belvédère Near The Rhône Glacier, Switzerland
John L 8 years ago
Its a shame that such an unique stopover is boarded up. This hotel/restaurant/gift-shop is in a perfect location for offering a break, from the twisting and winding two lane traffic. I hope it will be reopened soon.
Patrick McKenna 8 years ago
looks to be in a precarious location as far as automobile traffic goes.
Allana Rose 8 years ago
Maybe it had to shut down due to too many people hitting it because of the icy roads?!
Ulrich Schmitt 8 years ago
You can see this Hotel also in James Bond "Goldfinger" - bond-furka.jpg 
#5
Swimming Pool In Hamburg, Germany
Allana Rose 8 years ago
All this place needs to for the lights to flash and disco music to play!
Alberto Curutchet 8 years ago
This can't be real. If it is, please call Nicolas Windign Refn to go shoot at that place!
Virgil Blue 8 years ago
Looks like the set of one of the early Dr Who episodes. Nice and retro!
#6
Dan Sully Photography: Singapore
Jay Weigel 8 years ago
Pink is supposed to be a very calming color. Especially that shade.
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Alec Taylor 8 years ago
I kind of like it, because it brings back memories of my early '60s visits to Hutzler's department store in Baltimore as a young child.
Alberto Curutchet 8 years ago
actually it's a bit crooked and that would drive Wes, me and every guy with OCD mad...
Tracey Martens 8 years ago
Not really "Barbie" pink. This is pastel, whereas Barbie pink is more like Pepto Bismol.
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#7
Grand Hotel Misurina, Italy
Michèle Gyselinck 8 years ago
WOW! The hotel is beautiful, but that mountain just dwarfs it. Looks as though it could crush the hotel if there was an earthquake.
#8
Good Records In Dallas, U.S.
Monica Jfk 8 years ago
It looks more to a scene from 'And They Lived Happily Ever After' with Johnny Depp
#9
Door In Kiev, Ukraine
Alec Taylor 8 years ago
Kind of hurts my eyes, but at least you won't confuse it with the neighbors.
#10
Conservatory Of The George Eastman House In Rochester, U.S.
Allana Rose 8 years ago
Is that a real dead elephant on the wall??!! This I do not approve of! Nice other wise.
Wanda Queen 8 years ago
Ah, yes, so much nature. Too bad Eastman - kodak did so much damage to real nature with Lake Ontario pollution.
Joannie Goulet 6 years ago
I really hope that's a fake elephant head. They are such intelligent and sensitive creatures. ;_;
#11
Malina Swimming Pool In Bratislava, Slovakia
Janka Sekáčová 8 years ago
it was taken by famous Slovak photographer Maria Svarbova who made a full collection of photos like this... swimming pools session
Katie Smith 8 years ago
Cool! Thanks for sharing. I'm going to look her up now.
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Felipe Foncea 8 years ago
it's a photo but edited in a way that it resembles a painting.. it's a cool technique developed with that intention
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Hotel Saratoga In Havana, Cuba
#13
Train In Flåm, Norway
Virgil Blue 8 years ago
The only thing missing is a curly mustache sporting detective and a vexing murder mystery.
#14
“Ebb Tide” At Gold Crest Resort Motel By Tyler Haughey
#15
Estoi, Portugal
Virgil Blue 8 years ago
Well I suppose the Wizard of Oz would have a summer retreat with a yellow brick road.
Allana Rose 8 years ago
I'd like it better if it were all one color but other than that, it's gorgeous!
Karen Calado 8 years ago
It is a palace :) It's called Palácio de Estoi. The pink walls aren't marble though, but beautiful nonetheless!
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Amber Ice 8 years ago
Only I expected a rose garden under it instead of what's there... That certainly would be beautifully fitting
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Spadina Road, Toronto
John L 8 years ago
I really don't know why, but my eyes keep moving leftward, expecting to see the original Moulin Rouge sitting there. I just Love old classic buildings such as this one. :D
Allana Rose 8 years ago
I love it! I want to live in something just like it in my area! I love old buildings like this.
Raquel Bacardi 8 years ago
If only all the ugly box duplexes being built everywhere looked more like these classic beauties. Why can't we still build homes like this?
Katie Smith 8 years ago
I've been down Spadina Road when we visited toronto in the spring!! I love that city. Lots of places like this.
Shinomi Chan 8 years ago
For some reason this sorta reminds me of Gnomeo and Julia xD (though this is way prettier)
#17
"Chateau" By Jeremy Kohm In Ottawa, Canada
#19
The Exchange District In Winnipeg, Manitoba
Sardonic Scribe 8 years ago
Don't be fooled... Winnipeg is *ahem*, to put it nicely, not at all nice.
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#20
Metro Train In Brussels, Belgium
SarahScouse 8 years ago
This photo proves that a good photographer can make the most mundane scene look absolutely beautiful.
Allana Rose 8 years ago
Looks like a train for the Minions! (I don't know why but I love those little guys) *L*
#21
Conference Room In North Korea
Denise Knight 8 years ago
No different from any conference room anywhere in the world. We file in and either slow-cook in winter or boil in summer as the thermostat hasn't been repaired in 4 years. We sit down and get bored to tears by someone who thinks they excel as public speaking droning on and on. The green is a refreshing change. Hopefully the weird North Korean Ruling Things in the photographs will be covered up by a graph or something that nobody will be interested in.
Joannie Goulet 6 years ago
They really have photos everywhere. I wonder if they're in the restrooms too.
Virgil Blue 8 years ago
"You might wonder why you were all called here and why everything in the room is made of stain resistant and easily cleaned material..."
#22
Cinema
Tiffany Wilson 8 years ago
It looks like the conference room in North Korea.
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Virgil Blue 8 years ago
Oh wait I see someone figured it out. Sorry for Germany
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The Utter Inn Located In Västerås, Sweden
Louise Brigance 8 years ago
Oh, I don't think so. I'm not that good of a swimmer if the need arose.
#24
Hotel Principe Di Savoia In Milan, Italy
#25
Pennsylvania Railroad Suburban Station, Pennsylvania
#26
Grand Hotel De L'europe, Bad Gastein, Austria
#27
Choi Hung Estates In Hong Kong
#28
Home Office Of An Mcm House In Portland, Oregon
Denise Knight 8 years ago
I would have those encyclopedias upright and in order and on one shelf within 15 minutes of moving in.
Chloe Love 4 years ago (edited)
Apparently it's better for fragile books to sit this way, less damaging on the ol' spine (-:
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Connie Martin 8 years ago
Those are code (law) books. Obsolete now of course, everything's on line. They make a harmonious pattern here, but certainly just for this photo. You'd have to be nuts to use all that shelf space that way all the time just for the visual effect.
#29
Mongolia
Vladimir Nedeljković 8 years ago
I love how every place is very specific, and then it's just the entire country of Mongolia
Wyndmere 8 years ago
Red Ridinghood, outside her grandmother's home, Mongolia, after her encounter with a dangerous wolf. (Traded her red cape for a wolf skin cloak with hood.)
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#30
Jane Hotel In New York, U.S.
#31
Lobby Bar Of The Graduate Hotel In Mississippi, U.S.
Heather Wolf73 8 years ago
Whoa. This would give me sensory overload just walking into this bar.
#32
Locker Room
#33
Metro Entrance In Budapest, Hungary
Marijke Hulleman 8 years ago
Yes! I had the feeling that I had to seek my balance when I went downstairs.. that was a freeky feeling...
#35
Empty Pool
Denise Knight 8 years ago
A lot of these pictures look as if they have been taken in North Korea.
Lorentz Bondø 8 years ago
The pool is filled with water, and the pictyre title says Empty Pool. I don't get it.
Darla Markle 8 years ago
I'm curious if they were smuggled photos or if was allowed to take them if north Korea
#36
Room In The Ostel Hotel In East Berlin, Germany
Whillis 8 years ago
oh nooo my TOC is killing me! that painting is not in the middle of the wall!!!!!!
Wyndmere 8 years ago
It is in the middle of the repeating pattern. Maybe the furniture has shifted a little to one side.
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#37
Employee Enters Room At Mount Kumgang Resort In North Korea
#38
Conference Room In The Former Palast Der Republik In Berlin, Germany
#39
Lighthouse In Snæfellsjökull National Park, Iceland
#41
Burabai Lake, Kazakhstan
#43
The View Out Of Train Heading Into Austria
#44
Florida, U.S.
#45
Hippie
#46
Hotel Polonia In Warsaw, Poland
Leokadia Pumeks 8 years ago
It is definitely NOT Warsaw. We do have a hotel of that name but it is entirely different building :-)
#47
Ballet Class
Eunice McLaughlin 8 years ago
This is likely North Korea. Cartoon characters on the wall are wearing traditional Korean outfits.
#48
Prada Marfa In Valentine, Texas, U.S.
#49
King Street In Toronto, Canada
#50
Old Athens Airport, Greece
Zaneta Johnson 8 years ago
That looks to be a very old picture considering the vehicles shown.
#52
Beauty Salon Waiting Area In North Korea
Wanda Queen 8 years ago
"Here are the government sanctioned hairstyles you may choose from". :(
Kim Lee 8 years ago
It's probably for show, as some refugees who have escaped NK have said most of these shops are just for photo ops and they don't really go anywhere for services, such as salons. Some residents are assigned to areas if tourists come along, so there will be some kids assigned to ice skate at a rink or women propped up in salons, etc.
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tony cowin 8 years ago
Even the kids look like characters from one of his films.
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tony cowin 8 years ago
Even the kids look like characters from one of his films.
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