Teenage boys go viral on TikTok for spending the night in Ikea store

A group of teenagers who spent the night at Ikea believed they’d gotten away with their sleepover, before a split second decision led to disaster.

Two teenagers have gone viral on TikTok after they spent the night in Ikea, hiding from staff and filming themselves running wild through the store.

The boys, believed to be from Brisbane, shared the video on their profile Ywys Official, captioning the footage with “We stayed at Ikea overnight and this is what happened”.

In the video, they filmed customers leaving the Logan store as it closed at 6pm, while they hid from workers in the warehouse facility.

The pair filmed themselves hiding in warehouse scaffolding after the store closed. Picture: Tik Tok

The pair appeared to be sitting five metres above the ground in scaffolding which contained boxes of inventory, before they filmed themselves wandering aimlessly around the empty store.

They shared footage of them playing in hammocks before eventually blowing their cover by opening an alarmed door as they tried to get out of the store.

The pair filmed themselves wandering around the store and playing in display hammocks. Picture: Tik Tok

The pair fled through an alarmed door. Picture: Tik Tok

The so-called Ikea challenge began in 2016 when two Belgian YouTubers filmed their overnight stay in a store, where they tried out various beds and rated the store’s furniture.

In response to the growing trend, Ikea discouraged people from hiding in their stores overnight.

An Ikea representative said they had reported the incident to “authorities” with the intent of taking the matter further.

“Ikea Australia is aware of the recent incident in one of our stores and are liaising with authorities to take appropriate action with those involved,” a representative said in a statement.

“The safety of our customers is of utmost importance and we do not condone illegal trespassing in our stores.”

A spokesman for Queensland Police told NCA NewsWire officers were “investigating an alleged trespassing incident” at the store.

“No one has been charged in relation to this matter,” he said.