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DarkPark Zoetermeer

Zoetermeer ★ 9,6 (escapetalk 9.6 (The End); TERPECA award winner) 3 rooms

About this venue

DarkPark Zoetermeer on the Dorpsstraat is the crown jewel of the most acclaimed escape brand in the Netherlands: three actor-driven experiences in the premium segment, of which The End — beginning with calm paperwork in a funeral home before everything spirals into a surreal, cinematic journey — is internationally recognized as one of the best rooms in the world (escapetalk 9.6, every year in the TERPECA top-100). Alongside it stand the eerie period hotel The Honeymoon Hotel (Golden Lock Award 2018), where the owner's brides keep disappearing, and the paranormal The Orphanage (also won a Golden Lock in 2024), the most difficult of the three. Visitors praise the acting, seamless technology, sound design and details 'like in a Disney attraction': 'Story, sound, acting, everything is polished to perfection.' Minor points from reviews: The End accommodates large teams poorly with relatively few puzzles and there are occasionally short wait moments.

Rooms

  • The EndJe regelt kalm je laatste zaken in een uitvaartcentrum, tot de ervaring ontploft in een surrealistische reis over eindes en nieuwe beginnen — met een finale die alles herschrijft.
  • The Honeymoon HotelEen vintage hotel bevroren in de tijd; de eigenaar trouwde vaak en zijn bruiden blijven verdwijnen — inchecken is makkelijker dan uitchecken.
  • The OrphanageEen vervallen weeshuis vol paranormale stemmen — bloedstollend maar spannend in plaats van plat eng; de zwaarste van de drie.

What visitors say

  • World-class acting and diegetic hints — 'It was fun to need a hint'
  • Seamless technology, sound design and details like in a Disney attraction
  • The End ranks every year in the international TERPECA top-100 and won a TERPECA award
  • The End has relatively few puzzles for large teams, with occasional wait moments
  • One input mechanism is overly finicky and a GM once gave hints that missed the mark

Videos

▶ THE END IS BEGONNEN! - DarkPark

From the reviews

Loved this room. Different from anything done before, so immersive from the start and the briefing.— Escape the Review
The most impressive story seen in an escape room so far.— Escape the Review