About this venue
De Graasj in Roermond wasn't a real escape venue but a family entertainment complex (restaurant, indoor play area, creative studio, gift shop) with one escape experience attached. The game Rat Race Roermond XL Escape Town was an XL competitive format for 10-32 players, divided into four teams in a shared 'escape town' where teams could see and hear each other, with a live scoreboard. The theme was local-historical: after the great Roermond fire in the 16th century, nuns, bandit Schinderhannes, witches, and townspeople competed for gold to rebuild the city. The escape room has since permanently closed (listed as closed on escapetalk and Morty) — it left barely a trace in the Dutch escape community: zero reviews on escapetalk before closure. The complex itself lives on with its restaurant and play area.
Rooms
- Rat Race Roermond XL Escape TownNa de grote stadsbrand van 16e-eeuws Roermond strijden vier partijen — nonnen, stadsrover Schinderhannes, heksen en burgers — om het wederopbouwgoud; XL competitief format, 10-32 spelers in vier teams (gesloten)
What visitors say
- XL competitive format with live scoreboard, suitable for very large groups
- Local-historical premise rooted in the real Roermond fire
- Escape room as a side thing at restaurant/play area — no own identity, zero enthusiast reviews
- XL headcount came at the cost of story and intimacy; closed without a trace
