Hi everyone
The sixth room on our May/June 2024 child-free trip to Holland was The Alchemist
at Sherlocked Escape Rooms. It is located in the centre of Amsterdam in a
lovely old former stock exchange building.
I had previously played Sherlocked’s The Vault room online during the pandemic,
which at one point involved our game master/live avatar exiting the building
and walking down the main street of Amsterdam. So it was a little surreal to be
there in person this time, standing in front of the same (very impressive)
building. The Vault was one of the most fun online escape rooms I played during
the pandemic, so I had high hopes going into The Alchemist.
The Alchemist was our 296th escape room and here is what I thought:
- the
venue is great. It is such a beautiful, historic building. Whilst this no
doubt would have thrown up many challenges for the owners in designing the
room, they did a great job. One thing to note is that we had to walk up a
number of stairs to play this room, so keep that in mind;
- the
theming in The Alchemist is incredible. There was some really nice
misdirection (although we had been to enough Dutch rooms at that point to
spot it coming) and then we entered the main escape room area. It was
amazing. The scale was impressive and all elements suited the theme
beautifully;
- the
room contained a really nice mix of varied puzzles of varying levels of
difficulty. There was also a nice variety to the puzzles – several relying
on some clever tech and others more straight forward. There were some
unique puzzles thrown in as well (of a type we had not seen anywhere
else); and
- there
are 3 specific moments in The Alchemist that are honestly spectacular. I
won’t give anything away, but the most visually impressive moment is the
ending which is honestly the most impressive sequence I have seen to an
escape room (before or since).
We all really enjoyed The Alchemist. The room flow and
puzzles were excellent. The main drawcard here though is the spectacular
moments, which are the reason why The Alchemist is currently holding the #32
TERPECA ranking. It is well-deserved.
Where:
Beurs van Berlage, Damrak 247, 1012 ZJ Amsterdam
Duration: 90
minutes
Themes:
4 themes
TERPECA: #32 in
2024 (formerly #31)
Price:
Prices
from 39€ per person
Overall Rating: A truly spectacular room!
More details: https://www.sherlocked.nl/experiences/the-alchemist
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