Scavenger Hunt Ilmenau
Welcome to an experience that tightens team bonds while revealing the charm of Ilmenau in an engaging way. The CityHunters Scavenger Hunt is the ideal chance to explore Ilmenau through a lively, interactive format. This team building experience is more than a game — it is a journey through local history, culture and cooperation, where colleagues solve puzzles and tackle challenges side by side.
Starting point: the discovery begins
The adventure sets off from the Tourist Information in the heart of Ilmenau. From there, teams follow a route that leads to well-known local highlights such as St.-Jakobus-Kirche, St. Josef (Ilmenau), the Goethe Monument, Ziegenbrunnen Ilmenau, Festhalle Ilmenau and the DDR-Spielzeugmuseum. Each stop presents a fresh challenge and offers curious insights into Ilmenau’s past and present, making this team building event a smart way to see familiar faces in a new light.
Puzzle play and team spirit
The Scavenger Hunt is far from a simple city stroll; it’s an interactive format that nurtures a strong team building experience. At every station, cleverly designed puzzles demand cooperation from all participants. Whether the task calls for logical thinking, clear communication or quick organization, everyone gets to contribute their strengths and discover their role within the group.
An unforgettable team building event
Planning a company outing to Ilmenau or looking for an original program for the next departmental celebration? This Scavenger Hunt fits the bill. The team building event not only breaks the routine but also allows teams to experience the town in an entirely new way. The picturesque surroundings and historic attractions provide plenty of inspiration while teams build memories together.
Ilmenau as the perfect setting for team building
Ilmenau provides an ideal backdrop for a successful team building event. The blend of historic architecture, cultural points of interest and the town’s warm atmosphere creates an environment that is both motivating and inspiring. After a day of discoveries, teams can relax in one of the cosy local restaurants and sample regional specialties, turning a company outing to Ilmenau into a lasting experience.
The lasting effect of the adventure
When the Scavenger Hunt concludes, teams walk away with more than a good story; the experience strengthens cohesion and motivation in a way that lasts. This team building event is an investment in the team’s future. Whether staged as a company summer party element, part of a company outing or as an addition to other celebrations, the positive ripple effects of the day extend well beyond the event itself.
- 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
Your event in 5 simple steps
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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 Ilmenau is: Tourist-Information. 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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