• Recommended from age 10 by the organizer, who leaves the call to parents; kids 15 and under must come with an adult
• Tours in English or Dutch, chosen at the box office; a new tour starts every 15 minutes and lasts about an hour
• Book a day ahead online, since time slots fill up; the time on your ticket is when you join the queue, not when you go in

Live actors in period costume lead visitors through eight interactive shows covering 750 years of Amsterdam's darkest history, with full sets and special effects.

Groups of up to 30 move from room to room, and the actors pull people from the crowd into the scenes. It is dark and loud, with jump scares, so it suits kids who like a fright and laugh it off afterward.