OUR AWARDS

Over the years, De Gouden Kooi has received a lot of positive recognition for our work. Sometimes, this turns into an award. Below you’ll find an overview of the awards we’ve earned over the years.

  • Trends Gazelle - Trends - 2025

    We are nominated for Trends Gazelles 2025!
    Trends Gazelle is awarded based on growth figures: growth in added value, growth in personnel, and growth in cash flow.

    What started small and local has grown into the most award-winning escape rooms in Belgium, attracting international players to Mechelen.

    Want to know more? Check out the website of Trends.

  • Top Room - TERPECA - 2024

    TERPECA is the most prestigious global competition for the best escape rooms in the world. TERPECA stands for ‘Top Escape Rooms Project Enthusiasts Choice Award’, and you can take that literally. To nominate escape rooms, you need to have played at least 200 escape rooms worldwide, and to vote, you need to have experienced at least 100 escape rooms. In 2024, more than 1,300 enthusiasts voted to determine which 100 escape rooms belong to the absolute world top. ‘The Revenge of Han’ from De Gouden Kooi ranks 11th, winning the ‘Top Room’ award. ‘The Revenge of Han’ is now the best escape room in Belgium and the 11th best escape room in the world!

    Want to know more? Here’s the TERPECA website.

  • Audience Favorite - Escapetalk - 2024

    Every year, Escapetalk.nl, a leading review platform for escape rooms, awards the 'Public Favorite' prize. This award is given to escape room locations in the Benelux that have consistently received excellent reviews in the past year. It’s a prize from the public, who, in large numbers, enjoy the escape rooms in the Benelux and share their experiences on this platform.

    With a score of 9.4/10, the reviewers have determined that we belong to the absolute top in the Benelux. And we are very proud of that!

  • Family friendly award - Maison Slash - 2024

    In 2024, a Maison Slash family tested our escape walk.

    They saw that it was great, and we were awarded the ‘Approved by Maison Slash’ award.

    This means that our escape walk is family-friendly and a top activity for a fun outing with your kids!

  • Best of Morty Award - Morty - 2024

    Just like last year, we received our first award of the year in January. This one comes from Morty, an American review website and app. The Morty community has registered over 50,000 escape rooms worldwide, making it quite a challenge to make it onto this year's top list. Yet, we managed to achieve this with both of our escape experiences!

     

    "These experiences offer imaginative interactions, deep immersion into unique worlds, and excellent customer service," says Morty.

     

    It’s amazing to receive this award for our two escape experiences, ‘The Revenge of Han’ and ‘The Secret of Saint Rumoldus.’

    Want to know more? Check out the Morty website.