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Are you a fan of 'Severance'?: Here's how you can visit the real offices of the distressing Lumon

The building that serves as the setting for the series' offices is a real space

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An image from an episode of 'Severance'
An image from an episode of 'Severance'. Apple TV+
Alejandra Palés
07/03/2025
2 min

BarcelonaSeverance, from Apple TV+, is surely one of the most talked about series of the moment. Its distressing metaphor of capitalist life has hooked many viewers to the point that it has become the most watched fiction on Apple TV+, surpassing Ted Lasso, until now the great spearhead of Tim Cook's platform. In the series, several people agree to undergo a surgical intervention that divides their lives in two: when they are at work, in the Lumon offices, they do not remember anything from the outside, and when they are in their daily lives they do not remember anything from work. The retrofuturistic aesthetic and the mysteries that pepper the plot have made Severance It is one of the most addictive fictions of the moment.

One of the main settings of the series is the offices of Lumon, where the characters carry out mechanical work whose purpose is not entirely known. It is a labyrinthine space, with endless corridors and a deliberately aseptic aesthetic, the authentic representation of the hell of corporate life. The imposing building, which in the series is always surrounded by snow, is a real setting, and many fans have already begun to visit it and immortalize it on social networks.

@chantillysongs Visiting the Severance Lumon building irl 🏢🖥️🔢 FOLLOW @chantillysongs for more filming locations! Here’s everything you need to know about @bellworks, the Lumon building from Severance- 🏢 This insanely huge building is used as a prominent filming location for the hit TV show Severance 🏢 Clocks in at 2 million square feet & was designed by architect Eero Saarinen 🏢 It was built for the corporation Bell Laboratories in the 1960’s for technology research and development 🏢 Today, it’s a mixed- use building that anyone can visit! 🏢 It feels like a huge mall. Not only are there restaurants, shopping, and activities, They have everything you would need basically for your entire life- 🏢 There’s gyms, schools, a library, doctors, dentists. There’s even a plastic surgery clinic! 🏢 It’s very kid-friendly, as there’s a gigantic play area right in the middle 🏢 Also, it’s only about an hour drive from NYC. Parking is plentiful and there’s no fee 📍 Bell Works, Holmdel, NJ #severance #severanceappletv #filminglocations #tvseries #nj #lumonindustries ♬ Main Titles - Theodore Shapiro

The authentic Lumon building is located in New Jersey

The followers of Severance Those who want to visit the offices where Mark (Adam Scott) and the rest of his colleagues spend hours closed will have to travel to Holmdel, a town in New Jersey relatively close to New York City (by car it is a 50-minute trip, while if you opt for the train it takes an hour and a half). The Lumon offices are actually the Bell Works building. It is now a business center, but in the past it had been the headquarters of Bell Laboratories, a research center for the telephone company AT&T, and devices such as microwaves and mobile phones were developed and improved. In 2007 it was no longer used as a research center and is now a large complex that offers all kinds of services. Because it is a working building, guided tours are not possible, so visitors are asked to go there to respect the workers.

View of the Lumon area.
View of the Lumon area. Apple TV+

Beyond being a destination for serious travelers, the building is an architectural icon, as it is the work of Finnish architect Eero Saarinen, known, among many other things, for the creation of the Tulip chair, very representative of the 1950s. Another notable work by Saarinen is the TWA terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport in 1960.

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