Where They Went

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)

Directed by Guy Ritchie

Holmes and Watson chase Professor Moriarty from London to Paris, a German arms factory and a peace summit at the Reichenbach Falls.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Baker Street, club, Moriarty's office
    London, England
    ≈ 00:00:00
    Stated on screen

    Holmes saves Simza at Watson's stag night and confronts Moriarty face to face.

  2. 2Honeymoon train
    Railway between London and Brighton
    ≈ 00:26:00
    Stated on screen

    Moriarty's men attack Watson's honeymoon train; Holmes throws Mary into a river and fights them off.

  3. 3Simza's people and the Opera
    Paris, France
    ≈ 00:40:00
    Stated on screen

    Holmes and Watson find Simza in Paris and fail to stop a bombing near the Opera.

  4. 4Moriarty's arms factory
    Heilbronn, Germany
    ≈ 01:05:00
    Stated on screen
  5. 5Castle at the falls
    Reichenbach Falls, Switzerland
    ≈ 01:35:00
    Stated on screen
  6. 6Watson's office
    London, England
    ≈ 02:04:00
    Stated on screen

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
3,063 km
Places
5
Countries
4
Stops
6
  • Not shown: 2,748 km
  • Train: 315 km

Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.

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