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Where was Stranger Things filmed?

2016 TV show, directed by Shawn Levy and Andrew Stanton and Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer and Richard Alan Greenberg.

  • Atlanta

The story is set in Indiana, about 439 miles (706 km) from where it was filmed.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Indiana; Hawkins; Chicago; Upside Down
Filmed in
Atlanta
Distance
About 439 miles (706 km) between Indiana and the nearest filming location.
Distance
About 589 miles (947 km) between Chicago and the nearest filming location.

About Stranger Things

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First aired
2016
Directors
Shawn LevyAndrew StantonMatt DufferRoss DufferRichard Alan Greenberg
Cast
Winona RyderDavid HarbourMatthew ModineNatalia DyerCharlie Heaton
Genre
Science FictionHorrorDramaFantasyYouth
Awards
list of awards and nominations received by Stranger Things

The story

They inadvertently create a portal to an alternate dimension referred to as the Upside Down, whose presence begins to affect the residents of Hawkins in unusual ways.

Eleven befriends and assists them in their efforts to find Will.

Will's friends and family learn that anything connected to the Upside Down is part of a hive mind known as the Mind Flayer.

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