Location Flashback: Dolder Grand Hotel, Zurich Switzerland

The Dolder Grand opened in 1899 as the Dolder Grand Hotel & Curhaus, and offers 175 luxurious rooms and suites, world-class restaurants, a spa, and an art collection that includes originals from Takashi Murakami and Salvador Dali.

In this scene, after helping Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) clear his name, Lisbeth Sander (Rooney Mara) arrives at the hotel to begin her face to face meeting with the bankers, in order to empty the accounts of corrupt businessman Hans-Erik Wennerstrom (Ulf Friberg).

“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” premiered at Odeon Leicester Square in London on December 12, 2011, eventually grossing $232.6 million on a $90 million budget. The film was chosen by National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2011 and was a candidate for numerous awards, winning, among others, the Academy Award for Best Film Editing,[3]while Mara’s performance earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.