Amsterdam Catacombs
Amsterdam Catacombs is one of the most acclaimed horror escapes in the Netherlands: one premium experience of 90 minutes where you descend into the ca
Sherlocked
Sherlocked, Amsterdam's first escape room, is housed in the Beurs van Berlage and is internationally regarded as one of the very best in the Netherlan
Escape Cafe Hilversum
Escape Cafe Hilversum is located in Hilversum's city centre (Spuisteeg 3A) and combines escape rooms with its own café, for groups of 3 to 36 people.
Enigma Escape Room 2.0
Enigma Escape Rooms 2.0 is Volendam's only escape room, housed in a basement in the old heart of the village (Meerzijde 25). The '2.0' stands for a fr
Urban Legends City Quest
Urban Legends City Quest is a young Amsterdam provider of outdoor city games centered on genuine urban legends. The main game 'The House with the Bloo
Mystery City Games
Mystery City Games is not a room but an outdoor treasure hunt escape room through Amsterdam: you pick up a backpack from the game master (Zwanenburgwa
Questomatica
Questomatica, independent since 2015 after starting as an Amsterdam branch of the Russian Claustrophobia chain, is one of Amsterdam's highest-rated es
Turf Aalsmeer
Turf Aalsmeer is an exceptionally versatile provider of 'real life gaming' with five-plus games spread across three locations (Aalsmeer, De Kwakel, Mi
The Brotherhood (Ruby Escape Rooms)
The Brotherhood, run by Ruby Escape Rooms but separately housed on an industrial estate in Stompetoren near Alkmaar, is the uncompromising passion pro
Escape Bryggen
Note: this venue is not in Noord-Holland but in Bergen, Norway — it ended up on this list because escapetalk.nl mentions it internationally and the 'B
One Hour Lockup
One Hour Lockup on Amsterdamsestraatweg in Naarden is one of the longest-running escape room locations in the Gooi: three custom-built rooms plus over
WaouW outdoor escape games (Texel)
The original Texel branch of WaouW (since May 2022, run by Texel native Jaap Waverijn) has no permanent venue: you buy a beautifully prepared game box
Studio-Kinderfeestje
Studio-Kinderfeestje from Hoogkarspel was not a fixed escape room but a mobile escape-box for children's parties (ages 7-13), delivered to your home a
My Escape Club
My Escape Club on the Weteringschans (near Vijzelgracht and Leidseplein) is a modern escape-room venue with five physical rooms and two free-roam VR g
VR GameHouse Amsterdam
VR GameHouse Amsterdam is not a classic escape room but a free-roam VR arena of about 200 m² in Amsterdam Westpoort, where you play escape-like VR mis
Logic Locks
Logic Locks is one of Amsterdam's pioneers (since 2014) and internationally acclaimed as a game and experience design studio. Their flagship The Amste
Locked Amsterdam
Locked Amsterdam is an owner-built escape-room venue in Amsterdam's Houthaven with two heavy 90-minute rooms that tell one continuous story. In The Su
Escapehood
Escapehood is a young Amsterdam provider (opened December 2025) with two story-driven rooms explicitly targeting families and groups with children: in
Du Monde Escape Rooms (Bar & Kitchen)
Du Monde is a high-end escape room location in the Oude Dorp of Amstelveen (Dorpsstraat 104), connected to a restaurant of the same name run by the sa
Logic Locks Amsterdam
Logic Locks Amsterdam nowadays revolves around one experience: The Amsterdam Catacombs, played in the real 19th-century crypt beneath the Posthoornker
Escape Haarlem
Escape Haarlem is one of the highest-rated escape rooms in the Netherlands (9.3 on escaperoomsnederland) and distinguishes itself by anchoring each ro
Escaperoom Nieuw-Vennep
The first escape room in Nieuw-Vennep is a small, independent venue (started on Madeliefstraat, now located on Pesetaweg with an additional VR hall) w
Escape Factory
Escape Factory is in the Kromhouthal, an old engine factory on the Gedempt Hamerkanaal in Amsterdam-Noord; the industrial shell immediately sets the m
Xitroom Amsterdam
Xitroom, since 2013 one of the Netherlands' first escape rooms, sits in a canal mansion on the Prins Hendrikkade, five minutes' walk from Amsterdam Ce
Backspace Escape Rooms
Backspace Escape Rooms is an established Amsterdam provider in the Sloterdijk/Transformatorweg area with a notably broad range of formats: from the cl
Game Over Escaperooms
Game Over Escaperooms at Witte de Withstraat 180 in Amsterdam-West is the Dutch location of the worldwide Game Over franchise, with six horror-oriente
Escape Factory Noord
Escape Factory is a large escape room venue in an old factory (the former Kromhout-Stork building) in Amsterdam-Noord, within walking distance of the
Escape-room [esc] Save Amsterdam
[esc] Save Amsterdam is an affordable neighbourhood escape room in Amsterdam Nieuw-West (Cornelis van Alkemadestraat 69, 10 minutes walk from Lelylaan
Kids Safety Escaperoom
Kids Safety Escaperoom is a pure children's escape room on the De Koog industrial estate in Purmerend (started in De Rijp, at this location since 2018
Avonturium
Avonturium (formerly Escape Room Egmond, opened 2018) is a family-friendly adventure location 5-10 minutes from Alkmaar (Mosselaan 130), with two indo
Escape World Zandvoort
Escape World Zandvoort (formerly Escape Room Zandvoort) is the beach resort location of the Escape World chain, with three rooms that strongly emphasi
Escaperoom Warmenhuizen (Het Marlequi-Mysterie)
Marlequi-Mysterie is played at Tuinderij de Marlequi, a real, working nursery garden in Warmenhuizen. You step back fifty years in time: grower Cornel
WaouW Outdoor Escape Games
WaouW Outdoor Escape Games creates self-guided outdoor escape games at special locations: around Uithoorn/De Kwakel (with the bamboo maze as decor) an
De Galerie (Escapist Amsterdam)
De Galerie is a boutique escape room by Escapist in a monumental 17th-century canal house near Leidseplein (Leidsegracht 108, basement). You play an e
Escapist Amsterdam (De Galerie)
In the basement of a 17th-century canal house on the Leidsegracht, two minutes from Leidseplein, an anonymous, wealthy art collector displays his priv
Waouw Outdoor Escape Games (Uithoorn / De Kwakel)
WaouW's mainland branch (since April 2024) takes place around Bamboelabyrint Nirwana in De Kwakel, a collaboration with the labyrinth and Poldersport.
Sherlock Holmes Adventures
Sherlock Holmes Adventures is the official Sherlock Holmes licence holder approved by The Conan Doyle Foundation, a five-minute walk from Amsterdam Ce
Escapium
Escapium, founded in 2016 by brothers Dominic and Patrick, has been operating since its relocation to Jan Evertsenstraat in Amsterdam under the banner
Let's Escape Haarlem
Let's Escape Haarlem has been in the city center (Drossestraat 2) since 2015 and is part of a small chain that writes its own stories rather than copy
Escaperoom Grootebroek (HappyDays)
Escaperoom Grootebroek is part of leisure centre HappyDays (with an indoor go-kart track among others) in West-Friesland and has been running for year
Best Escape Purmerend
Best Escape Purmerend is an escape room location in the center of Purmerend with three rooms under one roof: De Bankkraak (a nighttime bank heist by f
Xitroom Escape Game
Xitroom Amsterdam is in the basement of an old canal mansion on the Prins Hendrikkade, 500 meters from Central Station, and is the sister location of
Escape World Hoofddorp
Escape World Hoofddorp is a branch of the Escape World chain on Bosweg, with four rooms spread across three themes: the jungle temple The Inca's Doom
Escaperoom Muiden (De Cryptograaf)
Escaperoom Muiden operates one 'adventure room', De Cryptograaf, in the authentic Fort C from 1874 on the Vestingplein — part of the Stelling van Amst
Escaperoom Muiden (Fort C) — De Cryptograaf
In Fort C in Muiden (built 1874, part of the Amsterdam Defense Line) you play De Cryptograaf: a 90-minute adventure room where you don't need to escap
Escaperoom Den Helder 'Danger No Voltage' (Fort Westoever)
Danger No Voltage is run by 'de Helderse Jongens' in the monumental Fort Westoever, a 19th-century fort that once actually housed a Cold War emergency
Escaperoom Den Helder
Escaperoom Den Helder (since December 2023) is housed in an old power plant on the Westoever and has its own burger restaurant next door — you can res
Game Over Amsterdam
Game Over Amsterdam is the Amsterdam branch (Witte de Withstraat 180) of the international Game Over franchise, with six rooms packed with cinematic p
Coronel Escape Rooms
Coronel Escape Rooms is located in the go-kart complex of racing brothers Tim & Tom Coronel in Huizen (despite the 'Escape Room Utrecht/Amsterdam' SEO
Escape World Waterlooplein
Escape World Waterlooplein is the Amsterdam city-centre location of the Escape World chain, with six rooms (five themes plus an outdoor city game) ran
Coronel Escape Rooms
Coronel Escape Rooms in Huizen is located in the leisure complex of racing brothers Tim & Tom Coronel (go-karting, climbing, laser games and a café ov
The Olympic Secret (Het Portiershuisje)
The Olympic Secret is the escape room at Het Portiershuisje, a porter's lodge and Olympic post office from 1928 next to the Olympic Stadium in Amsterd
Samcity
Samcity is a 5,000 m² family entertainment centre at the A7 near Hoorn, where escape rooms are one of many activities alongside trampolines, laser gam
Room Escape Amsterdam
Room Escape Amsterdam is run by team-building organizer UP Events on a centuries-old ammunition storage complex in Amsterdam Nieuw-West, complete with
Avontuurfabriek
Avontuurfabriek in Nieuw-Loosdrecht is an activity park (laser tag, bowling, paintball, food and drink) where two escape rooms are just one menu item.
Escape Room Loosdrecht (Avontuurfabriek)
Escape Room Loosdrecht is part of activity centre Avontuurfabriek, where you can combine escaping with laser games, bowling and dining. The two rooms
Blooming Escape Room (Dr. Carls Cabin)
Blooming Escape Room is an outdoor 'escape walk' on the wooded grounds of the Blooming hotel in Bergen (NH)—more of a hotel activity than a classic es
H20 VR Gaming Center
H20 VR Gaming Center sits on the large H20 Esports Campus on Cantekoogweg in Purmerend (despite the Amsterdam mention) and offers two hybrid VR escape
Fort de Kwakel Escape Room (Fort K)
Fort K is an escape room in the over-century-old Fort de Kwakel, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Stelling van Amsterdam, and is operated by Turf Aal
The Brink Escaperoom
The Brink Escaperoom in Heerhugowaard is a small-scale, entirely self-built escape room by owner Brian Brink and his team, with two strikingly differe
't Stormt
't Stormt in Krommenie is not a classic escape room but an activities company with over twenty years' experience in actor-driven mobile play experienc
Escape Heerhugowaard / Tante Suus
Escape Heerhugowaard (Hectorlaan 3) consists of two escape rooms closely connected with children's party venue Tante Suus. The rooms are deliberately
Escape Haarlem - De Koepel
This location of Escape Haarlem is the room De Meesterkraker, housed in an actual cell of the monumental Koepelgevangenis (Koepelplein 1). You squeeze
Escaperoom Volendam (Het Geheim van de Lutine)
In the heart of old Volendam you play Het Geheim van de Lutine: in 1806 the ship Lutine sank with 1.7 million pounds of gold on board — a real, famous
Open Air Escape
Open Air Escape is not a room but an escape experience across Haarlem: you are welcomed on the Grote Markt, receive a package of materials and travel
Blooming escape room
Blooming escape room is an outdoor game on the dune and forest grounds of the Blooming hotel in Bergen aan Zee — an offshoot of the historic villa hot
Lock Paper Scissors
Note: Lock Paper Scissors is not a physical escape room in Amsterdam, but an Australian publisher of print-and-play escape kits (such as Envy Murder M
Escape Game Tulpenmaffia (Land van Fluwel)
Tulpenmaffia is not a classical escape room but an outdoor escape game of around two hours, played across the entire adventure park Land van Fluwel in
Escape Tours
Escape Tours is not a physical escape room but a self-guided outdoor game on your smartphone: via the Loquiz app you walk with your team through Amste
The City Escape Amsterdam
The City Escape Amsterdam is not a physical escape room but an outdoor city escape via its own app, built by three young puzzle enthusiasts who run th
X-Cube Centerparcs Zandvoort
X-Cube at Center Parcs Zandvoort is not a classic escape room but a high-tech digital 'cube' of around 4×4 metres in the Action Factory next to the Be
FORTtreffelijk
FORTtreffelijk is an event venue at Fort Markenbinnen (built 1895–1905, part of the UNESCO Stelling van Amsterdam), a quarter hour from Alkmaar and Am
Ruby Escape Rooms Alkmaar
Ruby Escape Rooms Alkmaar (formerly Escaperoom Alkmaar, part of the nationwide Ruby chain with four locations) is the region's largest escape venue wi
Escape World Amsterdam
Escape World Amsterdam is a location of the nationwide Escape World chain in central Amsterdam, near Waterlooplein, with six rooms across five themes:
VR Purmerend
VR Purmerend is (or was) a small free-roam VR arcade of about 100 m² where you play VR games and virtual escape rooms for 60 minutes — not a physical
Escape Room Outstanding Events
Outstanding Events is primarily a beach events company at the Noordpier in Velsen-Noord (since 2005), which added an escape room in 2016: Escape The T
Vuurlinie Escape Room (Vuurlinie Events)
Vuurlinie Events is a large events venue (2500 m²) at the A9 exit Beverwijk-Oost, where escape rooms are one of the activities alongside laser games a
Forteiland IJmuiden Escape Room
At Forteiland in IJmuiden — a fort built in 1881 part of the UNESCO Stelling van Amsterdam — event agency PBN runs two escape experiences accessible o
Closed venues (archive) (17)
Vuurtoren Texel (De saboteur van de vuurtoren)
In the actual lighthouse of Texel (De Cocksdorp) you played the escape game De saboteur van de vuurtoren after hours, designed by WaouW Outdoor Escape
Rijksmuseum Escape Game
Not a classic escape room but a museum-wide treasure hunt that Sherlocked organized at the Rijksmuseum in summers 2018 and 2019. In The Secret Formula
Escape room Bijlmerbajes Ontgrendeld
Bijlmerbajes Ontgrendeld was a temporary escape room played in the actual Bijlmerbajes, the notorious Amsterdam prison that housed the Netherlands' mo
Escape-O-Holics
Escape-O-Holics was a now-closed escape room center in Amsterdam (formerly Generatorstraat 17A) with three rooms and a pronounced puzzle focus. Casino
Zombie Escape Amsterdam
Zombie Escape Amsterdam was a horror escape room on Fokke Simonszstraat, near the Heineken Experience, and is now permanently closed (signals point to
Escape Room Texel (De Professor)
De Professor was the most famous room at Escape Room Texel, a small independent island business at De Ruyterstraat 60 in Oudeschild (opened July 2016)
Escape Room Texel
Escape Room Texel was a small, quirky island operation in Oudeschild (opened 2016) with two rooms cleverly rooted in Texel itself. In De VOC you wake
Escape room NDSM
Escape room NDSM was a small, owner-run escape room on the NDSM-werf in Amsterdam-Noord, with two rooms in one connected crime story, loosely inspired
Escape Room Wormerveer (prev. Escape Plan)
Escape Room Wormerveer (formerly Escape Plan) was the Zaanstreek's first escape room: a detached, specially-built KGB prison complex on the grounds of
Escape Room Kids
Escape Room Kids was a child-focused escape room location in Amsterdam (now closed, looking for a new location). The four rooms — Ancient Magic (histo
EscapeTales
EscapeTales (2016, founded by Philip and Sebastian) sat right next to Naarden-Bussum station and positioned itself unmistakably as a storyteller: 'Esc
Red Games
Red Games was the escape room pioneer of the northern tip of Noord-Holland: two enthusiastic brothers opened in 2016 with Under Attack, the region's f
Escape Hunt Bergen
Note: this is actually Bergen in Norway (Vestland), mistakenly placed under Noord-Holland via the international escapetalk.nl list. It is a branch of
Escaperoom Blackout
Escaperoom Blackout on the Amsteldijk was claimed to be the world's darkest escape room: one room where you and your crew had to complete jobs for the
Zuiderzeemuseum Escape Game
This was not a classic escape room but a family escape game across the indoor museum of the Zuiderzeemuseum in Enkhuizen, launched in November 2018 to
Escape Room Schagen
Escape Room Schagen was the go-to escape address in the north of Noord-Holland for seven years, complete with bar, packages and an 'Escape Room of the
Epix Arcade VR
Epix Arcade was a 500 m² VR experience center in Zaandam (Stormhoek 45) that opened in July 2021 with eight licensed VR escape rooms (each ~60 min, 1–