Where Sunnydale really is

Torrance High School, Torrance

The real high school in Torrance, south of Los Angeles, provided the exteriors of the school above the Hellmouth. The interiors, including the library, were built on a soundstage.

California State University, Northridge

For the rebuilt school in season 7 the crew filmed on the campus in Northridge.

UCLA (Royce Hall, Powell Library, Macgowan Hall), Westwood; dazu Cal State Northridge and ein Bürogelände in Alhambra

Buffy’s first day at college in “The Freshman” was shot on the UCLA campus, with Royce Hall and Powell Library as the backdrop.

Ein Wohnhaus in Torrance, wenige Straßen nördlich der Torrance High School

Buffy’s home is an ordinary house in Torrance. People live there – please only look from the street.

Ennis House, Los Feliz am Griffith Park, Los Angeles

Built by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1924, the house with its patterned concrete blocks is known from many films too. In the show it is on Crawford Street.

Lagerhalle an der Willow Street / S. Santa Fe Avenue, Los Angeles

Spike and Drusilla’s hideout in season 2 – until Angelus moves in.

Gebäude am Crenshaw Boulevard, Torrance

Mayor Wilkins’ seat of power.

Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles; Kulissen-Friedhof auf dem Parkplatz der Studios in Santa Monica

Many cemetery scenes were shot on a makeshift graveyard next to the studios in Santa Monica; for bigger scenes the crew used the real Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery.

Außenkulisse an der Stewart Street, Santa Monica

The show’s studios were in Santa Monica, where the downtown street set also stood.

Castle Green, Pasadena

The lavish old hotel building suits a god with a taste for luxury.

Church of the Angels, Pasadena

Where Buffy in Faith’s body and Faith in Buffy’s face down the vampires.

Antelope Valley am Piute Butte

The dream desert in “Restless”, Buffy’s vision quest in “Intervention” and the meeting with the Shadow Men in “Get It Done”.

Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area and Straßen in Los Angeles

Some outdoor scenes of “Once More, with Feeling” were shot in the park in the Baldwin Hills.

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

The Inca mummy wakes up at the museum, and in “Smashed” Spike robs it.

Angel’s Gate Park, San Pedro

Where Angel waits for the sunrise when the snow falls – and where Dark Willow’s path ends in “Grave”.

Santa Ana Zoo

At the hyena enclosure Xander and his classmates become possessed.

Paramount Iceland, Paramount

Buffy and Angel go skating until a bounty hunter shows up.

Sherman Oaks Galleria

Buffy and Joyce go shopping – until Buffy spots a vampire.

Hafen von San Pedro

Sunnydale’s waterfront in “Surprise”.

Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica

Backdrop for a scene in “Entropy”.

Six Flags Magic Mountain, Valencia

Where Buffy chases down the Trio.

Los Altos Apartments, Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles

The old hotel Angel Investigations moves into in season 2 is, from the outside, the historic Los Altos apartment building on Wilshire Boulevard. The interiors were built on a soundstage.

Ehemaliges Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles

For some interiors the crew used the empty Ambassador Hotel. “Spin the Bottle” was the last production to film in its main kitchen.

Sony Pictures Plaza, Culver City

From the outside, the firm’s tower is an office building across from the main gate of the Sony studios in Culver City.