Friends is a sitcom set in New York City, aired from 1994 to 2004. The series featured real-life locations in the city.

Filming locations and places featured on the show[edit]

New York[edit]

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Friends sites in Manhattan
Legend:     Still open     Closed

• 40.732399-74.0053341 The Friends apartment building, 90 Bedford St, West Village. Possibly the most fantastical piece of fiction in the show is that the main characters, who are all in their late 20s and aren't rich, are able to afford living in spacious, fully furnished apartments in a particularly affluent area of ​​Manhattan. The writers tried to solve this issue partially by adding a part in which it is explained that Monica inherited her apartment from her grandmother and that otherwise she could not afford to live there. 
• 40.722828-74.004921 The Moondance Diner, 300 West 22nd St., Chelsea. The diner where Monica worked. The diner was closed and the building was demolished in 2012. 
• 40.7639-73.97482 Solow Building, 9 West 57th Street. The office building where Chandler works, doing... something.  

California[edit]

• 34.148697-118.3375613 Warner Bros. Studios, 3400 Riverside Drive, Burbank, ☏ +1 818 977-8687. (updated Dec 2018)

• 34.148697-118.3375614 Central Perk, 3400 Riverside Drive, Burbank, ☏ +1 818 977-8687. As part of the tour at the Warner Bros Studios you can visit the set of the cafe that served as the group's main meeting place throughout the series (updated Dec 2018)

• 34.158059-118.3442855 The Friends fountain at the Warner Bros. Ranch Facilities, 3701 W Oak St, Burbank, ☏ +1 818 977-8687. The original fountain scene from the opening of the series was shot at the Warner Bros. Ranch Facilities in California. 

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  The Friends apartment building in West Village
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  The set of the cafe "Central Perk" that served as the group's main meeting place throughout the series

Go next[edit]

• To see a slightly more absurd side of New York City, try the Seinfeld Tour and revel in the nostalgia of Must See TV.