{"id":1244,"date":"2014-02-19T11:02:44","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T11:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.7.128\/wpmigrate\/?p=1244"},"modified":"2014-02-19T11:02:44","modified_gmt":"2014-02-19T11:02:44","slug":"travel-with-batman-begins-to-iceland-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/travel\/travel-with-batman-begins-to-iceland-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel with Batman Begins to Iceland &amp; the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"3a64bb57635b757d04b12bcf0c14b9a3\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9477973674766713\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8885944693\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>In 2005, Batman Begins hit the theaters and overnight, recreated the cheesy Batman of Val Kilmer, George Clooney and Michael Keaton. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read on with tripatlas.com\/new as we bring you the destinations featured in Christopher Nolan&#8217;s Batman Begins.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>More movie fun from tripatlas.com\/new? Visit ancient ruins in <a href=\"https:\/\/tripatlas.com\/new\/articles\/931\/Travel_to_Transformers_2:_Revenge_of_the_Fallen_film_locations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Travel to Transformers 2 Film Locales<\/a>; find out why District 9 isn&#8217;t really about aliens in <a href=\"https:\/\/tripatlas.com\/new\/articles\/943\/Aliens_invade_Johannesburg,_South_Africa_in_District_9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aliens take over Johannesburg, South Africa in District 9<\/a>; or get a <a href=\"https:\/\/tripatlas.com\/new\/articles\/957\/Sneak_peek_into_the_Wizarding_World_of_Harry_Potter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sneak Peek at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter<\/a> opening in Orlando in 2010.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Behind the scenes of Batman Begins<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tripatlas.com\/new\/images\/articles\/batmanbegins.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Bruce Wane outside his mansion\" title=\"Bruce Wane outside his mansion\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"2\" width=\"300\" height=\"412\" align=\"right\" \/>The movie begins and we see the infamous Bruce Wayne as a rugged, destroyed man in the prisons of <strong>Bhutan<\/strong>.&nbsp; After being thrown in prison, a mysterious figure named Henri Ducard (played by Liam Neeson) asks him about his greater purpose in life and extends an offer to help him find it. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After getting kicked out of his Bhutan jail, Wayne finds himself looking for Ducard.&nbsp; This mountainous, glacier-like region of Bhutan was actually filmed in <strong>Iceland at the Vatnajokull glacier<\/strong>.&nbsp; Here, the film crew built a small village and Ra al Ghul&#8217;s temple. <\/p><div class=\"3a64bb57635b757d04b12bcf0c14b9a3\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9477973674766713\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8885944693\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The home that was to play Wayne Manor in Batman Begins was a difficult choice and was chosen from 20 locations.&nbsp; The home that became Wayne Manor was <strong>Mentmore Towers<\/strong> which was built in the mid 1800&#8217;s in Mentmore, Buckinghamshire.<\/p>\n<p>Other scenes like the Batmobile chase were filmed in the streets of <strong>Chicago<\/strong>, notably Lower Wacker Drive and Franklin Street Bridge, which was raised for a scene in the movie.&nbsp; The directors liked Chicago as Gotham so much that their next film, Batman: The Dark Knight was by-and-large filmed throughout Chicago. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Many other scenes were filmed in studios.&nbsp; For example, the <strong>Batcave<\/strong> was built at Shepperton Studios in England and was 76m x 37 m x 12 m high.&nbsp; 12 water pumps were installed to create a waterfall and the rock walls were carved of molds from real caves. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The &#8220;Narrows,&#8221;<\/strong> which were inspired by parts of Kowloon in Hong Kong, and Gotham&#8217;s monorail, were both built at an airplane hanger in Cardington, Bedforshire.<\/p>\n<p>Read on for more on Batman in <a href=\"https:\/\/tripatlas.com\/new\/articles\/961\/Batman:_The_Dark_Knight_takes_over_Chicago\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Batman: The Dark Knight Takes Over Chicago<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Looking to book a trip to Iceland, the UK or Chicago? 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