Pop culture · October 16, 2026

Puzzle #8 answers

The five places from Where Was It? Pop culture #8, and the story behind each one.

1. 01

   Film

   Sophie's wedding chapel in Mamma Mia! sits on a rock above the sea on this Greek island.

   Skopelos, Greece

   

   The chapel of Agios Ioannis Kastri on Skopelos, reached by about 100 steps, became a wedding magnet after the 2008 film.

   39.140, 23.680

2. 02

   Music

   A museum dedicated to the 1974 Eurovision winners lets you sing on stage with their holograms in this capital.

   ABBA The Museum, Stockholm, Sweden

   ABBA The Museum opened on Djurgården in 2013. A phone on display rings occasionally — only the band members know the number.

   59.325, 18.097

4. 03

   TV

   Downtown Hawkins, Indiana, in Stranger Things is really a small town in this US state.

   Jackson, Georgia, USA

   

   Stranger Things filmed most of its locations around Atlanta. The courthouse square of Jackson, Georgia, plays downtown Hawkins.

   33.294, -83.966

5. 04

   Film

   Michael Corleone asks for Apollonia's hand in this hilltop village's bar.

   Bar Vitelli, Savoca, Sicily, Italy

   

   The real village of Corleone was too modern by 1971, so Coppola filmed in Savoca and Forza d'Agrò. Bar Vitelli still serves granita.

   37.955, 15.339

6. 05

   Anime

   This lantern-lit hillside mining town is often (unofficially) linked to Spirited Away's bathhouse town.

   Jiufen, Taiwan

   

   Studio Ghibli has denied that Jiufen was the model, but its tea houses and red lanterns draw Spirited Away fans from all over the world.

   25.109, 121.845