About this venue
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 by the TV series Penoza. In De Coffeeshop you had to defuse a bomb in the coffeeshop of murdered hashdealer Frans van W.; in De Verhoorkamer you viewed the same murder case from the police side, where the family planted a bomb to silence a crown witness. Reviews were mixed: owner Jaap was praised as friendly and good at timing hints, but critics found the rooms low-budget and some puzzles far-fetched, with unclear feedback on whether something worked. The venue opened in March 2020 — right before the lockdowns — and is now permanently closed; the own website is offline.
Rooms
- De CoffeeshopAmsterdamse onderwereld — ontmantel een bom in de coffeeshop van de vermoorde dealer Frans van W.
- De VerhoorkamerPolitiebureau — dezelfde moordzaak vanaf de andere kant, met een bom die een kroongetuige moet stoppen
What visitors say
- Friendly, committed owner with good guidance
- Hints came at the right moments
- Original: one murder case told from two room perspectives
- Low-budget execution, little atmosphere
- Multiple puzzles felt far-fetched and gave unclear feedback
