What is VI SES?

VI SES is an interactive exhibition combined with a Braille museum in the Old Town (Gamla Stan) of Stockholm. A fun and joyful trip led by a blind guide, in total darkess.

Blind guide leading visitors through a darkened cityscape in the VI SES exhibition in Stockholm.VI SES is a sensory project combined with an interactive exhibition in the Old Town (Gamla Stan) of Stockholm.
One hour interactive and educational adventure in light and darkness, accompanied by a blind guide, which will surely enchant and capture your senses.
We take you to a world where you can experience the life of people who, due to their visual impairment, live in complete or partial darkness, but live a full life.

Your journey at VI SES will include two parts:

Information and tools
• Lots of special tools and interesting objects that blind people might use during their everyday life.
• An antique dictionary showing the Braille alphabet
• Write your name with a Braille-typewriter, or send “decrypted” message to others.
• Try to read a book with your fingers
• Play games, like chess and cards, without vision

Dark environments
Here you will find yourself in a specially designed and furnished adventure in completely darkened space. You will visit an apartment, a vibrant city, a relaxing rainforest and other interesting places under the supervision by a visual impaired guide, all in secured and safe circumstances. This adventure tour takes max. 60 minutes.
• The tour includes sound and scent effects!
• Please let us know if you have allergy on anything!
VI SES! = SEE YOU!

Booking

Each group can contain up to 8 people. Please keep in mind the program is taking place partly in darkness, meaning that you will possibily be accompanied by other persons in the dark area. VI SES is only accessible to children over 10 years of age. Booking is subject to accept to approve our GDPR policy. 

Please read the visitor etiquette! We reserve the right to change the program.

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Navigate in total darkness

Learn and experience your own senses

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

What is VI SES?
A sensory interactive exhibition with the mission to show the everyday life of blind people to the sighted through real life experiences.
You find us at Österlånggatan 41, 111 31 Stockholm. located in the heart of Stockholms’ Old town, in the neigborhood of Nobel Museet and Kungliga Slosset. We advise you to arrive by public transport (T-bana: Slussen or Gamla Stan).
The exhibition consists of two parts. Visitors usually spend 15 to 30 minutes in the visible part, where they can familiarize themselves with aids and blind games, and 45 to 50 minutes in the dark part.
VI SES can be visited from the age of 10. At least one companion over the age of 18 is always required in the group.
Although there are no scary sounds or other effects on the show, we would like to highlight to the fact that for a small child, due to their age, total darkness can cause fear in some cases. Keep this in mind when planning your program! Access to the exhibition is not possible under the age of 10.
Due to the nature of VI SES, the dark part of the exhibition is not wheelchair or stroller accessible.
We recommend to come in comfortable clothes and shoes. No other equipment is required to enter.
Of course.
Due to the personal nature of the exhibition and to avoid unpleasant expectations, reservations are strongly recommended. We depart groups with a maximum of 8 people in the dark area every 30/60 minutes. When these places are full, drop-in guests can only be accepted and grouped only by cancellation.
Please use the Booking link. We provide 8 free places for one timeslot, in the event of a larger number of people, the next 8 free places/places can be used. Our email address is booking@vi-ses.se where you can also write about your booking.
You can cancel your booking by phone, email.
Yes, but only in case of group bookings. There is no group discount if number of people coming does not reach 15 people! Please notify us of any changes to your registration at least one day in advance.

Visitor etiquette

PLEASE MAKE SURE TO ARRIVE 15 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE BOOKED TIME TO BUY TICKETS, LISTEN TO ALL THE INFORMATION FROM THE RECEPTION STAFF AND TO PREPARE THE TOUR.

Visitors MUST LEAVE ALL types of coats and jackets, handbags, bags etc., mobile phones, wristwatches and all light or sound emitting objects and recording devices in the provided lockers. For safety reasons, visitors must strictly follow the guide’s recommendations. Some people might feel unconfortable in total darkness, so at any given time or reason, visitors have the right to leave dark area of VI SES by informing about the desire to leave. Guide than leads the visitor back to the “visible” part.
In the event of a delay, the reception staff may deny entry to visitors arriving late due to visitor comfort, quality and safety.

Health issues
For safety reasons, we do not allow the dark tour for people with health disabilities that might affect mobility in the darkness. VI SES reserves the right to exclude from the tour in case VI SES staff was not informed in advance.

Children
VI SES is recommended for children over 10 years of age. Exceptions may be made based on a child’s level of communication and other factors. VI SES staff reserves the right to refuse to enter a child under 10 years of age in the dark area.

Disabilities, accessibility
For our dark tour visitors need to have full legs and hands, as well as they need to be able to communicate clearly verbally. We reserve the right to refuse to enter to dark area to people with special disabilities, in case VI SES staff considers it dangerous for the visitor.

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Prices and opening hours

Prices

Adult

15+

Child, Student

(10-15)

Group price

minimum 15 playing visitor

Opening hours

Please arrive 15 minutes before the booked time to redeem your ticket and achieve basic information!
Open time slots in the booking calendar are available to book.

Team Building

If you are large group or for any other reason needs special arrangements, please send us an e-mail to booking@vi-ses.se and we can customize a visit due to your wishes.

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Giftcard

Get your giftcard now!
  1. Send email to booking@vi-ses.se with the desired amound of your gift card.
  2. We send you a payment request.
  3. As the payment is done, we’ll send you an online voucher in e-mail, which can be exchanged to any timeslots.

Vouchers are valid for 12 months.

För skolor

För lärare och skolklasser

En upplevelse hos VI SES ökar förståelsen för hur blinda eller gravt synskade personer har det i vardagen.
I vårt speciella skolprogram får eleverna dels tillbringa tid i den interaktiva utställningen, dels ta en guidad tur i mörkret med en av våra guider.
Vi genomför skolprogrammet under förmiddagar tis-fre, med start 08:30 alternativt 10:30.

Experience the world through the eyes of the visually impaired at VI SES

Normal tidsåtgång:
• 15 min introduktion (inkl lägga mobil, etc i våra värdeskåp)
• 45 min i interaktiv utställningen
• 45 min guidad tur
(max 10 elever samtidigt per guidad tur)

Vårt specialpris för sådant arrangemang är 200 kr per elev (inkl moms).

Goda råd!
Det är lämpligt att hela klassen anländer samtidigt till våra lokaler i Gamla Stan.
Sätt gärna ihop grupperna i förväg, 8-10 personer per grupp.
Det kan vara bra att förbereda eleverna redan i klassrummet, t ex samla frågor:
– Drömmer de blinda?
– Vad betyder färger för dem?
– När är tekoppen fylld med varmt vatten?
Skriv ner frågorna och ta med er!

Avbokning måste göras via e-post eller telefon senast 48 timmar före bokad tid.
Kontakta oss på mail eller telefon så kan vi berätta mer i detalj vad som är möjligt.

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