Kruideniersmuseum (Grocery Museum) Utrecht on a city game

The Kruideniersmuseum is a small museum about the old Dutch grocer's trade, tucked away in the historic centre of Utrecht. It shows what an old-fashioned grocery shop looked like, with the counters, jars, tins and drawers that once stood in shops all over the Netherlands.

It is worth a stop because it is so different from the big landmarks around it. Where the Dom tower and the old canals tell the story of a powerful city, the grocery museum is about everyday life: what people bought and how a shopkeeper worked behind the counter.

Secrets of Utrecht is the game that passes the Kruideniersmuseum (Grocery Museum) Utrecht. It is a self-guided exploration game in the historic centre, played beneath the Dom tower.

On the way you pass City Hall (Stadhuis) and the Winkel van Sinkel, then the Former Main Post Office on the Neude. A little further on, the grocery museum appears on your route, and more stops in the old centre follow. At each stop a riddle, a puzzle or a photo task is waiting, so you look at the streets in a way you would not on an ordinary walk. Play time is 1.5 to 2 hours and the price is €19.95 per team: one phone, at most 4 players.

You buy a ticket, open the game in the browser on your own phone and start whenever you like. There is no app to install and no guide waiting for you.

The phone shows you where to walk and gives you the next task when you arrive. One phone is enough for a team of up to 4 players, so friends, couples and families can play together and talk over every answer.

Utrecht has two more games, each with its own route: the Sherlock Holmes murder mystery in Utrecht, which passes the Centraal Museum and the Dom Tower, and The Utrecht Syndicate (outdoor escape game), an outdoor alternative to an escape room for 2 to 5 players, played with the free Loquiz app.