filming began in july 1921. exterior shots were filmed in wismar. a take from marienkirche's tower over wismar marketplace with the wasserkunst wismar served as the establishing shot for the wisborg scene. other locations were the wassertor, the heiligen-geist-kirche yard and the harbour. in lübeck, the abandoned salzspeicher served as nosferatu's new wisborg house, the one of the churchyard from aegidienkirche served as hutters and down the depenau "coffin bearers" beared coffins. many walks of lübeck took place in the hunt of "knock" who ordered hutter in the "yard of füchting" to meet the earl. further exterior shots followed in lauenburg, rostock and on sylt. the film team travelled to the carpathian mountains, where orava castle served as backdrop for orlok's half-ruined castle. nearby locations also served: hutter's stay at dolný kubín; the river journey with the coffins filmed on the váh river; and the panoramas of the high tatras mountain range. the team filmed interior shots at the jofa studio in berlin's johannisthal locality. and further exteriors in the tegel forest. parts of the film set in transylvania were also shot in slovakia.