diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/fritteli/labyrinth/generator/model/Labyrinth.java b/src/main/java/ch/fritteli/labyrinth/generator/model/Labyrinth.java
index 03b0e99..3390a3f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/fritteli/labyrinth/generator/model/Labyrinth.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/fritteli/labyrinth/generator/model/Labyrinth.java
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 package ch.fritteli.labyrinth.generator.model;
 
 import io.vavr.control.Option;
+import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.NonNull;
+import lombok.ToString;
 
 import java.util.Deque;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.Random;
 
+@EqualsAndHashCode
+@ToString
 public class Labyrinth {
     private final Tile[][] field;
     @Getter
@@ -16,6 +20,7 @@ public class Labyrinth {
     private final int height;
     @Getter
     private final long randomSeed;
+    @EqualsAndHashCode.Exclude
     private final Random random;
     @Getter
     private final Position start;
@@ -41,6 +46,25 @@ public class Labyrinth {
         this.generate();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * INTERNAL API.
+     * Exists only for deserialization. Not to be called from user code.
+     *
+     * @param field
+     * @param width
+     * @param height
+     * @param randomSeed
+     */
+    private Labyrinth(@NonNull final Tile[][] field, final int width, final int height, final long randomSeed) {
+        this.field = field;
+        this.width = width;
+        this.height = height;
+        this.randomSeed = randomSeed;
+        this.random = new Random(randomSeed);
+        this.start = new Position(0, 0);
+        this.end = new Position(this.width - 1, this.height - 1);
+    }
+
     @NonNull
     public Option<Tile> getTileAt(@NonNull final Position position) {
         return this.getTileAt(position.getX(), position.getY());
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/fritteli/labyrinth/generator/model/Tile.java b/src/main/java/ch/fritteli/labyrinth/generator/model/Tile.java
index c7fb01b..b3e9735 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/fritteli/labyrinth/generator/model/Tile.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/fritteli/labyrinth/generator/model/Tile.java
@@ -3,13 +3,18 @@ package ch.fritteli.labyrinth.generator.model;
 import io.vavr.collection.Stream;
 import io.vavr.control.Option;
 import lombok.AccessLevel;
+import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.NonNull;
+import lombok.ToString;
 import lombok.experimental.FieldDefaults;
 
+import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.Random;
 
 @FieldDefaults(level = AccessLevel.PRIVATE)
+@EqualsAndHashCode
+@ToString
 public class Tile {
     final Walls walls = new Walls();
     boolean visited = false;
@@ -20,6 +25,22 @@ public class Tile {
         this.walls.setAll();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * INTERNAL API.
+     * Exists only for deserialization. Not to be called from user code.
+     *
+     * @param walls
+     * @param solution
+     */
+    private Tile(@NonNull final EnumSet<Direction> walls, final boolean solution) {
+        for (final Direction direction : walls) {
+            this.walls.set(direction);
+            this.walls.harden(direction);
+        }
+        this.visited = true;
+        this.solution = solution;
+    }
+
     public void preventDiggingToOrFrom(@NonNull final Direction direction) {
         this.walls.harden(direction);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/fritteli/labyrinth/generator/model/Walls.java b/src/main/java/ch/fritteli/labyrinth/generator/model/Walls.java
index 0dced66..c7ce5e7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/fritteli/labyrinth/generator/model/Walls.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/fritteli/labyrinth/generator/model/Walls.java
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package ch.fritteli.labyrinth.generator.model;
 
 import io.vavr.collection.Stream;
+import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
 import lombok.NonNull;
+import lombok.ToString;
 
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.HashSet;
@@ -9,6 +11,8 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.SortedSet;
 import java.util.TreeSet;
 
+@EqualsAndHashCode
+@ToString
 public class Walls {
     private final SortedSet<Direction> directions = new TreeSet<>();
     private final Set<Direction> hardened = new HashSet<>();
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/fritteli/labyrinth/generator/serialization/LabyrinthInputStream.java b/src/main/java/ch/fritteli/labyrinth/generator/serialization/LabyrinthInputStream.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d13101
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/fritteli/labyrinth/generator/serialization/LabyrinthInputStream.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package ch.fritteli.labyrinth.generator.serialization;
+
+import lombok.NonNull;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+
+public class LabyrinthInputStream extends ByteArrayInputStream {
+    public LabyrinthInputStream(@NonNull final byte[] buf) {
+        super(buf);
+    }
+
+    public byte readByte() {
+        final int read = this.read();
+        if (read == -1) {
+            // end of stream reached
+            throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException("End of stream reached. Cannot read more bytes.");
+        }
+        return (byte) read;
+    }
+
+    public int readInt() {
+        int result = 0;
+        result |= (0xff & this.readByte()) << 24;
+        result |= (0xff & this.readByte()) << 16;
+        result |= (0xff & this.readByte()) << 8;
+        result |= 0xff & this.readByte();
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    public long readLong() {
+        long result = 0;
+        result |= ((long) this.readInt()) << 32;
+        result |= 0xffffffffL & this.readInt();
+        return result;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/fritteli/labyrinth/generator/serialization/LabyrinthOutputStream.java b/src/main/java/ch/fritteli/labyrinth/generator/serialization/LabyrinthOutputStream.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d2327f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/fritteli/labyrinth/generator/serialization/LabyrinthOutputStream.java
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package ch.fritteli.labyrinth.generator.serialization;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+
+public class LabyrinthOutputStream extends ByteArrayOutputStream {
+    public void writeByte(final byte value) {
+        this.write(value);
+    }
+
+    public void writeInt(final int value) {
+        this.write(value >> 24);
+        this.write(value >> 16);
+        this.write(value >> 8);
+        this.write(value);
+    }
+
+    public void writeLong(final long value) {
+        this.writeInt((int) (value >> 32));
+        this.writeInt((int) value);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/fritteli/labyrinth/generator/serialization/SerializerDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/ch/fritteli/labyrinth/generator/serialization/SerializerDeserializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3315202
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/fritteli/labyrinth/generator/serialization/SerializerDeserializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+package ch.fritteli.labyrinth.generator.serialization;
+
+import ch.fritteli.labyrinth.generator.model.Direction;
+import ch.fritteli.labyrinth.generator.model.Labyrinth;
+import ch.fritteli.labyrinth.generator.model.Tile;
+import lombok.NonNull;
+import lombok.experimental.UtilityClass;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.util.EnumSet;
+
+/**
+ * <pre>
+ * decimal hex border
+ *       0   0 no border
+ *       1   1 top
+ *       2   2 right
+ *       3   3 top+right
+ *       4   4 bottom
+ *       5   5 top+bottom
+ *       6   6 right+bottom
+ *       7   7 top+right+bottom
+ *       8   8 left
+ *       9   9 top+left
+ *      10   a right+left
+ *      11   b top+right+left
+ *      12   c bottom+left
+ *      13   d top+bottom+left
+ *      14   e right+bottom+left
+ *      15   f top+right+bottom+left
+ * </pre>
+ * ==&gt; bits 0..2: always 0; bit 3: 1=solution, 0=not solution; bits 4..7: encode walls
+ * ==&gt; first bytes are:
+ * <pre>
+ *   byte  hex meaning
+ *     00 0x1a magic
+ *     01 0xb1 magic
+ *     02 0x00 version (0x00 -> dev / unstable; will be bumped to 0x01 once stabilized)
+ * 03..06      width (int)
+ * 07..10      height (int)
+ * 11..18      random seed number (long)
+ * 19..        tiles
+ * </pre>
+ * exteaneous space (poss. last nibble) is ignored.
+ */
+@UtilityClass
+public class SerializerDeserializer {
+    private final byte MAGIC_BYTE_1 = 0x1a;
+    private final byte MAGIC_BYTE_2 = (byte) 0xb1;
+    private final byte VERSION_BYTE = 0x01;
+
+    private final byte TOP_BIT = 0b0000_0001;
+    private final byte RIGHT_BIT = 0b0000_0010;
+    private final byte BOTTOM_BIT = 0b0000_0100;
+    private final byte LEFT_BIT = 0b0000_1000;
+    private final byte SOLUTION_BIT = 0b0001_0000;
+
+    /**
+     * Serializes the {@code labyrinth} into a byte array.
+     *
+     * @param labyrinth The labyrinth to be serialized.
+     * @return The resulting byte array.
+     */
+    @NonNull
+    public byte[] serialize(@NonNull final Labyrinth labyrinth) {
+        @NonNull final LabyrinthOutputStream stream = new LabyrinthOutputStream();
+        final int width = labyrinth.getWidth();
+        final int height = labyrinth.getHeight();
+        final long randomSeed = labyrinth.getRandomSeed();
+        stream.writeByte(MAGIC_BYTE_1);
+        stream.writeByte(MAGIC_BYTE_2);
+        stream.writeByte(VERSION_BYTE);
+        stream.writeLong(randomSeed);
+        stream.writeInt(width);
+        stream.writeInt(height);
+        for (int y = 0; y < height; y++) {
+            for (int x = 0; x < width; x++) {
+                // We .get() it, because we want to crash hard if it is not available.
+                @NonNull final Tile tile = labyrinth.getTileAt(x, y).get();
+                final byte bitmask = getBitmaskForTile(tile);
+                stream.writeByte(bitmask);
+            }
+        }
+        return stream.toByteArray();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Deserializes the byte array into an instance of {@link Labyrinth}.
+     *
+     * @param bytes The byte array to be deserialized.
+     * @return An instance of {@link Labyrinth}.
+     */
+    @NonNull
+    public Labyrinth deserialize(@NonNull final byte[] bytes) {
+        final LabyrinthInputStream stream = new LabyrinthInputStream(bytes);
+        checkHeader(stream);
+        return readLabyrinthData(stream);
+    }
+
+    private static void checkHeader(@NonNull final LabyrinthInputStream stream) {
+        final byte magic1 = stream.readByte();
+        if (magic1 != MAGIC_BYTE_1) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid labyrinth data.");
+        }
+        final byte magic2 = stream.readByte();
+        if (magic2 != MAGIC_BYTE_2) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid labyrinth data.");
+        }
+        final int version = stream.readByte();
+        if (version != VERSION_BYTE) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown Labyrinth data version: " + version);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @NonNull
+    private static Labyrinth readLabyrinthData(@NonNull final LabyrinthInputStream stream) {
+        final long randomSeed = stream.readLong();
+        final int width = stream.readInt();
+        final int height = stream.readInt();
+
+        @NonNull final Tile[][] tiles = new Tile[width][height];
+        for (int x = 0; x < width; x++) {
+            tiles[x] = new Tile[height];
+        }
+
+        for (int y = 0; y < height; y++) {
+            for (int x = 0; x < width; x++) {
+                final byte bitmask = stream.readByte();
+                tiles[x][y] = getTileForBitmask(bitmask);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return createLabyrinth(tiles, width, height, randomSeed);
+    }
+
+    @NonNull
+    private Labyrinth createLabyrinth(@NonNull final Tile[][] field, final int width, final int height, final long randomSeed) {
+        try {
+            @NonNull final Constructor<Labyrinth> constructor = Labyrinth.class.getDeclaredConstructor(Tile[][].class, Integer.TYPE, Integer.TYPE, Long.TYPE);
+            constructor.setAccessible(true);
+            return constructor.newInstance(field, width, height, randomSeed);
+        } catch (final NoSuchMethodException | IllegalAccessException | InstantiationException | InvocationTargetException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Can not deserialize Labyrinth from labyrinth data.", e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @NonNull
+    private Tile createTile(@NonNull final EnumSet<Direction> walls, boolean solution) {
+        try {
+            @NonNull final Constructor<Tile> constructor = Tile.class.getDeclaredConstructor(EnumSet.class, Boolean.TYPE);
+            constructor.setAccessible(true);
+            return constructor.newInstance(walls, solution);
+        } catch (final NoSuchMethodException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Can not deserialize Tile from labyrinth data.", e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private byte getBitmaskForTile(@NonNull final Tile tile) {
+        byte bitmask = 0;
+        if (tile.hasWallAt(Direction.TOP)) {
+            bitmask |= TOP_BIT;
+        }
+        if (tile.hasWallAt(Direction.RIGHT)) {
+            bitmask |= RIGHT_BIT;
+        }
+        if (tile.hasWallAt(Direction.BOTTOM)) {
+            bitmask |= BOTTOM_BIT;
+        }
+        if (tile.hasWallAt((Direction.LEFT))) {
+            bitmask |= LEFT_BIT;
+        }
+        if (tile.isSolution()) {
+            bitmask |= SOLUTION_BIT;
+        }
+        return bitmask;
+    }
+
+    @NonNull
+    private Tile getTileForBitmask(final byte bitmask) {
+        final EnumSet<Direction> walls = EnumSet.noneOf(Direction.class);
+        if ((bitmask & TOP_BIT) == TOP_BIT) {
+            walls.add(Direction.TOP);
+        }
+        if ((bitmask & RIGHT_BIT) == RIGHT_BIT) {
+            walls.add(Direction.RIGHT);
+        }
+        if ((bitmask & BOTTOM_BIT) == BOTTOM_BIT) {
+            walls.add(Direction.BOTTOM);
+        }
+        if ((bitmask & LEFT_BIT) == LEFT_BIT) {
+            walls.add(Direction.LEFT);
+        }
+        final boolean solution = (bitmask & SOLUTION_BIT) == SOLUTION_BIT;
+        return createTile(walls, solution);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/ch/fritteli/labyrinth/generator/serialization/SerializerDeserializerTest.java b/src/test/java/ch/fritteli/labyrinth/generator/serialization/SerializerDeserializerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4839e9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/ch/fritteli/labyrinth/generator/serialization/SerializerDeserializerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package ch.fritteli.labyrinth.generator.serialization;
+
+import ch.fritteli.labyrinth.generator.model.Labyrinth;
+import lombok.NonNull;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+class SerializerDeserializerTest {
+    @Test
+    void testSerializeDeserializeTiny() {
+        @NonNull final Labyrinth expected = new Labyrinth(2, 2, 255);
+        @NonNull final byte[] bytes = SerializerDeserializer.serialize(expected);
+        @NonNull final Labyrinth result = SerializerDeserializer.deserialize(bytes);
+        assertEquals(expected, result);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testSerializeDeserializeMedium() {
+        @NonNull final Labyrinth expected = new Labyrinth(20, 20, -271828182846L);
+        @NonNull final byte[] bytes = SerializerDeserializer.serialize(expected);
+        @NonNull final Labyrinth result = SerializerDeserializer.deserialize(bytes);
+        assertEquals(expected, result);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testSerializeDeserializeLarge() {
+        @NonNull final Labyrinth expected = new Labyrinth(200, 320, 3141592653589793238L);
+        @NonNull final byte[] bytes = SerializerDeserializer.serialize(expected);
+        @NonNull final Labyrinth result = SerializerDeserializer.deserialize(bytes);
+        assertEquals(expected, result);
+    }
+}