Filming locations from Amélie all around Montmartre
I always tell visitors who are planning a stay in Montmartre, make sure to watch Amélie before your trip! It's a great love letter to the whole neighborhood of Montmartre, with a good dose of Pigalle as well. If you're a fan of Amélie, there are several spots from the movie that you can easily visit during a stroll around Montmartre.
![Café des Deux Moulins](photos/cafe-des-deux-moulins.jpg)
Café des Deux Moulins
The café where Amélie works is the Café des Deux Moulins, and I have a brief article about it in my cafés section, here. Although they manage to make it look like it's in a quiet residential area for the movie, it's actually on a bustling street just around the corner from the Moulin Rouge. It's a nice place to grab a coffee or lunch; they even have some Amélie-themed items on the menu. You can find the Café des Deux Moulins at 15 Rue Lepic (map).
![Au Marché de la Butte (Maison Collignon)](photos/au-marche-de-la-butte.jpg)
Au Marché de la Butte (Maison Collignon)
The fruit and vegetable stand that Amélie visits is further up the hill, at 56 Rue des Trois Frères (map). The real-life owners of this place definitely know they've got a tourist attraction on their hands thanks to the movie; they have a fake "Maison Collignon" sign above the store (possibly left over from filming the movie?), and they even have a gnome hiding under the fruit stands out front!
![Gnome at Au Marché de la Butte](photos/amelie-gnome.jpg)
Amélie's Métro station
I just found this ancient (2006?) picture of me and my friend Kate at Amélie's Métro station, Lamarck - Caulaincourt (line ). It's very distinct because its entranceway is a corridor that leads straight into the side of the Butte — the hill of Montmartre. This is where Amélie leaves the blind man she's been leading around after regaling him with the sights of the neighborhood.
![Amélie's Métro station; Lamarck - Caulaincourt](photos/metro-lamarck-caulaincourt.jpg)
Other locations
The XXX shop where Nino works is Palace Video, at 37 Boulevard de Clichy (map). It's one of a zillion on that street! The Boulevard de Clichy is the main drag in the red light district, aka Pigalle; Pigalle is technically part of Montmartre but it really has its own flavor and identity.
Of course, Amélie visits Sacre-Coeur toward the end of the film; she uses the telescope thing up at the top of the steps to see Nino in a phone booth down below, and I remember thinking, there's no phone booth there! I know that area too well.
Wandering around from any one of these places to another will take you on a lovely stroll through some of the best bits of Montmartre. It's my favorite neighborhood in Paris, and I think you'll see why. Enjoy!