List of The Adventures of Tintin locations explained
These are the settings, both real and imagined, in The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé.
Europe
Belgium- Brussels: Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, Tintin in the Congo, Tintin in America, Cigars of the Pharaoh, The Blue Lotus, The Broken Ear, The Black Island, King Ottokar's Sceptre, The Crab with the Golden Claws, The Shooting Star, The Secret of the Unicorn, Red Rackham's Treasure, The Seven Crystal Balls, The Prisoners of the Sun, Land of Black Gold, Destination Moon, The Calculus Affair, The Red Sea Sharks, The Castafiore Emerald, Tintin and the Picaros, Tintin and Alph-Art
- Antwerp: Tintin in the Congo, The Blue Lotus, The Broken Ear, The Crab with the Golden Claws, The Shooting Star, Red Rackham's Treasure, Land of Black Gold
- Ostend: The Black Island
- Liège: Tintin in the Land of the Soviets
- Tienen: Tintin in the Land of the Soviets
- Louvain: Tintin in the Land of the Soviets
France
Germany- Berlin: Tintin in the Land of the Soviets
- Frankfurt: King Ottokar's Sceptre
Switzerland- Geneva: The Calculus Affair
- Nyon: The Calculus Affair
United Kingdom- Southampton: Tintin in America (The ship returning Tintin to Europe is the sailing on route New York-Southampton-Le Havre), The Blue Lotus (The ship carrying Tintin back from China is the, with final destination of Southampton)
- London: Flight 714 to Sydney (Starting point for Tintin, Haddock and Calculus on their journey towards Australia)
- Liverpool: The Blue Lotus
- Dover, Kent: The Black Island
- Glasgow: The Black Island
- Eastdown, Sussex (fictional): The Black Island
- Kiltoch, Scotland (fictional): The Black Island
- Black Island (fictional): The Black Island (a fictional island off the Scottish coast)
Iceland
Malta: The Blue Lotus (The SS Ranch is sailing via Malta)
Gibraltar: The Blue Lotus (The SS Ranch is sailing via Gibraltar)- Moscow: Tintin in the Land of the Soviets
- Stolbtsy: Tintin in the Land of the Soviets
Spain
Poland
Italy- Naples: Tintin and Alph-Art
- Ischia: Tintin and Alph-Art
- Rome: Red Rackham's Treasure (French version, Tintin passes through Rome)
Portugal- Lisbon: Tintin in the Congo (In the original edition, Tintin passes through Lisbon), Cigars of the Pharaoh
- Prague: King Ottokar's Sceptre
Austria: The Black Island (mentioned)
Netherlands: The Black Island (mentioned)- Belgrade: King Ottokar's Sceptre (passed through it)
Monaco- Monaco: Tintin and the Picaros (Japanese version, passed through it)
- Syldavia (fictional): King Ottokar's Sceptre, Destination Moon, Explorers on the Moon, Tintin and the Lake of Sharks
- / Borduria (fictional): King Ottokar's Sceptre, The Calculus Affair
Africa
North America
South America
Peru
Colombia : Tintin and the Picaros (with Bianca Castafiore, passed through it)- : Tintin and the Picaros (with Bianca Castafiore, passed through it)
Ecuador : Tintin and the Picaros (with Bianca Castafiore, passed through it)- San Theodoros (fictional): The Broken Ear, Tintin and the Picaros
- Nuevo Rico (fictional): The Broken Ear
- São Rico (fictional): The Shooting Star (Tintin never actually visited this country, and nothing is revealed about it except it is in South America. It was adapted to replace the United States in post-war editions.)
Asia
Australia
Antarctic
Fictional settings
- Syldavia in the Balkans is, by Hergé's own admission modelled on Montenegro[1] and is threatened by neighbouring Borduria (an attempted annexation appears in King Ottokar's Sceptre), a situation that parallels respectively Czechoslovakia or Austria and the expansionist Nazi Germany prior to World War II. It is later home to Sprodj Atomic Centre, which launches the first rocket to the Moon.
- / Borduria is the historical rival of Syldavia and attempts a fascist annexation similar to the 1938 Anschluss of Austria in King Ottokar's Sceptre. Borduria is ruled by the military dictator Marshal Kûrvi-Tasch, who oppresses his own people and attempts to influence Third World conflicts by sending "military advisors" to countries such as San Theodoros.
- Khemed, in Arabia. Khemed is subject to a revolution in The Red Sea Sharks and in the Land of Black Gold.
- Most of the events of Flight 714 to Sydney take place on the island of Pulau-Pulau Bompa ("pulau-pulau" is Indonesian for "islands") involving people Hergé calls the Sondonesians. Said to be undergoing a civil war or a war for independence and now rebels for hire, the people may be based on separatist fighters of the Republic of South Maluku.[2] It was a self-proclaimed republic of seismically active islands in the Molucca Sea, whose residents fought for independence from Indonesia in the 1950s and 1960s. The inclusion of Jakarta's Kemajoran Airport and the radio message from Makassar just before the plane is hijacked suggests that the location is within the Indonesian archipelago. The Sondonesians' conversations in the album are in Indonesian Malay (Indonesian). The Proboscis monkey, which appears in the album, is exclusive to Borneo.
- San Theodoros in South America, a prototypical banana republic where US-based companies and Borduria (meant as an allusion to the USSR or Cuba) vie for power, with "advisors" of local generals. The capital is Los Dopicos, which is later renamed Tapiocapolis.
- São Rico in South America. São Rico was added as a reference in a later versions of The Shooting Star. The original version had the villainous masterminds as stereotypical Jewish American puppet-masters; the later version darkens their skin tone and inserts São Rico as a reference.
- Nuevo Rico, bordering San Theodoros. The two countries go to war over oil in The Broken Ear, which is parallel to the 1930s Chaco War between Paraguay and Bolivia. The capital of Nuevo Rico is Sanfacion (a play on Asuncion, which indicates that it is modelled upon Paraguay).
- Gran Chapo, after the South American Chaco region. The Broken Ear is set in a war inspired by the Chaco War.
- Pilchardania and Poldavia are both mentioned in The Blue Lotus. Pilchardania is mentioned on a newsreel that Tintin views while he hides in a cinema from the police. The Poldavian consul gets mistaken for Tintin in a beard and wig in the Blue Lotus opium den.
- Gaipajama, an Indian principality that is based on those that existed during the British Raj, is mentioned in Cigars of the Pharaoh.
- Saboulistan is never used in the series, but Hergè had planned to use the new country in the unfinished "Tintin and Alph-Art".
- Sethru and Jamjah, two Indian principalities during the British Raj. A train commutes between them in Cigars of the Pharaoh.
Outer Space
Alphabetical list
- Alcazaropolis: nickname for Los Dopicos
- Bagghar: port city in Morocco
- Black Island: island in Scotland
- Borduria: country in the Balkans
- Ben More Castle: castle in Scotland
- Chavannes
- Dbrnouk: city in Syldavia
- Douma: city in Syldavia
- Eastdown: a city in England
- Gaipajama: an Indian princely state. In the original French language version, Gaipajama is called Rawhajpoutalah and is located to the north of Delhi.[3]
- Istow: city in Syldavia
- Khemed: country on the Red Sea
- Khemikhal: port city of Khemed
- Khor-Biyong: Buddhist monastery in Tibet
- Kiltoch: city in Scotland
- Klow: capital of Syldavia
- Kragoniedin: spa town on Lake Pollishoff
- Los Dopicos: capital of San Theodoros
- Marlinshire: location of Marlinspike Hall in English versions
- Marlinspike Hall: Captain Haddock's ancestral estate
- Moltus River: river in Syldavia
- Niedzdrow: city in Syldavia
- Nuevo Rico: country in Latin America
- Pilchardania: mentioned in The Blue Lotus
- Poldavia: mentioned in The Blue Lotus
- Lake Pollishoff: Lake of Sharks in Syldavia
- Pulau-Pulau Bompa: island in Sondonesia
- Red Dog City (also known as Redskin City): a fictional midwestern city in the United States, featured in Tintin in America.
- San Theodoros: country in Latin America
- San Fación: capital of Nuevo Rico
- São Rico: country in Latin America
- Sprodj: site of an atomic research centre in Syldavia
- Sondonesia: secessionist republic (unrecognised) in Southeast Asia.
- Syldavia: country in the Balkans
- Szohôd: capital of Borduria
- Tapiocopolis: former name of Los Dopicos
- Trenxcoatl: location of ancient pyramids in San Theodoros
- Vargèse: resort town in the French Alps (also mentioned in The Valley of the Cobras)
- Wladir River: river in Syldavia
- Zlip: city in Syldavia
- Zmyhlpathernian Mountains: in Syldavia
- 26 Labrador Road: address of Tintin's apartment
- 38 Nightingale Road: address of The Klow, Syldavian Restaurant
Notes and References
- http://www.lefigaro.fr/voyages/2012/10/26/03007-20121026ARTFIG00665-balade-princiere-au-montenegro.php Le Figaro - Voyages : Balade princière au Monténégro
- News: Yeung. Kenneth. Tintin in Indonesia. October 8, 2013. Jakarta Expat. January 28, 2013.
- Le Petit Vingtième, no. 32. 9 August 1934.
Egypt
Morocco
Algeria
Tunisia
Libya
United States
Jamaica : Red Rackham's Treasure (passed through it)
Dominican Republic
Barbados was mentioned in The Secret of the Unicorn and the film.
Saudi Arabia: Cigars of the Pharaoh
India
Pakistan
Singapore
Nepal
Sri Lanka
Yemen
Lebanon
Indonesia
Japan
Australia