"Operation Christmas Market" Outdoor Adventure Room Zurich

Explore Zurich in winter and at Christmas, and solve a range of exciting puzzles outdoors with your team.

Set off with your group and your first cup of takeaway mulled wine, exploring Zurich’s most beautiful Christmas markets as you try to uncover the secret mulled wine recipe. Can you retrieve the recipe from the sealed message in a bottle? Equipped with an iPad and an Action Pack, it’s your mission to do just that.

Along the way, you can warm up with another mulled wine and some cosy sheepskins, and take fun photos in the photo booth to make sure you remember the day.

Get ready for 2 hours of puzzle-solving fun with your team in festive Zurich, mulled wine in hand!

Meeting point: Sam’s Pizza courtyard.

Meet by the fountain in the courtyard, where your game host will be waiting with a lantern.

Preparation: briefing and equipment.

You’ll be briefed on your mission and given everything you need, including a takeaway mulled wine.

Activity: find the mulled wine recipe.

For 2 hours, you’ll explore Zurich, follow clues on your iPad, enjoy another cup of mulled wine during a break on warm sheepskins, take photos in the photo booth and try to complete your mission.

Return: Sam’s Pizza courtyard.

When your countdown runs out, return to the starting point, where your Outdoor Adventure Room comes to an end.

Practical information

• Suitable for groups of 4 to 20
• Alcohol-free mulled wine also available
• No strenuous physical activity required
• Suitable for wheelchair users
• Starting point 3 minutes from Zurich main station

During “Operation Christmas”, you’ll be guided past Zurich’s oldest Christmas market. The so-called “Dörfli-Markt” is in Niederdorf and has been selling a range of specialities for over 40 years.

The delicious Hungarian lángos are especially popular: deep-fried yeast dough flatbreads topped with cheese, sour cream and plenty of garlic. They pair perfectly with mulled wine.

• Runs only during the run-up to Christmas