Mystery City Games

The year is 1669, and in the house just steps from where you stand, Rembrandt van Rijn is painting his final self-portrait, while down the canal at another address, the philosopher Spinoza ponders the nature of existence. You're standing at Zwanenburgwal 178, headquarters of Mystery City Games, but this canal holds secrets far deeper than any puzzle game. This very waterway was once called Verversgracht - the dyers' canal - where brilliant colored textiles hung like flags of prosperity during Amsterdam's Golden Age. The textile merchants who built their fortunes here never imagined that centuries later, visitors would gather at number 178 to solve mysteries about secret societies that actually walked these cobblestones. What makes this location truly remarkable is that it sits at the heart of Amsterdam's most historically layered neighborhood - you're literally surrounded by the Jewish Quarter, with the resistance monument just around the corner, Waterlooplein market stretching alongside the canal, and the Stopera opera house marking where this historic waterway meets the ancient Amstel River. From this single address, Mystery City Games sends adventurers on treasure hunts that span five locations across three kilometers, but the greatest treasure might be the realization that you're standing where Rembrandt once walked, where Jewish resistance fighters once hid, and where Amsterdam's golden threads of commerce first began weaving the city's legendary prosperity.