11/09/2026
What if the greatest journey in literature was never really about reaching a destination?
For almost 3,000 years, Odysseus has represented departure, discovery and return. Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey brings that journey back to the screen through real landscapes, from Morocco to Sicily, Greece, Iceland and Scotland.
But behind the filming locations lies a more enduring question.
Why do we leave?
And why does returning rarely mean becoming exactly who we were before?
Our new Odissey feature explores the geography of The Odyssey as an inner geography too, where places become encounters with curiosity, limits, memory, desire and responsibility.
Because sometimes we think we are choosing a destination, while we may actually be choosing a possibility.
Read the full story:
https://www.odisseymag.com/odissey/christopher-nolan-the-odyssey-travel-filming-locations/
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey explores the Odysseus journey, filming locations and the meaning of travel in The Odyssey movie 2026.