Finlaysonin Sähkövalo [Finlayson’s Electric Light]

Finlaysonin Sähkövalo [Finlayson’s Electric Light]

Very Positive (23 ratings)

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Exciting times are ahead in Tampere, as the Finlayson factory is about to become the first place in the Nordic countries to have electric lighting! You and a group of esteemed guests have been invited to witness the grand test illumination on March 15, 1882. Upon arrival, you and your companion are hurried to the back of the factory. The assistant engineer informs you that something is amiss – the test bulb won’t ignite, and the project’s chief engineer is missing! The assistant engineer hopes that you can use your expertise to figure out what’s wrong in the dynamo room. Can you fix the issue and ignite the lighting? Will Tampere become the first city in the Nordic countries to receive electric lighting?

  • 2-6
  • 60 mins
  • Hard
  • Not scary

Awards

Ratings

All ratings (23)

Very Positive

Gameplay
Very Positive
Atmosphere
Very Positive
Customer service
Very Positive

Reviews

@Nordic
Nordic

23 escape rooms

Considering the chosen theme, story and the limited space of the company this was built absolutely perfectly. It accomplished everything I was expecting of it! High tech puzzles and great lighting, sound and special effects that evoked child like wonder, great logical puzzles that all had some new twists to not quite be like other puzzles. It even managed to pack in an interesting story and surprising twists! Everything was very tactile and made us feel like we were operating real machinery. A lot of fun props! We had such a fun time with the whole experience! This may just be the absolute ceiling of what an escape room can be like without actors or multiple rooms. It lands on spot number 3 on my list!

Gameplay

Great flow on a big and small scale. All puzzles were unique enough and very fun!

Atmosphere

I'd say the atmosphere was accomplished perfectly. Exactly as it should have been. All effects, lighting and sound were excellent!

Customer service

Great GMing! Very polite and clearly enthusiastic about escape rooms!

Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Absolutely made me feel like I was in one of those interactive sience and discovery museums! Every puzzle is like an interactive toy model of a machine!

Story

For a very gameplay oriented theme the story was surprisingly good and even based in real life history!

Difficulty

Hard

Not hard for us ;) but definitely in the traditional hard difficulty of room a room.

Game tech

High tech

Every thing was automatic with sensors and mechanisms. Impressive lighting, sound and special effects!

Ideal number of players

4

Some non-linear moments and great team puzzles made this an excellent 4 person game!

Scary

Not scary

Minimum age

8

Although on the more difficult side for a room, most puzzles are so tactile and fun that even a younger child would get a lot out of this. Some puzzles would definitely require an adult though.

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Somewhat

Easy to find location

Yes

Sep 20, 2026 | Experienced Sep 20, 2026

A

Annrl

48 escape rooms

Great flow, fun tasks. Easily in the top 3 of escape rooms I’ve done in Finland. Highly recommend for experienced escape roomers

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Story
Difficulty

Hard

Scary

Not scary

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Jul 23, 2025

C

ColSandels1764

49 escape rooms

This was a very well done escape room with nicely utilized technology, fun for the whole family and introduction to historic events of Tampere. Some tricky parts (mostly due overthinking) but mostly quite straightforward and sufficiently challenging puzzles.

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Ideal number of players

4

Mar 25, 2024

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