In Roald Dahl's The BFG, the Big Friendly Giant lives in Giant Country, a place that's far away from where people live and not in the atlas. His home is a huge cave that contains shelves for his dream collection and cupboards for his tools, snozzcumbers, and frobscottle.

Where does BFG take place?

At the start of The BFG, the setting is Sophie's orphanage in England, where one night she discovers a giant sneaking through the streets. He takes her to Giant Country, which is a desert-like place where large, mean giants live. Sophie stays in the BFG's cave, which is filled with dreams from Dream Country.

Where is Giant Country?

“In the book, it says Giant Country is a northern country,” explains location manager David Broder, whose previous films include The Imitation Game and The King's Speech. “We researched the whole of northern Europe, from Iceland to the Faroe Islands – Norway, Sweden, Denmark.