Top Haarlem Self-guided Tours

During the Discovery Trip "The Missing portet of Pieter Teyler" you will explore the city of Haarlem during a 90-minute self-guided walking tour. In 90 minutes, you will see the most iconic places of Haarlem while solving fun puzzles about the environment. Do your best and set a new high score for the trip together with your friends or family. As Discovery Trips is self-guided, there are no fixed starting times. You can pick whenever you want to start discovering and pause at any time. In this trip, you'll need to find the missing portrait of Pieter Teyler. Mr. Teyler is a well-known resident of Haarlem. The Teylers Museum and the Teylers Hofje are built with his inheritance. Letters indicate that he has hidden a painting and left hints throughout the entire city. Can you find the painting? Update: We received feedback that the puzzles were to easy, so we recently updated our puzzles to make them more challenging! What are you waiting for? Let's start discovering!

Explore Haarlem in this self-guided detective scavenger hunt. In City Detective, you and your team solve a fictional case while exploring the city: a world-renowned fashion designer was found murdered in her studio in Haarlem, and it’s up to you to crack the case. This fun and flexible Haarlem city game lets you follow clues, eliminate suspects, and solve puzzles using your own smartphone. Along the way, you'll uncover quirky facts, hidden gems, and iconic landmarks, making it a unique thing to do in Haarlem. Highlights: • Self-guided scavenger hunt through Haarlem city centre. • Play at your own pace: start and pause whenever you like. • Follow clues, solve puzzles, and eliminate suspects. • Use your own phone = no tour guide needed. • Access via the Qugato app. • Available in English and Dutch. Whether you're with friends, family, or colleagues, this Haarlem detective game is a fun, flexible and interactive way to explore the city and challenge your inner sleuth.

Haarlem becomes the crime scene in this self-guided detective game, where the clues are hidden in plain sight in the streets around you. The case is the murder of Balthasar, and the evidence is scattered across the old centre - past St Bavo, Bakenesserkerk, Teylers Museum and Frans Hals Museum. You decode messages, photograph what does not add up and press digital witnesses whose stories never quite line up. Every puzzle you crack removes a name from the list of suspects. Play as a couple, bring the children along, or send two or three teams out at the same time and turn the investigation into a race - which is what makes this murder mystery game work as well for a team outing as for a day out. The last answer is waiting somewhere in the centre of Haarlem.

Discover the best of Haarlem without the pressure of a guided tour when you participate in this app-led game. Answer questions and discover interesting facts about the city all from your smartphone and compete for the top score with your friends and family. Use the GPS to find nice squares, streets, and landmarks, stopping for as little or as long as you want at each location.

Discover Haarlem like never before with the Secrets of Haarlem City Game, a fun self-guided walking tour and city game packed with puzzles, riddles and hidden stories! This GPS-based exploration game lets you experience Haarlem while exploring famous spots such as the Frans Hals Museum, the Teylers Museum, the Nieuwe Kerk, the Paterskerk and Kenaupark. Play solo for a personal challenge or together with friends, family or colleagues. During the game you solve tricky questions, puzzles, riddles and creative photo tasks to score points, unlock extra clues and solve the final mystery. Pause whenever you want and continue later at your own pace. Compete for a place on the leaderboard or play competitively for team building, making this scavenger hunt and walking tour through Haarlem perfect for every type of explorer.

Haarlem itself becomes the puzzle in this self-guided outdoor escape game - no venue, no host, just your team and the streets. Magnus has taken the formulas and scattered the proof across the old centre, past Grote Markt and Grote of Sint-Bavokerk, and every location holds a code, a riddle or a photo task waiting to be cracked. Roles matter here: one player reads, another looks, and the team moves on only once you agree. Send two or more teams out at the same time and the hunt becomes a contest, which is what makes this city escape game work as well for a team-building afternoon as for a day out with friends. Reading clues while the city moves around you is part of the challenge.