Escape Game Cologne
Imagine facing a challenge that stimulates the mind and tests how well a group can pull together. In lively Cologne, famed for its warm welcome and layered past, an adventure awaits that will turn the next team building event into something memorable. The CityHunters Escape Game hands participants the chance to become sleuths for a day and discover the city from an unexpectedly playful angle.
An unforgettable start at Theo-Burauen-Platz
The quest kicks off at Theo-Burauen-Platz, a convenient meeting point in Cologne's center. Here, teams receive their instructions and the CityHunters app that turns any smartphone into a clever field device. The app unlocks a sequence of puzzles and challenges that thread through Cologne, allowing participants to admire the urban scenery while staying laser-focused on the mission.
The city sights as the playing field
The route leads past a string of Cologne highlights that double as game stations. The soaring Cologne Cathedral and the Shrine of the Three Kings provide dramatic backdrops, while the Hohenzollern Bridge, famous for its padlocks, adds a romantic footnote. Cultural stops such as Museum Ludwig and the Wallraf–Richartz Museum offer a chance to combine art with deduction, and landmarks like Great St. Martin Church, St. Gereon's Basilica, the Romano-Germanic Museum, the Roonstrasse Synagogue and the historic 4711 house round out a route rich in stories and visual treats.
Team building experience in Cologne: a city full of possibilities
Cologne's open and friendly vibe makes it an ideal stage for a team building experience. The CityHunters Escape Game puts cooperation front and center: communication, creativity and clear thinking are all required to conquer the challenges. These are the same skills that help teams perform better under pressure, so the activity delivers practical benefits as well as fun.
An interactive adventure for the company
The CityHunters Escape Game is more than a game – it is an interactive urban adventure that turns a routine company outing into a highlight. The multimedia app guides teams with a blend of videos, audio cues and interactive tasks. It fits perfectly for a company outing or a departmental celebration by striking a pleasant balance between entertainment and challenge, letting each participant contribute their strengths to the team’s success.
Freedom and flexibility for your team building event
One of the great advantages is flexibility. Teams can launch the mission when schedules allow, without fixed start times or on-site supervision. That independence makes it simple to slot the activity into a workshop, a company summer party or any other corporate occasion. A company outing like this becomes a standout experience that’s easy to organize and hard to forget.
Together toward success
Every solved clue brings the group closer to the goal and strengthens cohesion. The final triumph is not only the completed mission but also the shared sense of achievement that binds colleagues together. That collective win is invaluable and helps make a team building experience in Cologne genuinely memorable. It’s a prime opportunity to get to know coworkers better and tackle fresh challenges as a unit.
Cologne’s culinary delights
After a day of puzzles and discoveries, the local cuisine offers the perfect finish. Cologne is known for hearty dishes and its refreshing Kölsch; a traditional brauhaus provides the ideal setting to unwind, swap highlights and relive the day’s clever moments over generous regional fare. This gastronomic encore completes the team building event neatly and sociably.
The CityHunters Escape Game in Cologne offers a clever way to rediscover the city through team play, suspense and flexibility. As an alternative to conventional indoor activities, it’s a lively choice for a company outing, departmental celebration or company summer party that will leave lasting impressions. Teams will step into their own story and walk away with new memories and a sharper sense of togetherness.
- Participants use their own smartphones
- Flexibility through self-organization
- 10 riddle locations
- Support chat during the tour
- Picture gallery of the event
- Team chat
- Real-time leaderboard
How the event works
1. Preparation
- Beforehand, all participants install the app on their smartphones
- Teams are formed in advance or on site (max. 7 people)
- Each team’s leader starts the tour and invites the other participants
2. Let’s go!
- From tour start, our team guide is available via chat
- Teams choose their first puzzle location
- They navigate easily via the map view
- Up to 10 challenges await at notable spots around the city
3. City exploration
- Along the route, teams discover the city
- At each puzzle location, they solve tasks and earn points
- Each team member receives individual challenges in addition to the shared tasks
- Digital networking via real-time leaderboard and team chat
4. Finale
- After completing all tasks, the app guides teams safely back to the start
- A self-organized award ceremony can take place here
- Afterwards, you’ll find all photos in a protected online gallery
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- Offer within 90 minutes
Our FAQs provide answers to the most common questions
We organize our team events for you on your desired date, 365 days a year. To see if your preferred date is still available, request your non-binding offer . You can freely choose your event start time between 9 am and 8 pm.
For our full-service team events, both on-site support by our guides and the provision of all materials are included, so you don’t have to worry about anything in advance. The only exception is our smartphone tours. For these, you use your own smartphones and benefit from in-app chat support that we provide free of charge.
The start and end point in Cologne is: Theo-Burauen-Platz. Click for a map view. The blue-shaded area marks our event area where our team event tasks and puzzles are located. For our Geocaching and iPad tours, you can choose your own start and end points within this area. This is not possible for smartphone tours.
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