Visby, Gotland, Sweden (Kiki's Delivery Service)

Visby's tiled roofs and a medieval church ruin tumbling down toward the Baltic, seen from the cliff above the old town. Miyazaki first saw Visby in 1971 on a research trip for a Pippi Longstocking film that was never made, and the walled Hanseatic town stayed with him. He and his staff went back to Visby and Stockholm while preparing Kiki, photographing streets and rooftops for Koriko, the seaside town where Kiki sets up her delivery business. Stand up here at sunset and Kiki's first view of her new home feels very close.