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Vetenskapsradion Historia Performs *The Witch Trials* We were visited by a group from the Swedish Radio program *Vetenskapsradion Historia*. They played The Witch Trials to experience one aspect of this new way of engaging with history. Their experiences are featured in the program “That’s Why We Want to Explore History,” which aired on April 21. We are delighted that the reporting team wanted to visit us, and […]

"The Witch Trials" Featured on "Best of Morty 2025" "The Witch Trials" is the only escape room in Sweden to be included on the "Best of Morty 2025" list. The list is compiled by aggregating ratings on Morty, an app where escape room enthusiasts around the world can rate and review the rooms they play. This year’s list includes 358 escape rooms around the world

Is Nobel's dynamite factory Stockholm's best escape room? This summer, we were visited by Escaperoomers.de, a group that plays and ranks escape rooms. They played all of our rooms as part of their trip to Sweden. So far, they have played over 3,000 rooms around the world. Of the rooms they played in Stockholm, they ranked Nobel's dynamite factory

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. By decision of the Union, Kristian II, King of Denmark, had the legal right to also become King of Sweden. A

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'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 -