What is the Leipzig outdoor escape game?
The Leipzig outdoor escape game is an escape room that moves out into the city centre: the puzzles are hidden in Leipzig's landmarks, and you solve them on your phone. Plan on about 2 hours, with 30 minutes of walking over 2.2 km and 10 stops, and pick a day that suits you.
Each puzzle belongs to one stop, from Augustusplatz to the tower of the New Town Hall, and stands alone, so no storyline links the stops. Stuck? You may reach for as many as three successive hint levels before you move on. Leipzig suits the format: its churches, markets and cellars sit a short walk apart, so the game feels like one long stroll through the city's history.
- Durationabout 2 hours
- Walkingabout 30 min · 2.2 km
- Stops10
- LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Dutch, Polish
What you do on the escape game
Solve
At each stop you work out the puzzle by reading the surroundings and thinking it through. No prior knowledge is needed.
Notice the details
Clues sit in the details of each place, from the decoration on a façade to the figures on a monument.
Walk
Google Maps leads you from one stop to the next, roughly 30 minutes of walking across 2.2 km.
Pace yourself
There is no countdown. Ask for a hint when you need one, pause for a coffee, and carry on later or another day.
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How it works
- Book online Choose the number of players. Your booking reference arrives by email straight away.
- Get the app Download the World City Trail app from the App Store or Google Play and enter your booking reference.
- Play when you like Start whenever you are ready, walk at your own pace and pause any time. No guide, no fixed schedule.
Who it suits
Friends
Each puzzle gives the group something to debate, and nobody needs to know Leipzig beforehand.
Couples
A shared challenge that keeps you talking as you wander between squares, cellars and churches, with no clock ticking.
Team building
Teams of up to 5 play on their own phones, an easy format for colleagues.
Good to know
- Bring a charged smartphone with mobile data; a power bank helps.
- Best started in daylight, so you can see the details the puzzles ask about.
- No entry tickets needed: everything happens outside the buildings. Going inside is optional and paid separately.
- Family friendly; children must be accompanied by an adult.
- Not suitable for wheelchair users and difficult with strollers.
- Teams of up to 5 work best; bigger groups split into several teams, one ticket per player.
- Every purchase helps support stray cats and dogs in Greece.
Puzzle route: from Augustusplatz to the New Town Hall
10 stops · about 30 min walking · start: Augustusplatz · finish: New Town Hall
Augustusplatz holds the opening puzzle, with the Krochhochhaus next, then St Nicholas Church and the glass cube of the Museum of Fine Arts. Next come the Markt and the Old Town Hall, then the Naschmarkt and Auerbachs Keller, followed by St Thomas Church. The last puzzle is at the New Town Hall. Daylight suits the start best, since rain or wind slow the outdoor pace. Google Maps guides you, the app lets you change the order, and no entry tickets are needed.
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1AugustusplatzStart
Augustusplatz is one of the largest squares in Germany, framed by the Opera House of 1960, the Gewandhaus concert hall of 1981 and the main building of Leipzig University. The university's Paulinum, with its church-like gable, recalls the University Church that the East German authorities blew up in 1968.
2Krochhochhaus
Built in 1927 and 1928 for the banker Hans Kroch to a design by German Bestelmeyer, this tower is regarded as Leipzig's first high-rise. On its roof two bronze figures strike a large bell, an idea taken from the clock tower on St Mark's Square in Venice, above the Latin motto Omnia vincit labor.
3St Nicholas Church (Nikolaikirche)
St Nicholas Church goes back to around 1165, but its interior was redesigned in classical style in the late 18th century, with columns that open out into palm fronds. Its Monday prayers for peace became the starting point of the peaceful demonstrations of 1989, and a copy of a palm column stands outside in the churchyard.
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4Museum of Fine Arts
Since 2004 Leipzig's Museum of Fine Arts has occupied this large glass cube, built on the former Sachsenplatz. Its collection runs from the late Middle Ages to the present day and includes Max Klinger's famous statue of Beethoven.
5Markt
Leipzig's market square has been the centre of trade since the Middle Ages, and in 1497 the emperor granted the city its trade fair privilege, which drew merchants from across Europe. The Old Town Hall takes up the whole east side, while baroque and later merchants' houses frame the rest.
6Old Town Hall
The Old Town Hall was built in 1556 and 1557 under the direction of Hieronymus Lotter in less than a year and is one of the most important Renaissance town halls in Germany. Notice the tower set off-centre and the long arcade along the market front, and inside is the Museum of City History.
7Naschmarkt
Behind the Old Town Hall lies the Naschmarkt, a small square dominated by the Old Stock Exchange, a baroque building completed in 1687 as a meeting place for merchants. In front of it stands a statue of the young Goethe, who studied law in Leipzig.
8Auerbachs Keller
This wine cellar beneath the Mädler Passage dates back to the 16th century and owes its fame to Goethe, who set a scene of Faust here. At the entrance stairs stand bronze groups of Faust with Mephisto and of the bewitched students, and according to legend Faust rode out of the cellar on a wine barrel.
9St Thomas Church (Thomaskirche)
Johann Sebastian Bach was cantor here from 1723 until his death in 1750, and since 1950 his grave has been in the chancel. The church is home to the St Thomas Boys Choir, founded in 1212, and a bronze statue of Bach stands on the square outside.
10New Town HallFinish
The New Town Hall was built between 1899 and 1905 to designs by Hugo Licht on the site of the old Pleissenburg castle. Its tower, about 115 metres high, rises on the base of the castle tower and is one of the tallest town hall towers in Germany.
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