Secrets of Nijmegen Self-Guided Exploration Game Tour

Secrets of Nijmegen opens on the Grote Markt and turns the oldest part of town into a self-guided walking tour. Within a few minutes of the square you reach De Waagh, the Sint Stevenskerk and the Kerkboog that links them. The game keeps asking you to look closer at these places, and answers the questions it raises.

It suits friends, couples, families and colleagues who enjoy walking and thinking at once. One ticket covers a team of one to four people on a single phone, and a bigger group buys several tickets and splits into teams. Playing solo is entirely possible. No guide walks with you and no starting time is fixed, so you can take the hills of Nijmegen as slowly as you want.

How to play

Beginning your route through Nijmegen is quick:

1. Book the Exploration Game
2. Check the instructions email
3. Download the Loquiz app
4. Start playing whenever you like

The tasks combine riddles with photo assignments and questions you can only answer while standing in front of the thing itself. Around the Kruittoren, De Bastei and the Great Gelderland Toll House you read walls, gates and murals, and the game supplies facts and stories about the traders, defenders and painters connected to these spots.

When several teams play at the same time the walk becomes a competition, with points per answer and a leaderboard at the end. Companies use it for team outings, and it works just as well for a family afternoon. Stop for a break and continue when you feel like it; the closing task brings you back to the heart of Nijmegen.