Top Experiences in St. John's Church (Sint Janskerk)

Are you ready to transform a city exploration into an exciting adventure. With our mission-like city tour, you'll unravel mysteries, discover new places, and experience unique stories. During your journey through the city of Gouda, you'll visit both well-known and hidden historical sites while working together to solve the mystery. Do your best and try to achieve the highest score with your friends or family!

During this trip, you'll need to help Cornelis solve the ghost issue plaguing the City of Gouda. Can you help the ghosts find peace by solving their puzzles and bringing back peace to the whole city?

The journey is a self-guided walking tour that you can explore by solving clues. The adventure lasts approximately 1.5 hours. Since it's a self-guided tour, you can start it whenever you like!

This is a familiy friendly trip, which menas that the questions are solvable by kids (10+) and fun to do.

What are you waiting for? Let's start discovering!

Embark on a enchanting journey through time with our private walking tour, a 1.5-hour exploration of the historical heart of Gouda.

Throughout the tour, our guide will regale you with anecdotes and insights, offering a personalized glimpse into Gouda's storied past. This private walking tour is more than a stroll through history; it's an intimate encounter with the soul of a town, where every step whispers secrets of bygone eras.

Next to the stories about Gouda cheese, general Dutch history, and Gouda's most famous inhabitant: Erasmus, some more tour highlights include:

The iconic town hall of Gouda, located on the market square, which symbolizes the wealth and importance of the city.

The historic weighing house, which stands as a witness to Gouda's mercantile heritage.

The old Sint Janskerk, a towering masterpiece of Gothic architecture.

With us you will experience cities and musea in a new, fun and interactive way. It is self-guided, so you can start whenever you are ready. Using the app, you will walk through the city or a museum, while solving puzzles and riddles. Each game has a compelling storyline, where you help the main character escape or solve an urgent mission.

This City Xperience takes you back to the year 1800 in Gouda. Ans van Kempen is a widow with 3 children who is about to be evicted. She now has a final chance to get the money she needs. An ancestor of her husband worked for countess Jacoba in her castle at the border of the city. He hid gold bars that she gave him in a secret tunnel below the castle. He left instructions on how to find the tunnel, but so far nobody has been able to. Will you manage to find the entrance within 2 hours?

The game will lead you to 20 locations: the most famous sites of the city and lesser known sites. The Experience is available in Dutch.