The Night Shift runs from Saturday 17 October to Sunday 8 November 2026. The whole venue is in Halloween mode during opening hours, and every night at 20:00 the night shift clocks in: the lights go down and the atmosphere turns darker. Opening hours change during the autumn holidays, so check them before you come.
The Night Shift
About fifty years ago, this building was the General Motors factory. On Halloween night, a crew of workers started their shift, but never clocked out. No trace, no explanation. Just an empty floor by morning.
Every year, around that same night, the old crew comes back to pick up where they left off. The cars they used to work on are long gone, so they made Experience Factory their own, each of them shaping it to their liking. Every night at 20:00, their shift starts all over again. Stuck in that last Halloween night, they are still finishing a shift that started fifty years ago.
From 17 October to 8 November, step onto the old factory floor, if you dare, and discover how the night shift has changed the experiences. Maybe you will even learn that some shifts never really end.
Press play. Sound on.
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17/10 → 08/11
Three weeks of Night Shifts
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20:00
Lights down, the Night Shift clocks in
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1:16.666
The lap time to hit, to the thousandth
What happens when the Night Shift clocks in
During the day, the venue stays family-friendly, already dressed for Halloween with pumpkins in every corner and the night shift on the screens. At 20:00 sharp, it switches. The lights go down, the screens turn darker, and every now and then a laugh rings out over the sound system that nobody on the day shift will own up to.
Our crew works the whole period in work suits, the way the plant’s workers once did, and a Halloween photobooth lets you take the Night Shift home with you.
The activities themselves do not change and there is no surcharge: you book karting, Time Mission, axe throwing or a pack exactly as usual, and the night shift comes with it.
The karting challenge: 1:16.666, to the thousandth
This time it is not about being the fastest. It is about being exact.
Drive one lap in exactly 1:16.666 in a Speed 4 session, or exactly 1:26.666 in a Speed 3 session. Not a thousandth under, not a thousandth over. It sounds easy until you are on the 1.1 km track, over three levels, trying to brake a fraction later on your final lap.
Hit it to the thousandth and the night shift has something for you. The challenge runs all day, every day of The Night Shift.
Speed 3 sessions (Fun) are open from 10 years old, Speed 4 sessions (Race) from 14, or younger with a Silver licence.
Quiz game and Time Mission on night duty
The quiz game gets horror-themed questions for the occasion. Time Mission changes its lighting and puts the night shift on its monitors, so the 25 rooms feel a lot less friendly than usual.
Everything else carries on as normal, only darker. Axe throwing, karaoke, interactive darts, the gaming arcades, mini karting and pool keep their usual game, inside a venue that has gone full Halloween.
The night shift clocks in at 20:00. Will you be there?
FAQ
No. There is no separate ticket and no surcharge. You book your activities or a pack at the usual price, and the Night Shift atmosphere and the karting challenge come with them.
At 20:00 the venue switches from the day shift to the night shift. The lights go down, the screens switch to darker scenes and a laugh rings out over the sound system from time to time. The activities keep running as usual, only in a darker setting.
Drive one lap in exactly 1:16.666 in a Speed 4 session, or exactly 1:26.666 in a Speed 3 session. It is not about going under the time: your lap has to match it to the thousandth of a second. Hit it and the night shift has something for you. The challenge runs all day, every day of The Night Shift. Speed 3 (Fun) sessions are open from 10 years old, Speed 4 (Race) sessions from 14, or younger with a Silver licence.
The whole venue is themed, and three activities get something extra. Karting has the 1:16.666 and 1:26.666 challenge, the quiz game gets horror-themed questions and Time Mission changes its lighting and shows the night shift on its monitors. Axe throwing, karaoke, interactive darts, the gaming arcades, mini karting and pool keep their usual game inside the Halloween atmosphere.
About fifty years ago, the building of Experience Factory Antwerp was the General Motors factory. On Halloween night, a crew of workers started their shift and never clocked out: no trace, no explanation, just an empty floor by morning. Every year around that same night the old crew comes back, and since the cars are long gone, they made Experience Factory their own. Every night at 20:00 their shift starts all over again. The Night Shift is our Halloween period, built around that story.
Yes. During the day the venue stays family-friendly, with a light Halloween theme: pumpkins, decorations and the night shift on the screens. From 20:00 the lights go down and the atmosphere turns darker. All activities keep their usual age rules.
