Self-Guided The Copenhagen Syndicate City Escape Game

Christiansborg Slotsplads is where the team gathers, with the first task waiting on the square itself. The route then works north through Copenhagen, past Holmens Kirke and along the water at Nyhavn before turning inland towards Rundetårn. This is a city escape game played on foot, with the puzzles anchored to real places rather than to a room.

The centre of Copenhagen is flat and walkable, and the distances between tasks are short enough that families with children keep up without trouble. Two to five players form one team on one phone, each of them given a character with a specific role in the operation, so nobody is simply following along. Bigger groups book a second ticket and run as separate teams. No guide walks with you, and the moment you begin is yours to choose.

How to play

Four steps stand between you and the first clue in Copenhagen.

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

Magnus has the stolen formulas and a head start, and the search for both leads through courtyards and side streets between Rosenborg Slot and Amalienborg Slotsplads. Teams decode messages, argue over riddles and stage photographs to prove they have found what they were sent for, dividing the roles among the characters as each task demands.

With two or more teams in play the afternoon becomes a contest, and the final scores give colleagues something to settle between them, which is a plain enough reason it gets booked for team days. You can stop for as long as you like and resume when you are ready. The last stretch drops you back into the middle of Copenhagen.