Brothers Open Rage Room Where Customers Smash TVs, Chairs and Bottles: "Can't Keep Up With Supply"

WEURT -- In a warehouse in the small Dutch village of Weurt, a towering pile of discarded chairs, cabinets, televisions and glass windows awaits destruction. Visitors are invited to smash everything to pieces with brute force. Brothers Jeff and Mitch Janssen, the owners, say the demand for stress relief is enormous. "We wanted something different from a standard outing like an escape room," Jeff says. The concept is simple: the brothers stock a room with items ripe for destruction -- empty wine bottles, TV sets, garden gnomes, even children's chairs. Visitors pick a "weapon" from a selection of hammers, steel pipes and crowbars, then suit up in masks, gloves and overalls before going to town. Jeff's personal favorite is smashing plastic garden chairs: "They explode into pieces when you hit them." Once customers have vented, one of the brothers sweeps up the debris and hauls it to the recycling center. Sourcing enough breakable items is not a problem. "We have a whole network of thrift stores around us. They can't sell everything they receive, so the stuff that would be thrown away ends up here," Jeff explains. For the past six months, the brothers have also offered axe throwing. A heavy chopping axe is hurled at a projected target, and visitors can even project their own images onto the bullseye. "You can imagine people enjoy throwing at a photo of their ex," Mitch says with a grin. Jeff believes the experience can be genuinely therapeutic. "Especially with quiet, shy people -- I see a real difference afterward. They come back to life."