Here you can learn more about the history that inspired our escape rooms!

  • This year's Nobel Prize

    This week the Nobel Prizes are announced! We're celebrating with a 20% discount on the Nobel Dynamite Factory game from October 7-11. BOOK NOW!

  • Stockholm Bloodbath

    The conflict behind the Stockholm bloodbath was the culmination of years of conflict within the Swedish elite. At the time, there were powerful factions in Sweden that wanted to preserve the union with Denmark and those that wanted Sweden to become independent. According to decisions within the union, Kristian II, King of Denmark, had the legal right to also become King of Sweden. One...

  • The world citizen

    A citizen of the world, Alfred Nobel lived most of his life abroad and was often on the move. He grew up in Stockholm and St Petersburg. He spent much time in Germany, Scotland and France. His last home was in San Remo, Italy, where he also died. He was a true citizen of the world and spoke five languages. ....

  • The inventor and entrepreneur

    Inventor and entrepreneur Alfred Nobel is said to have said "If I get 300 ideas in a year and one of them is useful, then I am satisfied." And happy he should have been as he was granted over 355 patents during his lifetime. Alongside the dynamite and the fuse, he had many ideas in other fields. He...

  • The factory building

    The factory building In Vinterviken, one of Nobel's factory buildings remains. It was designed by the Belgian engineer Gustaf Delaplace and completed in 1891. Parts of the building were used to store coal and pyrite. Other parts were used for heating silicon, concentrating sulphuric acid and producing nitroglycerine. After the process in the factory, the dynamite mass was sent down to the water to be kneaded...

  • Nobel blast pits

    Nobel's blast pits In 1865, Alfred Nobel bought Vinterviken farm to build a factory for the production of nitroglycerine. This is how Vinterviken was described in the application: "situated in a narrow valley, surrounded by high forested mountains so that not even another built-up apartment is visible, and although the location is on the shore of Lake Mälaren, the sailing route is very distant -...

  • The explosions in Vinterviken

    The explosions in Vinterviken The production of dynamite was a risky business. Several explosions occurred in Nobel's factories on Södermalm and in Vinterviken. In June 1868, an explosion occurred in the dynamite factory's laboratory. The blast is heard all over the city, windows are shattered as far away as the Old Town and 14 people are killed. Theories about the cause of the accident are put forward but...

  • The cannonball in the main square

    The cannonball on Stortorget If you visit Stortorget in the Old Town, you can see a cannonball sitting in the corner of the house where Stortorgskällaren is today. According to folklore, the bullet almost hit Kristian II in the head when he was at a window inside the house. It is said to have been fired from Brunkeberg during Gustav Vasa's ...