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From Game of Thrones to Indiana Jones and numerous spaghetti Westerns, you might be surprised how many movies and television series have been shot in Andalusia in Spain.
It’s a great place to start if you’re production company location scouting for your next Western fantasy movie. If you want to make a film in Andalusia, I recommend contacting the Andalusia Filmcommision, which can help you. On their website, you can also see all the amazing locations.
But also, if you’re a regular cinema lover on a cultural trip, you should check out this Spanish Hollywood.
For those who don’t know, Andalusia (Andalucia in Spanish) is the southernmost region in Spain and holds provinces such as Almeria, Malaga, Granada, and Seville.
My in-laws own a small house in a little village (Pueblo) in the Sierra Nevada National Park, so my family and I decided to rent another small house and visit them this summer.
Being a movie buff, I decided to do an article about some of the film locations in the region. And I convinced my family that it was a great idea – under the guise of sightseeing trips, not work, of course – *ahem*.
In this article, you can see photos and videos from the locations and read about what movies were shot there.
Here’s the first video:
So, let’s dive in.
La Calahorra Castle
La Calahorra Castle (Castillo de La Calahorra) is a beautiful castle sitting atop a hill in the small town of La Calahorra, in the province of Granada.
When you drive on the freeway, it looks impressive as it rises majestically 1250 meters above sea level from the surrounding town against the backdrop of the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
The castle was built between 1491 and 1512 on the ruins of a Moorish (Arab) fortress (the remains of the outer walls are from this fortress).
It’s built as a medieval fortress, with four huge round towers, but the inside is Renaissance with an elegant courtyard and staircase of Italian marble.
This is probably because the owner (and womanizer) at the time, Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar y Mendoza (Marqués de Zenete), traveled to Italy after the death of his first wife, where he had an alleged love affair with Lucrezia Borgia.
In its basement, you can still see dark cells, which were used to transfer Moor prisoners, who were to be transferred to the Chancery of Granada.
La Calahorra Castle is a national monument, and until a few years ago, a family of caretakers still lived in it. It is under private ownership under the House of the Duke of the Infantado.
Still, unfortunately, the beautiful Renaissance interior is not being well-taken care of, with pigeon poop all over the place.
Movies and TV shows filmed at La Calahorra Castle
Here’s a list of movies filmed at La Calahorra Castle. As you can see, Spaghetti Westerns dominated the 1960s, with the comedic exploitation of the genre in the following decades.
The fantasy genre has moved in recently, with Assassin’s Creed (2016) and House of the Dragon (2022) – the Game of Thrones prequel spinoff – notable examples.
Movie Title | Year | Genre | Director | Starring |
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Action of the Tiger | 1957 | Action, Drama | Terence Young | Van Johnson |
North West Frontier | 1959 | Adventure, Drama | J. Lee Thompson | Kenneth More |
For a Few Dollars More | 1965 | Spaghetti Western | Sergio Leone | Clint Eastwood |
The Good The Bad And The Ugly | 1966 | Spaghetti Western | Sergio Leone | Clint Eastwood |
Death Rides A Horse | 1967 | Spaghetti Western | Giulio Petroni | Lee Van Cleef |
Once Upon A time In The West | 1968 | Spaghetti Western | Sergio Leone | Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson |
Kill The All and Come Back Alone | 1968 | Spaghetti Western | Enzo G. Castellari | Chuck Conners |
A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof | 1968 | Comedy, Western | Giulio Petroni | Giuliano Gemma |
The Price of Power | 1969 | Spaghetti Western | Tonino Valerii | Giuliano Gemma |
Red Sun | 1971 | Spaghetti Western | Terence Young | Charles Bronson |
Delusions of Grandeur | 1971 | Comedy | Gérard Oury | Louis de Funès |
Blindman | 1971 | Spaghetti Western | Ferdinando Baldi | Tony Anthony, Ringo Starr, Lloyd Battista |
Ben and Charlie (aka Amigo, Stay Away or Humpty Dumpty Gang) | 1972 | Spaghetti Western, Comedy | Michele Lupo | Giuliano Gemma |
My Name is Nobody | 1973 | Spaghetti Western, Comedy | Tonino Valerii | Terence Hill, Henry Fonda |
Stardust | 1974 | Drama, Music | Michael Apted | David Essex |
The Man Called Noon | 1973 | Western, Drama | Peter Collinson | Richard Crenna, Stephen Boyd, Rosanna Schiaffino |
The Four Musketeers | 1974 | Action, Adventure, Romance | Richard Lester | Michael York, Raquel Welch, Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain |
Blood Money | 1974 | Spaghetti Western, Comedy, Martial Arts | Antonio Margheriti | Lee Van Cleef, Lieh Lo |
The Wind and the Lion | 1975 | Action, Adventure, Drama | John Milius | Sean Connery |
March or Die | 1977 | Adventure, Drama, Romance | Dick Richards | Gene Hackman, Terence Hill, Catherine Deneuve, Max von Sydow |
Lace | 1984 | Drama | William Hale | Bess Armstrong, Brooke Adams, Arielle Dombasle, Phoebe Gates |
Rustlers’ Rhapsody | 1985 | Western, Comedy | Hugh Wilson | Tom Berenger |
The White Room | 1989 | Drama | Bill Butt | Bill Drummond, Jimi Cauty, David Franks |
Tirante el Blanco | 2006 | Adventure, Romance | Vicente Aranda | Caspar Zafer, Esther Nubiola, Leonor Watling, Ingrid Rubio |
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen – Der Italowestern | 2006 | Documentary (about Spaghetti Western Movies) | Peter Dollinger, Hans-Jürgen Panitz | Ferdinando Baldi, Lars Bloch, Pierre Brice, Claudia Cardinale |
Komodo B12 | N/A | Zombie Horror, Thriller, Western | Jose Maria Castillo Lobato | Beatriz Rico, Susana Reche, Paco Roma, Alba Ferrara |
Desgraciado | 2015 | Short | Jorge Onieva | Olga Garrido, Olga Gayevska, Ramón Machado |
Assassin’s Creed | 2016 | Fantasy, Action, Adventure | Justin Kurzel | Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons |
Emerald City | 2016-17 | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy television show | Tarsem Singh | Adria Arjona, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ana Ularu, Gerran Howell |
The Gate: Dawn of the Baha’i Faith | 2018 | Documentary | Bob Hercules | Adam Mondschein |
Inés del Alma Mía | 2020 | Drama | Alejandro Bazzano, Nicolás Acuña | Elena Rivera, Eduardo Noriega, Ismael Martínez, Nicolás Zárate |
House of the Dragon | Episode: The Princess and the Queen | 2022 | Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Drama | Miguel Sapochnik | Rhys Ifans, Matt Smith, Graham McTavish |
Here are some scenes shot in La Calahorra Castle from a couple of these movies:
Stardust (1974) – the retreat of Jim MacLaine:
House of the Dragon (2022) – the city of Pentos:
Assassin’s Creed (2016) – the introduction:
La Calahorra Station and Flagstone
La Calahorra Railway Station (Estación de la Calahorra) lies not far from La Calahorra Castle, just on the other side of the freeway.
It’s a small whistle-stop-like station and feels like you’re in the middle of nowhere. While it’s still in use with four tracks, the train rarely stops there. I think it’s only used for freight trains these days.
But in 1968, La Calahorra Station was the location for one of the coolest opening scenes in cinema history, namely the arrival of Harmonica in the iconic movie Once Upon A Time In the West.
This blog shows some stills from Once Upon A Time In The West, The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, and For a Few Dollars More framed against the current ruins.
Also, check out this guide to the best western movies of all time.
You just don’t see film directors taking their time to build suspense in the same way these days:
In 1973, it was also used for The Man Called Noon, directed by Peter Collinson.
And just around the corner – only a few hundred meters – you’ll find the ruins of the town Flagstone from the same movie.
Not much is left today, but you can still see traces of the old set. My in-laws visited the set in the 1970s and should still have some old slides.
I hope to get the opportunity to get them digitalized and preserved for the future at one point.
Even though the station and the film set are decaying, the graffiti shows the love for the movie’s director and composer, i.e., Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone.
Las Tabernas Desert
The Tabernas Desert is located in Southern Spain, in the Almería province. It is one of the only true deserts in Europe, with an annual average rainfall below 250mm. The desert spans about 280 square kilometers and is protected as a nature reserve.
The Tabernas Desert is characterized by its unique landscape of dry riverbeds, rocky formations, and barren slopes, making it a perfect (and cheaper) filming location for movies in the old Wild West of the US or the Middle East.
Because of this, Las Tabernas is one of Andalusia’s most popular filming locations, particularly for western films. Some of the most famous films shot there include “Lawrence of Arabia,” “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,” and several of Clint Eastwood’s spaghetti westerns.
Into Westerns? Check out the best Doc Holliday Quotes from Tombstone.
Also, Season 6 of the HBO series Game of Thrones was shot here, where the Tabernas desert was used to depict the Dothraki Sea in the desert gorges known as the Rambla del Cautivo and La Rambla del Buho near the village of Tabernas:
The desert is also home to “Oasys Mini Hollywood,” a Western-style theme park I’ll return to in a minute.
Notable movies and TV shows shot in the Tabernas desert near Almeria, Spain
Below are some notable movies and television shows shot in the Las Tabernas desert. The list is not complete since it’s a popular film location.
Movie Title | Year | Genre | Director | Starring |
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Lawrence of Arabia | 1962 | Epic Historical Drama | David Lean | Peter O’Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn |
Cleopatra | 1963 | Epic Historical Drama | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison |
A Fistful of Dollars | 1965 | Spaghetti Western | Sergio Leone | Clint Eastwood, Gian Maria Volonté, Marianne Koch |
The Good The Bad The Ugly | 1966 | Spaghetti Western | Sergio Leone | Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef |
Once Upon a Time in the West | 1968 | Spaghetti Western | Sergio Leone | Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale |
Patton | 1970 | War | Franklin J. Schaffner | George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Stephen Young |
Trinity Is Still My Name | 1971 | Comedy Western | Enzo Barboni | Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Yanti Somer |
Duck, You Sucker! | 1972 | War, Western | Sergio Leone | Rod Steiger, James Coburn, Romolo Valli |
Conan the Barbarian | 1982 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy | John Milius | Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Max von Sydow |
Neverending Story | 1984 | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | Wolfgang Petersen | Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach |
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | 1989 | Action, Adventure | Steven Spielberg | Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Alison Doody |
Winnetou Return | 1998 | Western | Marijan David Vajda | Pierre Brice, Candice Daly, Branko Spoljar |
Dance of the Vampires | 2001 | Musical | Roman Polanski | Michael Crawford, David Hess, George Dvorsky |
Lucky Luke and the Daltons | 2004 | Comedy, Adventure, Western | Philippe Haïm | Eric Judor, Ramzy Bedia, Saïd Serrari |
Exodus: Gods and Kings | 2014 | Action, Drama, Adventure | Ridley Scott | Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Ben Kingsley |
Game of Thrones – Season 6 – Episode 4 | 2016 | Fantasy, Drama, Adventure | Daniel Sackheim | Emilia Clarke, Iain Glen, Staz Nair |
Penny Dreadful | 2014-2016 | Drama, Horror, Fantasy | John Logan | Eva Green, Josh Hartnett, Timothy Dalton |
The Crown | 2016-2023 | Drama, Biography, History | Peter Morgan | Claire Foy, Olivia Colman, Imelda Staunton |
Brimstone | 2016 | Mystery, Thriller, Western | Martin Koolhoven | Dakota Fanning, Guy Pearce, Kit Harington |
Terminator: Dark Fate | 2019 | Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure | Tim Miller | Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mackenzie Davis |
Oasys Mini Hollywood – more than just a theme park
The next place I went was the Oasys Mini Hollywood. It is a Western-styled theme park located in the desert of Tabernas, Almería, Spain. It’s the perfect location for shooting Westerns.
Originally known as Yucca City, the film set was designed by Carlo Simi and built for Sergio Leone’s For a Few Dollars More (1965). It was also used as a set for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966).
The Doctor Who TV series episode “A Town Called Mercy” (2012) was filmed at Fort Bravo/Texas Hollywood, which is just around the corner (approximately 3 miles).
If you have to choose between the two locations, I’d say go for Oasys, because you get so much more for your money.
After filming The Good, the Bad And The Ugly, the extras in the project bought the set and ran it as a tourist attraction in the 1970s. My parents-in-law had visited it then; at that time, it was small and mostly facades. This has certainly changed – and for the better!
I was pleasantly surprised that this was more than a theme park or movie set facade. You can enter every building, and everything looks and feels authentic.
The park features several attractions, including live performances, a zoo for old retired animals, swimming pools, and a museum of Western film history.
It also has several replicas of Western-style buildings, such as a saloon, a jail, and a bank, which were used in many classic Western movies.
You can explore the sets, enjoy cowboy stunt shows, ride horses, and even dress up in period costumes for a truly immersive experience.
Also, the options were limited since I had only brought a Contax 18mm prime lens and my GH5 to Oasys Mini Hollywood. So, I had to use AI software to scale up some shots to zoom in without losing too much quality.
The park is popular among both local and international tourists, as well as film enthusiasts.
National and International productions can rent the place for shooting movies and commercials.
They also have beautiful old wagons and diligences, but I’m not sure if these are only for the museum or if you can rent them as movie props too.
I enjoyed the cine museum too, where you can see old movie projectors and other gear. Cool stuff!
Notable films and TV shows shot in Oasys Mini Hollywood
Movie Title | Year | Genre | Director | Starring |
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For a Few Dollars More | 1965 | Western | Sergio Leone | Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonté |
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly | 1966 | Western | Sergio Leone | Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef |
Navajo Joe | 1966 | Western | Sergio Corbucci | Burt Reynolds, Aldo Sambrell, Nicoletta Machiavelli |
Taste of Killing | 1966 | Western | Tonino Valerii | Craig Hill, Jorge Martín, Piero Lulli, Fernando Sancho |
May God Forgive You… But I Won’t | 1968 | Western | Vincenzo Musolino | George Ardisson, Dragomir Bojanic-Gidra, Cristina Iosani |
The Mercenary | 1968 | Western | Sergio Corbucci | Franco Nero, Tony Musante, Franco Giacobini |
Ace High | 1968 | Western | Giuseppe Colizzi | Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Eli Wallach |
The Ruthless Four | 1968 | Western | Giorgio Capitani | Van Heflin, Gilbert Roland, Klaus Kinski |
Boot Hill | 1969 | Western | Giuseppe Colizzi | Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Woody Strode |
Adiós, Sabata | 1970 | Action, Drama, War | Gianfranco Parolini | Yul Brynner, Dean Reed, Ignazio Spalla |
‘Doc’ | 1971 | Western | Frank Perry | Stacy Keach, Faye Dunaway, Harris Yulin |
Hannie Caulder | 1971 | Western | Burt Kennedy | Raquel Welch, Robert Culp, Ernest Borgnine |
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die | 1972 | Western | Tonino Valerii | James Coburn, Telly Savalas, Bud Spencer |
Shanghai Joe | 1973 | Western | Mario Caiano | Chen Lee, Klaus Kinski, Gordon Mitchell |
The Man Called Noon | 1973 | Western, Drama | Peter Collinson | Richard Crenna, Stephen Boyd, Rosanna Schiaffino |
Blood Money | 1974 | Western, Comedy, Martial Arts | Antonio Margheriti | Lee Van Cleef, Lieh Lo |
Cry, Onion | 1975 | Western | Enzo G. Castellari | Franco Nero, Sterling Hayden, Martin Balsam |
The White, the Yellow, and the Black | 1975 | Western | Sergio Corbucci | Giuliano Gemma, Tomas Milian, Eli Wallach |
Buddy Goes West | 1981 | Western | Michele Lupo | Bud Spencer, Joe Bugner |
Peacemaker | 2006 | Action, Drama | Alex Pastor | José Luis Adserías, Enric Arquimbau, Felipe García Vélez |
Doctor Who | Episode: A Town Called Mercy | 2012 | Adventure, Drama, Family | Saul Metzstein | Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill |
Stop Over in Hell | 2016 | Crime, Horror, Thriller | Víctor Matellano | Fernando Valdivielso, Pablo Scola, Karlos Klaumannsmoller, Elvira Moliterno |
Lost in the West | 2016 | Western, Family | Carlos González | Nicholas Coombe, Michael Garza, Fallon Smythe |
The Greatest Gift | 2018 | Drama | Juan Manuel Cotelo | Santi Rodríguez, Daniel Ruizar, Joe Gómez |
That Dirty Black Bag | 2022- | Western, Drama | Mauro Aragoni, Brian O’Malley | Dominic Cooper, Douglas Booth, Niv Sultan |
Guadix Station
The next stop on my movie location trip was Guadix Station.
Guadix Station is located in the city of Guadix, in the province of Granada, Spain. Guadix is known for its cave houses, but the station is what I came for.
The station building features traditional Spanish architecture, old-world charm, and historic architecture, making it a popular location for period films.
Notable movies shot at Guadix Station
Guadix Station has been used as a filming location for several movies, most notably for “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,” representing the fictional Iskenderun Station in Hatay.
Movie Title | Year | Genre | Director | Starring |
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North West Frontier | 1959 | Adventure, Drama | J. Lee Thompson | Kenneth More, Lauren Bacall, Herbert Lom |
Diego Corrientes | 1959 | Adventure, Drama, Musical | Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi | José Suárez, Marisa de Leza, Eulália del Pino |
Doctor Zhivago | 1965 | Drama, Romance, War | David Lean | Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin |
For a Few Dollars More | 1965 | Drama, Western | Sergio Leone | Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volontè |
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly | 1966 | Adventure, Western | Sergio Leone | Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef |
Navajo Joe | 1966 | Drama, Western | Sergio Corbucci | Burt Reynolds, Aldo Sambrell, Nicoletta Machiavelli |
Death Rides a Horse | 1967 | Drama, Western | Giulio Petroni | Lee Van Cleef, John Phillip Law, Mario Brega |
A Bullet for the General | 1967 | Action, Western | Damiano Damiani | Gian Maria Volontè, Klaus Kinski, Martine Beswick |
Man, Pride & Vengeance | 1967 | Action, Drama, Romance | Luigi Bazzoni | Tina Aumont, Franco Nero, Klaus Kinski |
Once Upon a Time in the West | 1968 | Western | Sergio Leone | Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale |
A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof | 1968 | Comedy, Western | Giulio Petroni | Giuliano Gemma, Mario Adorf, Magda Konopka |
100 Rifles | 1969 | Adventure, Drama, War | Tom Gries | Jim Brown, Raquel Welch, Burt Reynolds |
Tepepa | 1969 | Action, Adventure, Drama | Giulio Petroni | Tomas Milian, Orson Welles, John Steiner |
The Price of Power | 1969 | Drama, Western | Tonino Valerii | Giuliano Gemma, Warren Vanders, María Cuadra |
Duck, You Sucker! | 1971 | Drama, War, Western | Sergio Leone | Rod Steiger, James Coburn, Romolo Valli |
Delusions of Grandeur | 1971 | Adventure, Comedy, History | Gérard Oury | Louis de Funès, Yves Montand, Alice Sapritch |
Pancho Villa | 1972 | Action, Biography, Comedy | Eugenio Martín | Telly Savalas, Clint Walker, Chuck Connors |
Ben and Charlie | 1972 | Comedy, Western | Michele Lupo | Giuliano Gemma, George Eastman, Vittorio Congia |
The Man Called Noon | 1973 | Drama, Mystery, Western | Peter Collinson | Richard Crenna, Stephen Boyd, Rosanna Schiaffino |
Blood Money | 1974 | Comedy, Western | Antonio Margheriti | Lee Van Cleef, Lieh Lo, Patty Shepard |
A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe | 1975 | Comedy, Western | Damiano Damiani | Terence Hill, Miou-Miou, Robert Charlebois |
The White, the Yellow, and the Black | 1975 | Western, Adventure, Comedy | Sergio Corbucci | Giuliano Gemma, Tomas Milian, Eli Wallach |
Reds | 1981 | Biography, Drama, History | Warren Beatty | Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Edward Herrmann |
The Exterminators of the Year 3000 | 1983 | Action, Sci-Fi | Giuliano Carnimeo | Robert Iannucci, Alicia Moro, Luciano Pigozzi |
A Man Called Rage | 1984 | Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi | Tonino Ricci | Bruno Minniti, Stelio Candelli, Werner Pochath |
Rustlers’ Rhapsody | 1985 | Comedy, Western | Hugh Wilson | Tom Berenger, G.W. Bailey, Marilu Henner |
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | 1989 | Action, Adventure | Steven Spielberg | Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Alison Doody |
The White Room | 1989 | Drama | Bill Butt | Bill Drummond, Jimi Cauty, David Franks |
The Mule | 2013 | Adventure, Comedy, Drama | Michael Radford, Sebastien Grousset | Mario Casas, María Valverde, Antonio Gil |
Poveda | 2016 | Biography, Drama, History | Pablo Moreno | Ainhoa Aldanondo, Alejandro Arroyo, Miguel Berlanga |
Summary
Southern Spain and the Andalusian provinces are great places for film fans because so many feature films and recent shows are being shot there, making it a great place for culture trips.
There’s a good chance that the beautiful and warm Spanish landscapes and cultural heritage sites have been the film location for one of your favorite scenes without you even knowing it.
I only stayed near Guadix and the Almeria province this time, but there are many other places I plan to visit.
Fx, did you know that Kingdom of Heaven (2005), starring Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Jeremy Irons, and Liam Neeson, was shot in Seville’s Casa de Pilatos and Alcázar?
And that the latter also was the location for Mission Impossible 2, starring Tom Cruise, Star Wars: Episode VII, and Game of Thrones Season 5?
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You could make a whole trip just visiting locations for Game of Thrones in Andalucia, with places such as Mesa Roldán Tower, The Alcazaba of Almeria, and the Osuna Bullring being some of the main points of interest.
And did you know that the city of Almeria itself has been the place for not only Westerns but also the James Bond movie Never Say Never Again (1983) starring Sean Connery?
I’ve only scratched the surface of Andalucia, but I can see why all kinds of directors take to this fascinating landscape. I hope to visit more of these places and walk in the footsteps of the actors – whom I envy – the next time I go there.
About the author:
Jan Sørup is a videographer and photographer from Denmark. He owns filmdaft.com and the Danish company Apertura, which produces video content for big companies in Denmark and Scandinavia. Jan has a background in music, has drawn webcomics, and is a former lecturer at the University of Copenhagen.