Six to eight teams, one phone each, 60 to 120 minutes on foot. €5 per pupil, teachers free.
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We are a group of language students and we played the game with our teacher: a great and fun way to practise, and learn interesting stuff about our city that we didn't know.
Perfect with a group of A Level pupils. Loved it.
Quests for classes
A school day with Questo in Antwerp is built around one long quest, The Lost Boy of Antwerp: A Mystery to Unravel. It starts at Groenplaats, just south of the cathedral, and covers the old town, the Scheldt riverside and the docks. Over about 5.5 km and 14 stops, teams pass the Stadhuis, Het Steen, the Carolus Borromeus church, the Paleis op de Meir and the Bourla theatre. They also reach the MAS beyond the Schipperskwartier and stop at the pedestrian tunnel under the river. It is pitched at pupils aged 11 to 14 (Key Stage 3), rated 4.2 out of 5 by 128 players, and needs no attraction tickets.
198 min · 5.5 km · 14 stops
Starts at Groenplaats
Architecture across periods, from Het Steen and the cathedral to the Stadhuis, Carolus Borromeus, the Paleis op de Meir and the Bourla theatre.
Teams of 3 to 5 share one phone.
Under-14s: one adult per 2 to 3 teams with agreed checkpoints; 14 to 18: your school's policy. Avoid regrouping on the crowded Meir.
The centre is walkable; De Lijn runs the trams, partly underground.
Its Groepsticket covers 10 to 30 people, 2.20 euros each, 60 minutes, travelling together, so split larger classes. Avoid 15:30 to 18:00.
Public toilets are scarce, about 100 across the whole city, and Meir shops often refuse.
Plan stops at public buildings during opening hours, such as the MAS, the Permeke library or Centraal Station.
Classes eat packed lunches in the Stadspark, near Centraal Station, where Bar Capitale's toilets are open to non-customers for a fee, or in Droogdokkenpark on Eilandje.
Take all litter away.
The MAS boulevard, rooftop panorama and Visible Storage are free without a ticket, and booked school groups enter the museum free.
If rain spoils the day, replay the quest free within 30 days.
Caution: Antwerp trams share streets with traffic in parts of the centre and cyclists are numerous. Brief pupils to stay off tram tracks and cycle paths, and cross only at marked crossings.
Antwerp's development from the medieval riverside fortress of Het Steen to the Gothic cathedral, the Renaissance Stadhuis, the Baroque Carolus Borromeus church, the 18th-century Paleis op de Meir and the 19th-century Bourla theatre.
Urban geography of a port city, following the Scheldt from the old centre to the docks around the MAS and the pedestrian tunnel under the river. Pupils also practise map reading and orientation as teams find each stop.
Pupils read and follow written instructions and story text to solve each puzzle. The quest is also available in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian and Dutch, so a languages class can play it in the language they study.
Teams share one phone, agree on answers, manage their own time between checkpoints and move safely and respectfully through a busy city centre.
Price and terms
No minimum group, no time slot.
A class of 30 on one quest: €150.
Choose a questTell us the quest or city, the class size and the dates. We send an invoice to the school.
In short
A school trip to Antwerp with Questo is a self-guided city quest. Pupils in teams of 3 to 5 follow a route of 14 to 14 stops on foot, solving a puzzle at each, in 195 to 200 minutes. 1 quests suit classes aged 11 to 14. There is no guide and no time slot: the class starts when it arrives. The price is €5 per pupil, and teachers play free.
Pupils are an estimate: groups of four or more teams starting one quest together, at about four pupils a team, across all cities since 2018. Ratings are from players of these quests.
In a randomised study of 10,912 students, a single cultural trip raised critical thinking, tolerance and interest in culture weeks later.
458 Amsterdam pupils walked the medieval city in teams, solving tasks on phones at real locations. They learned more than classmates taught the same topic in lessons.
Source: Huizenga et al., Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2009
Across hundreds of studies, game-based learning beats non-game teaching on knowledge and retention; story and playing together are what make the difference.
Source: Sailer and Homner, Educational Psychology Review, 2020
| A Questo quest | A guided walking tour | |
|---|---|---|
| Who is active | Every pupil, in a team | 30 pupils listening to one guide |
| Start | When you arrive | 10:00 sharp |
| Pace | Each team at its own, pause for lunch | The group moves on |
| What the teacher gets before | Plays the whole route free | A confirmation email |
| Price | €5 per pupil, teachers free | €12–€25 per pupil, teachers often charged |
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