About this venue
Escape room H.E.L. ('Het Echte Leven') in Woerden calls itself the Netherlands' first Real-Life Gaming Center and has been running one room since the end of 2015: Bank of H.E.L., a reconstructed bank spread across multiple rooms, under one roof with its airsoft sister H.E.L. Shooter. What's special is that there are no digit or combination locks anywhere and no puzzle has the same solving strategy; players also never know how many more rooms follow. Visitors praise the original, varied puzzles and the enthusiastic hosts Tom and Steven — good for a 9.2 on Escaperoomsnederland and glowing TripAdvisor reviews — though some find the story behind the bank heist thin. Note: the venue's own website (bankofhel.nl) is now offline and some aggregators report that the room is no longer playable, so check current availability.
Rooms
- Bank of H.E.L.Nagebouwde bank: voorkom (of pleeg) een overval binnen 60 minuten, met een onbekend aantal verborgen ruimtes
What visitors say
- Highly original, varied puzzles — no puzzle solves the same way and nowhere a digit lock
- Passionate hosts who personally brief and debrief
- Fixed team price (€105 for 2-6 people) is considered fair
- The story is thin: 'why are we in this bank anyway?'
- Teams sometimes get stuck hard on one specific section and lose time there
From the reviews
De puzzels zijn echt divers, geluidsniveau van achtergrondgeluid is perfect zodat je echt kunt overleggen— Escape Rooms Nederland (10/10)
Een hele dynamische escape room met veel om te ontdekken. Goede aankleding en een leuke variatie aan puzzels.— Escape Rooms Nederland (10/10)
De variatie in puzzels en de verrassende elementen zorgt voor een fantastische ervaring!— Escape Rooms Nederland (10/10)