Seattle on Screen

Brian Breneman

Sleepless in Seattle

Hop in a kayak from Northwest Outdoor Center (2100 Westlake Ave N), and paddle by the houseboats on Lake Union, the setting for Tom Hanks’s home in the film. Then head to the Athenian Seafood Restaurant and Bar (1517 Pike Pl), where you can see framed photos of Hanks and a plaque by the barstool where he sat.

Grey’s Anatomy

You won’t take an ambulance to Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital here, but you can watch helicopters take off from atop KOMO Plaza (140 Fourth Ave N), the fictional hospital’s rooftop helipad. The show’s infamous intern house sits atop Queen Anne, where characters visit nearby Kerry Park (211 W Highland Dr).

Where’d You Go, Bernadette

The film adaptation of local author Maria Semple’s novel finds Bernadette (played by Cate Blanchett) wandering the stacks of The Seattle Public Library’s Central Library (H1000 Fourth Ave) and enjoying a rotating dinner at the Space Needle’s (400 Broad St) restaurant, now the Loupe Lounge.

10 Things I Hate About You

Julia Stiles dodges paint-filled balloons thrown by bad boy Heath Ledger in this 1999 rom-com at Gas Works Park (2101 N Northlake Way). Later, they dance the night away at the Paramount Theatre (911 Pine St) for prom.

The Real World: Seattle

In 1998, MTV’s hit reality show chose seven strangers to live in a house on Seattle’s waterfront on Pier 70, now AQUA by El Gaucho (2801 Alaskan Way). The roommates shop at REI (222 Yale Ave N), attend Seattle SuperSonics basketball games at what is now Climate Pledge Arena (334 First Ave N), and one cast member even has a short stint as a fishmonger at Pike Place Fish Market (86 Pike Pl).

Frasier

This beloved show’s 100th episode finds Frasier being chased to Westlake Center (400 Pine St) by a pack of Girl Scouts before boarding the Seattle Center Monorail to an event at the Space Needle (400 Broad St). Fun fact: Real-life then-Mayor Norm Rice presides over the event.