10 Things I Hate About You: Tacoma to Seattle

The film opens over Seattle, and the view comes from Kerry Park, a small viewpoint on the south slope of Queen Anne Hill. The view is the classic Seattle frame: the Space Needle prominent at the centre, Elliott Bay to the west and Mount Rainier in the background. The story is set in the Seattle area, and this is where the film introduces it. Principal photography ran between June and August 1998.

Visitor guidance: A small public park and viewpoint on the south slope of Queen Anne Hill.

Padua High School is Stadium High School in Tacoma, where many of the scenes were shot between 8 June and 6 August 1998. Cameron James arrives here as the new student, quickly smitten with sophomore Bianca Stratford, and the school's guidance counselor is Ms. Perky. The building is stranger than most schools: construction began in 1891 as a luxury hotel in Châteauesque style, a fire gutted it in 1898, and it opened as a school in 1906. Today it is a public high school in Tacoma's Stadium District.

Visitor guidance: A working public school in the Stadium District; admire the exterior from the street and do not enter during school hours.

Cameron probes Bianca for information about her sister Kat, so that Patrick has something to work with. Bianca's answer sets up the whole plot: "you know I can't. Not unless my sister does." The Troll is the backdrop: an 18-foot sculpture under the north end of the Aurora Bridge, clutching a real Volkswagen Beetle. It was made by four artists.

Visitor guidance: The sculpture is under the Aurora Bridge, on North 36th Street.

Patrick wins Kat over by serenading her with Frankie Valli's "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" while she is at soccer practice. The scene was shot in the Stadium Bowl beside the school, with Heath Ledger running up and down the stairs. It took just three takes and is regarded as one of the most iconic moments of the film; the song was once going to be "I Touch Myself" by Divinyls. The 1910 stadium looks out over Commencement Bay.

Visitor guidance: The stadium is next to Stadium High School; access depends on school events, so check before going.

After Kat helps Patrick escape detention, they go for a boat ride, and Patrick points out a paintball area: "Are you up for it?" They throw paint at each other, and the date turns romantic. The paintball set was built for the film and has since been removed, but the setting survives: Gas Works Park, on the north shore of Lake Union, sits on a former gasification plant that ran from 1906 to 1956. A picnic shelter and children's play barn remain.

Visitor guidance: A public park; the former plant is part of the park.