Location. Marlinspike Hall is located in Belgium. The original English language translators of the Tintin books caused some confusion to English speaking readers by giving the address of Marlinspike Hall as "Marlinshire, England" in The Secret of the Unicorn.

Does Tintin live marlinspike?

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In the following years, Marlinspike provides a home base for Tintin and Haddock in between their various adventures.

What country does Tintin live in?

In theory at least, Tintin lives in Belgium – the whole franchise started as a Belgian comic strip in 1929. But the books are deliberately vague on that subject.