- ⤷ Note: This article is about the places featured in-universe. For the real-life filming locations, see Filming locations.
World locations from the Earth dimension listed with their known events:
Africa[]
- The Shadowmen created the first Slayer during the Primordium Age.[1]
- Holtz chased Angelus but lost him in North Africa in the 18th century.[2]
- Weirick had a rare breed of hyenas exported to Sunnydale Zoo in 1996.[3]
- In 2002, Spike sought Lloyd in a cave and fought to get his soul.[4]
Egypt[]
- The cult Temple of Sobek worshiped Sobek and reptiles in ancient times.[5]
Cairo[]
- A Desert Gnome sold the last known urn of Osiris on eBay.[6]
America[]
Argentina[]
Buenos Aires[]
- The U.S./Argentinian air forces defeated a gigantic horned gorilla who used one of the Restless Door's portals.[7]
Belize[]
- Riley Finn rejoined the military for a mission in the rainforest.[8]
- Home of Manjet until he came to Los Angeles when the Ra-Tet was eliminated.[9]
Brazil[]
Rio de Janeiro[]
- Willow Rosenberg and Kennedy spent a lot of time after the destruction of Sunnydale.[11]
São Paulo[]
Chile[]
Easter Island[]
Honduras[]
Yoro Mountains[]
Jamaica[]
- Home of the Slayer Kendra and her watcher Sam Zabuto.[14]
Mexico[]
- Home to an unidentified Aztec Slayer.[15]
- Nikki lived with an infant Robin in 1974 until they returned to New York.[16]
- Cordelia Chase and the Groosalugg took a vacation in 2002.[17]
- Jonathan Levinson and Andrew Wells ran away from Willow in 2002.[18]
Ciudad Juárez[]
Puerto Peñasco[]
- Location of the Las Palmas resort where Cordelia and her family spent the summer of 1998.[20]
Nicaragua[]
Puerto Cabezas[]
- A man presented Darla with contact information for a shaman.[21]
Paraguay[]
- Riley and Samantha Finn took out nests of Suvolte demons in jungles that included Paraguay's.[22]
Peru[]
- Location of the Crown of Coils.[23]
- The place where the Inca Princess was born and sacrificed.[24]
- Home of Ampata Gutierrez.[24]
Suriname[]
United States[]
Arizona[]
Dolan Springs[]
- The Pandora Project assassinated the 2,000 people in town to incriminate the Safe Zone fugitives.[27]
Phoenix[]
- Home of relatives of Willow Rosenberg.[28]
California[]
Antioch[]
- The Black Diamonds Mine was the lair of the Mistress, the Soul Glutton, and the Sculptor.[29]
Berkeley[]
- Dawn and Ken attended the University of California, Berkeley.
Gilroy[]
- A Gilroy mission contained a secret room with an inscription concerning the mystical weapon mÊ”.[30]
Greenville[]
- In 1978, Spike betrayed a gang of criminals after stashing their loot beneath a pawnshop's floor.[31]
- In 2002, Spike returned town while struggling with his new soul and met Dylan Turner.[31]
Los Angeles[]
- Birthplace of Buffy Summers.[32]
- Location of Angel Investigations' base of operations.[33]
- Location of a branch of Wolfram & Hart.[33]
- In 2004, the city was sent to the hell,[34][35] though memories of the event faded.[36]
Mill Valley[]
Monterey[]
- Dingoes Ate My Baby played a gig.[38]
Oakland[]
- Giles followed a lead to this city in his search for Buffy.[20]
- Location of Andrew's home after the return of magic.[39]
Ojai[]
- Home of the T'ish Magev.[40]
Oxnard[]
- Xander's car broke down and he spent a month and a half washing dishes at Ladies Night.[41]
San Francisco[]
- Home of Robert Dowling and the San Francisco Police Department.[42]
- Home of the Scooby Gang since the end of magic.[43]
Santa Monica[]
- The vampire Tom Mitchell visited the pier with his son Cyrus twice: first in 1930 then in 2000.[44]
- Bro'os became the Lord of Santa Monica during the fall of Los Angeles.[45]
Santa Rosita[]
- Home of Billy Lane.[46]
- The Scoobies slay the last zompires and face the first new vampires.[47]
Stockton[]
- Location of Northern California Women's Facility, where Faith was incarcerated.[48]
Sunnydale[]
- Location of a Hellmouth.[32]
- Location of the original Seed of Wonder.[49]
- In 1841, location of the battle between the Navajo Slayer Naayéé'neizgháni and vampire Tó BájÃshchÃnÃ, caused both to die.[50]
- Home of the Scooby Gang from 1997[32] to 2003.[51]
- Location of a battle in 2003 between the First Evil's Turok-Han army and Buffy's Slayer army. The Hellmouth collapsed, destroying the city in the process.[51]
- Location of a battle between Placenturians and the Slayer Organization. The confront between Buffy and Twilight resulted in the end of magic.[52]
Florida[]
Miami[]
- Home of Seth Anderson and his family before they moved to Akron.[53]
Hawaii[]
Kauai[]
Illinois[]
Chicago[]
- Home of Stewart Burns until 1914.[55]
- Home of Angel in the 1920s.[56]
- Home of Joyce's sister Arlene.[57]
- The Slayer Organization Chicago headquarters was led by Rona.[58]
Indiana[]
Muncie[]
- Location of a branch of Wolfram & Hart.[59]
Iowa[]
Huxley[]
- Birthplace of Riley Finn.[60]
Kansas[]
- Home of the vampire Joe Cooper when he was sired in 1933.[61]
Salina[]
- Judy Kovacs was fired from the City Trust Bank when they discovered she was biracial.[62]
Louisiana[]
Baton Rouge[]
- Home of Seth Anderson and his family before they moved to Akron.[53]
Morgan City[]
Massachusetts[]
Boston[]
- Birthplace of Faith Lehane.[64]
Minnesota[]
- Birthplace of Dylan Turner.[31]
Montana[]
Missoula[]
- Angel spent time in town during the Great Depression, finding it "pretty country."[33]
Nevada[]
Death Valley[]
- Home of Semkhet; Angel and Gwen travelled there to protect this totem.[9]
- Location of the Cup of Perpetual Torment.[65]
Las Vegas[]
- Location of the Tropicana casino.[66]
- Location of Hart, the casino and branch of Wolfram & Hart.[67]
- Location of the first VampCon.[7]
Primm[]
- Location of the Mosaic Wellness Center.[68]
New Hampshire[]
Nashua[]
New York[]
Bethel[]
- Spike attended the Woodstock music festival in 1969.[70]
New York City[]
- Home of Angel in 1902, the 1970s,[56] and 1996.[71]
- Home of Rachel O'Connor in 1937.[72]
- Home of Nikki Wood (born 1955) and her son, Robin Wood (born in the early 1970s).[16]
- In 1977, location where the vampire Spike fought and killed the Slayer Nikki Wood.[73]
- The Slayer Organization New York headquarters was led by Violet.[74]
- In the 23rd century, it became known as Haddyn, a derivation of Manhattan.[74]
- Home of Melaka Fray and her family.[75]
Ohio[]
Akron[]
- Home of Merl until he moved back to Los Angeles.[21]
- Home of Seth Anderson and his family until they moved to Los Angeles.[53]
Cleveland[]
- Location of a Hellmouth.[51]
- Home of Buffy Summers in the Wishverse.[76]
- Location of a squad of Slayers, led by Robin Wood and assisted by Faith.[77]
Oklahoma[]
- In 1935, Susan Finney summoned a demon to impregnate her, leading to the birth of the half-demon twins Pearl and Nash.[78]
Texas[]
Abilene[]
- Hometown of Lyle and Tector Gorch.[80]
Virginia[]
Virginia Colony[]
Wisconsin[]
Gills Rock[]
- Location of Thorpe's Academy, where Gwen Raiden enrolled in 1985.[82]
Asia[]
China[]
Beijing[]
Hong Kong[]
- An unidentified Slayer was killed by the vampire Lothos.[83]
Shanghai[]
Tibet[]
- Oz first learned to suppress his werewolf affliction.[85] He met Bayarmaa with whom he later devised a more effective method, leading to the creation of a werewolf community a Tibetan monastery.[86]
- Oz settled in a monastery with Bayarmaa and their son Kelden.[86]
- Site of a brutal military conflict between the Twilight Group and the Slayer Organization.[87]
- Burial site of the wrathful goddesses Ekajati, Remati, and Vajrayogini.[87]
India[]
- Home of the Order of the Nanjin.[88]
- Home of an unidentified Slayer in 2003.[51]
Japan[]
- Home of an unidentified Slayer in 2003.[51]
Hiroshima[]
- Whistler witnessed the destruction in 1945 caused by the atomic bomb detonation.[89]
Tokyo[]
- The Slayer Organization Tokyo headquarters was led by Aiko then Satsu.[90]
- Location of a battle between the Slayer Organization and Toru's sect.[90]
- Location of an attack of the Swell, intercepted by Satsu and Kennedy.[91]
Korea[]
- Home to an unidentified Slayer in the 1930s.[92]
Nepal[]
- After visiting Sunnydale, Riley and Sam had their next mission in this country.[22]
Singapore[]
- Location of a branch of Wolfram & Hart.[59]
Sri Lanka[]
- Angel spent the summer fighting demons at a monastery to help him cope with Buffy's death.[21]
Turkey[]
Istanbul[]
- An unidentified Potential Slayer was hunted down and killed by Bringers in 2002.[93]
Europe[]
Austria[]
Vienna[]
- In 1765, Angelus followed Darla from France intending to make her pay for abandoning him in a burning barn.[21]
- In 1963, Spike slaughtered an orphanage, as well as two members of the Watchers Council.[94]
Czech Republic[]
- Monks from the Order of Dagon succeeded in transforming the Key into human form, but were attacked by Glorificus.[95]
Prague[]
- Drusilla was tortured by an inquisitor and Spike was nearly dusted by an angry mob in 1997.[96] Records claimed that Drusilla was killed during these events.[97]
France[]
- Home of the sorcerer Cloutier, who created the Tirer la Couverture spell in the 16th century.[95]
Marseilles[]
Paris[]
- The Watcher Jean conspired for his Slayer Claudine to kill an unidentified aristocrat.[98]
- In 1792, Angelus joined in the storming of the Tuileries palace during the French Revolution.[99]
- Refuge of Harmony Kendall and Clem during the Supernatural Crisis Act.[100]
Rouen[]
- In the 16th century, the cobbler Roche was sired by Die Einsame.[101]
Germany[]
- Home of Frederick and Hans Gruenshtahler.[102]
Berlin[]
- Location of a branch of Wolfram & Hart.[59]
- Location of Hitler's bunker, which was temporarily used by Faith and Giles while in hiding.[103]
Frankfurt[]
- An unidentified Potential Slayer was hunted down and killed by Harbingers of Death in 2002.[104]
Hanselstadt[]
- Location of the Slayer Sanctuary.[105]
Nuremberg[]
Prussia[]
Greece[]
Hungary[]
Budapest[]
- Angelus and Darla enjoy the chaos after an earthquake circa 1890.[108]
- Location of one of Giles's safe houses.[63]
Iceland[]
ReykjavÃk[]
- A meteor containing an extraterrestrial Queller demon impacted in the region in the 12th century.[109]
Ireland[]
- In 1786, Angel sired a Puritan named Penn.[110]
- Birthplace of Allen Francis Doyle, circa 1974.[111]
Dublin[]
Galway[]
- Birthplace of Liam in 1727.[71]
- Home of Liam and his family before he was sired by Darla in 1753.[113]
- While on vacation, Fred and Angel discovered a coven using the blood of a Gachnar to harvest fear as a means of control.[114]
Italy[]
- The Slayer, a barmaid at the height of the bubonic plague epidemic, was killed by Lothos.[83]
- Spike and Drusilla visited the country in the 1950s.[115]
- The Slayer Organization Italy headquarters was watched by Andrew.[116]
Cortona[]
- Moloch the Corruptor lived in a castle before a monastery trapped him inside a tome in 1418.[117]
- Brother Luca sent emails about the Anointed One in 1997.[118]
Rome[]
- Location of a branch of Wolfram & Hart.[115]
- Home of the Immortal.[115]
- In 1771, Holtz tracked Angelus and captured him.[2]
- In 1894, Angelus and Spike were captured by henchmen of the Immortal.[115]
- Location of a partying Buffy Summers decoy.[119]
Portugal[]
Azores[]
- A Slayer Organization squad was attacked by Pearl and Nash during a training, having Nadira Kureishi as the sole survivor.[36]
Romania[]
- Home of an unidentified Slayer.[11]
BorÅŸa[]
Transylvania[]
- Location of Dracula's castle.[121]
Russia[]
Saint Petersburg[]
- Anyanka and Halfrek observed the start of the Russian Revolution in 1905.[122]
- Giles traveled there to instruct a Slayer Organization squad.[116]
Ural Mountains[]
- A sorcerer in a village in the Koskov Valley became the embodiment of the demon Lohesh, circa 1200.[54]
Spain[]
- Home of an unidentified Slayer in late 1590s.[123]
- At some point, Spike and Drusilla observed the running bulls.[124]
- Hank Summers lived there with Francesca.[125]
Barcelona[]
Madrid[]
- In 1843, Luke lost a fight to an enemy who caught him sleeping.[126]
- Darla and Angel killed a poet.[21]
- Spike, Nostroyev, and the Prince of Lies were captured by Nazi agents at a virgin blood party.[127]
Switzerland[]
- Buffy led a group of Slayers in the robbery of a Swiss bank vault stocked with Nazi-stockpiled treasure.[128]
United Kingdom[]
England[]
- Whistler guided the future King Arthur to the Sword in the Stone.[78]
- In the Middle Ages, a noblewoman was called as the Slayer.[83]
Bath[]
- Giles kept a flat there.[129]
Cotswolds[]
- Location of the Deeper Well.[130]
- Dr. Ferris Carlyle hunted the She-Mantis after the death of several teenage boys.[131]
- Location of the Watchers Retreat.[64]
Devon[]
- Location of the Devon coven.[132]
Guildford[]
- Location where Eyghon lived while possessing Giles following the end of magic.[23]
Hampshire[]
- Location of the Watchers Academy.[133]
- In 1813, at the Porter Hall, the Slayer Elizabeth Weston slayed the vampire Catherine after disguising herself as a man.[134]
London[]
- Location of the Watchers Council headquarters until it was destroyed by the First Evil.[135]
- Darla brought Angel here to meet the Master in 1760.[81]
- Home of Drusilla and her family in 1860, in the East End.[136]
- Location of the Pratt residence in 1880.[137]
- Angelus killed Margaret in 1883.[112]
- The Giles residence was home of the Giles family for several generations,[138] passed to Faith after Rupert's death.[43]
- Ripper's crowd was first introduced in the 1970s, in Soho.[139]
- The Potential Slayer Nora was killed along with her Watcher Robson in 2002.[140]
- Home of Nadira, Daphne, Marianne, and other members of the London Slayer squad.[141]
- Kensington in West London was home to Clement and Harmony in her celebrity career.[142]
- Hackney in East London was the site of Whistler's plan to unleash a magical plague on the world.[143] After many of the locals were mutated into magical creatures,[144] this borough became known as the Magic Town.
Westbury[]
- Giles helped Willow overcome her dark side in his country house.[93]
York[]
- Location of the Holtz residence until Angelus and Darla killed his family in 1764.[59]
Northern Ireland[]
Belfast[]
Scotland[]
- Birthplace of the Slayer Leah.[119]
- Home of Buffy Summers and her squad of Slayers as the Slayer Organization command center.[119]
Oceania[]
New Zealand[]
Lake Taupo[]
- Home to one of two entrances to the Deeper Well.[146]