Stalker (1979, Tarkovsky) Filming Locations in Tallinn
Six places in and around Tallinn where Andrei Tarkovsky shot Stalker (1979).
Overview
Andrei Tarkovsky shot Stalker (1979) in and around Tallinn after an earthquake ruled out his original Tajik locations — the Zone was assembled from derelict power stations, a post-industrial quarter and the valley of the Jägala river. Forty years on, some of these places are renovated and humming again, one is literally underwater, and one alley now bears the film's name.
This map follows the six locations described by Patrick Gamble in his BFI feature Stalker: in search of Tarkovsky's Soviet sci-fi locations (7 May 2019), which is the source and inspiration for this map — the point descriptions draw on his account and quote it briefly with credit. Read the full article for the complete journey.
The city-centre points (Stalkeri käik, Kultuurikatel) are a ten-minute walk apart; the Jägala cluster is a 25 km drive east along the Narva highway, passing the Iru plant on the way — so the whole map works as a single half-day trip out of Tallinn.