The Bourne Trilogy: From Zurich to Tangier

A man pulled from the Mediterranean with two bullets in his back and no memory finds a tiny laser projector implanted in his hip. It displays the number of a safe deposit box in Zurich. Inside he finds currencies, several passports and a gun; he leaves the gun and takes the name on the American passport: Jason Bourne. The bank is fictional, and some Zurich scenes were actually filmed in Prague. The pin marks Bahnhofstrasse, Zurich's famous banking street, where the two largest Swiss banks have their headquarters at Paradeplatz.

Location precision: The film's bank is not a real address and some Zurich scenes were shot in Prague; the pin marks Bahnhofstrasse as a stand-in for the banking district.

Visitor guidance: Bahnhofstrasse runs from the main station to the lake; tram stops include Paradeplatz.

Bourne offers Marie Kreutz $20,000 to drive him to an address in Paris. In the apartment the first killer sent for him, Castel, ambushes them and ends the fight by throwing himself from a window. Director Doug Liman insisted on shooting in Paris rather than the cheaper Montreal. The famous car chase was filmed by a second unit in various parts of the city and edited into one journey. Liman admitted that anyone who really knows Paris will find it illogical.

Location precision: The apartment and chase were assembled from many Paris locations that do not connect on the real map; the pin marks the city centre.

The first film ends on a Greek island. Some time after Treadstone is shut down, Bourne finds Marie renting out scooters to tourists on Mykonos, and they reunite. The shop is set up in the film as a hard-to-find place. Matt Damon has since returned to the island regularly, which helped make Mykonos a celebrity destination.

Location precision: The film does not give the shop's address; the pin marks Mykonos Town.

In The Bourne Supremacy, Bourne follows the CIA to Berlin and kidnaps former Treadstone technician Nicky Parsons in Alexanderplatz. She tells him that Ward Abbott had been Conklin's boss, a first crack in the story he has been told. Most of the film was shot in and around Berlin. Alexanderplatz is a large public square and transport hub in the central Mitte district, with the Fernsehturm TV tower and the Nikolai Quarter nearby.

Visitor guidance: Alexanderplatz is a major transport hub in Berlin-Mitte; the TV tower is beside the square.

Hunting for the daughter of the murdered politician Neski, Bourne travels to Moscow. Kirill finds and wounds him, Bourne flees in a stolen taxi and Kirill chases him. At the end Bourne finds Irena and confesses to murdering her parents, apologizing to her as he leaves. Some portions of the car chase and the ending were shot in Moscow. When The Bourne Ultimatum needed Moscow, Berlin doubled for it.

Location precision: The chase streets are not named in the sources; the pin marks central Moscow.

In The Bourne Ultimatum, Bourne arranges a meeting with the journalist Simon Ross at London Waterloo station. Realizing the CIA is following Ross, Bourne helps him evade capture, but Ross, in a panic, is shot dead by the Blackbriar assassin Paz. The station opened in 1848 and is the second busiest in the UK.

Visitor guidance: A working railway terminus, open to everyone.

Told that the CIA station chief Neal Daniels has fled to Tangier, Nicky helps Bourne escape an arriving CIA unit. In the city Bourne follows the Blackbriar asset Desh Bouksani but fails to prevent Daniels' assassination. The film was shot on location in Tangier. The medina, the old city, is known for leather working and handicrafts made from wood and silver.

Location precision: The sources do not name the exact streets used; the pin marks the Petit Socco square in the heart of the Tangier medina.

Visitor guidance: The medina is a walkable old town with craft shops.