Discover Alkmaar with a self-guided Outside Escape city game tour
As descrições são apresentadas em inglês.
- 1–2 horas
- Cancelamento gratuito até 24 h antes
- Guia em holandês
- Confirmação imediata
Destaques
Experience a new way to discover a city with this 'gamified' tour! Explore Alkmaar during this self-guided walking tour that lets you see the city in a different light. You'll even learn about hidden spots most locals don't know about! Immerse yourself in a uniquely crafted story as you solve engaging puzzles that highlight the history and noteworthy sights of the city. An old map, once drawn by military engineer Adriaan Antonisz, points to a forgotten gunpowder stockpile underneath the city. Can you help neutralize this potential bomb threat? Rally your friends and put your problem-solving and exploration skills to the test! - Start your adventure at any moment you choose - All you need is a smartphone with a mobile data plan - Suitable for a team of up to 5-6 players aged 15 and older (supervision recommended for younger players) - This city tour takes around 2 hours to complete and is approximately 2,5 kilometers long
Inclui
O que está incluído
- Detailed online instructions with riddles and hints (no extra fees needed during tour)
Itinerário
Here you'll find the Adriaen Antonisz statue. He designed the fortifications of Alkmaar to keep the Spaniards out during the Eighty Years' War.
The Weighing House is the main building on Waag square that has been used as a chapel and weighing house. Nowadays, the Dutch Cheese Museum and the Tourist Information Office are located in the building.
The Chapel Church is a medieval church in the old town of Alkmaar, on Laat street. Originally, the Catholic St. John's Chapel stood at this location, hence the name "Chapel Church."
The Town Hall of Alkmaar was built between 1509 and 1520 in the Gothic style. The corner tower has an openwork pear-shaped spire, and the building itself is eleven bays wide.
The Great St. Laurens Church, formerly the Great or St. Laurens Church, is a church building on Koorstraat in the city center. It is a stone-clad brick cross-basilica with a seven-sided choir closure. Construction took place from 1470 to 1518.
After Alkmaar sided with the Dutch Revolt in 1572, the modernization of the fortifications began immediately. The existing fortification dated from the years 1525-1550 and consisted of brick walls (on the west side of the city) and brick-clad earthen ramparts. Half-round towers had been built at various locations where artillery could be placed. It quickly became clear that the existing fortifications would not withstand modern artillery. Military engineers had come to the realization that large bastions and substantial earthen ramparts were needed. One of the bastions that was completed just before the Siege of Alkmaar in 1573 was the Clarissenbolwerk.
Cancelamento
Cancelamento gratuito até 24 horas antes do início, com reembolso total.
Avaliações
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Antes de ir
- Recolha
- Todos se encontram no ponto de partida; não há recolha.
- Tipo de bilhete
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operado por
- Outside Escape
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in Alkmaar
- Its from-price is 22% above the median of the 19 experiences we list in Alkmaar.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- By number of reviews it ranks 4 of 19.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Alkmaar
Alkmaar is a canal-ringed town in North Holland, famous for its summer cheese market, where porters in white carry loaves across the square.
Alkmaar's old centre is a tight oval of canals, gabled houses and narrow shopping streets. The Waagplein is its stage: the weigh house, a former chapel, stands at one end of the square, and the cheese market, a summer tradition, draws crowds, with porters in white and coloured straw hats carrying loaves on wooden barrows. A cheese museum fills part of the building.
