About this venue
Escapepark Veluwe is located in a forest park on Asselsestraat in Apeldoorn, next to a climbing forest, and positions itself as 'escape room 2.0': virtually no locks, but sensors and mechanisms that make the room react as soon as you solve a puzzle. In Het Simiae Instituut you participate in the intelligence experiments of Dr. Macaque — it's called 'the most active escape room in the Netherlands' — and in follow-up room De Werkplaats you escape from the sinister home lab of the now-deceased scientist; there are also junior rooms and an outdoor game. Visitors call the puzzles very original and appreciate the combination of physical activity, forest location and story (8.1 on escaperoomsnederland). More critical voices mention technology that sometimes fails causing a group to get stuck, an occasional unclear puzzle and variable service; purists find it not a 'real escape room' due to the absence of locks.
Rooms
- Het Simiae InstituutDoe mee aan dr. Macaques intelligentie-experimenten: klimmen, fysieke opdrachten en puzzels in 'de meest actieve escaperoom van Nederland'
- De WerkplaatsVervolg: ontsnap uit het onheilspellende thuislab vol vreemde onderzoeksapparatuur van de overleden wetenschapper
What visitors say
- Very original, lock-free puzzles: the room reacts itself to what you do
- Physically active gameplay in an atmospheric forest location
- Decor and story align well, with a shared universe between both rooms
- Sensor technology sometimes fails, causing groups to stall without a manual fallback
- Some unclear puzzles and variable customer service
From the reviews
Dit was ontzettend leuk om te doen! Een leuk verhaal en uitdaging genoeg!— escaperoomsnederland.nl
Beide escaperooms erg originele puzzels. Niet alleen sloten, maar leuke hersenkrakers.— escaperoomsnederland.nl
Vriendelijk ontvangst en goede begeleiding. Vette kamer met een mix van denk en doe.— escaperoomsnederland.nl