Tenet is a 2020 science-fiction film directed by Christopher Nolan, starring John David Washington as the nameless Protagonist. It was filmed in several countries, including Norway, Estonia, England, Italy and India.

Understand

“ It's not Estonian.
It's backwards! ”

—Neil

Just like many other Christopher Nolan films, Tenet has a convoluted timeline. The main premise is that people and objects can go through a "turnstile" and invert, to move backwards in time.

The Protagonist, whose name is never revealed to the audience, is an American intelligence operator who is recruited to an organization named Tenet, purposed to prevent a disaster which would end the known timeline. His main adversary is Sator, who grew up in the Soviet Union and made a fortune as he encounters the inversion technology under the disguise of the remains of Soviet nuclear technology.

Destinations

• 1 Tallinn (Estonia). The setting of much of the film, including many scenes said to be set in Kyiv, Oslo, or other locations.  

• 1 Tallinn Linnahall, Mere pst. 20 (stop: Linnahall Bus 3 or #90K (Airport bus) to stop 7 and then a 5-min walk to the Linda line terminal past the Domina Inn Ilmarine hotel). A fine example of Soviet Brutalist architecture and built for the 22nd Moscow Summer Olympic Games in 1980 for sailing events held in Tallinn. Used as a stand-in for the Kyiv Opera House. As of 2024, the building is derelict. 
• 2 Telliskivi Creative City. The railyard scene where the Protagonist is held captive and tortured.  
• 3 Nysted Wind Farm (Denmark). The Protagonist's safehouse before his mission.  
• 4 Muuga Harbor. Stand-in for a Danish harbor where the Protagonist comes ashore.  
• 5 Liivalaia Courthouse. The exterior of the research building. 
• 6 National Art Museum KUMU, Weizenbergi 37/Valge 1 (stop: Kumu). Opened in February 2006, this is the largest government-built building since the liberation. The museum houses a cyclopic house, partly cut out of limestone rock. Stands in for the Oslo freeport. 
• 7 Royal Bombay Boat Club (Mumbai, India).  
• 8 Cafe Mondegar (Mumbai, India).  
• 9 Reform Club (London, England). A meeting place in London.  
• 10 National Liberal Club. Standing in for an auction house.  
• 11 Cannon Hall. Standing in for a school.  
• 12 Hilton Tallinn Park. The meeting after the airport operation.  
• 13 Opera House (Oslo, Norway). The Protagonist and Neil plan the Oslo operation here.  
• 14 Tjuvholmen (Oslo). The Oslo operation is prepared here.  
• Thief Hotel (Oslo). The interior scene for the operation preparation.  
• 15 Villa Cimbrone (Ravello, Italy). Sator's party room.  
• 16 Saarepiiga sild (Tallinn). The bridge in the car chase. 
• 17 Maarjamäe memorial (Tallinn). The Protagonist meets up with Priya after the inversion in Oslo.  
• 18 Hawthorne Plaza Shopping Center (Hawthorne, California, United States). The turnstiles used for the Stalsk-12 operation.  
• 19 Eagle Mountain (California). Standing in as the Russian city Stalsk-12.