diff --git a/16/ReindeerMaze.Tests/PuzzleSolverTests.cs b/16/ReindeerMaze.Tests/PuzzleSolverTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..546a3f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/16/ReindeerMaze.Tests/PuzzleSolverTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+namespace ReindeerMaze.Tests;
+
+public class PuzzleSolverTests
+{
+  [Test]
+  [MethodDataSource(nameof(SolveTestCases))]
+  public async Task Solve_WhenCalledWithInput_ItShouldReturnExpectedValue(SolveTestCase testCase)
+  {
+    var result = PuzzleSolver.Solve(testCase.Input);
+
+    await Assert.That(result).IsEqualTo(testCase.ExpectedValue);
+  }
+
+  public static IEnumerable<Func<SolveTestCase>> SolveTestCases()
+  {
+    yield return () => new(
+      [
+        "###############",
+        "#.......#....E#",
+        "#.#.###.#.###.#",
+        "#.....#.#...#.#",
+        "#.###.#####.#.#",
+        "#.#.#.......#.#",
+        "#.#.#####.###.#",
+        "#...........#.#",
+        "###.#.#####.#.#",
+        "#...#.....#.#.#",
+        "#.#.#.###.#.#.#",
+        "#.....#...#.#.#",
+        "#.###.#.#.#.#.#",
+        "#S..#.....#...#",
+        "###############",
+      ], 
+      7036
+    );
+
+    yield return () => new(
+      [
+        "#################",
+        "#...#...#...#..E#",
+        "#.#.#.#.#.#.#.#.#",
+        "#.#.#.#...#...#.#",
+        "#.#.#.#.###.#.#.#",
+        "#...#.#.#.....#.#",
+        "#.#.#.#.#.#####.#",
+        "#.#...#.#.#.....#",
+        "#.#.#####.#.###.#",
+        "#.#.#.......#...#",
+        "#.#.###.#####.###",
+        "#.#.#...#.....#.#",
+        "#.#.#.#####.###.#",
+        "#.#.#.........#.#",
+        "#.#.#.#########.#",
+        "#S#.............#",
+        "#################",
+      ],
+      11048
+    );
+  }
+
+  public record SolveTestCase(string[] Input, int ExpectedValue);
+}
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diff --git a/16/ReindeerMaze/Program.cs b/16/ReindeerMaze/Program.cs
index 5f94bf8..4bc4da6 100644
--- a/16/ReindeerMaze/Program.cs
+++ b/16/ReindeerMaze/Program.cs
@@ -1,24 +1,107 @@
 using System.Diagnostics;
 
-if (args.Length is 0)
-{
-  Console.WriteLine("Please provide a path to the input file.");
-  return;
-}
-
-if (File.Exists(args[0]) is false)
-{
-  Console.WriteLine("The provided file does not exist.");
-  return;
-}
+// if (args.Length is 0)
+// {
+//   Console.WriteLine("Please provide a path to the input file.");
+//   return;
+// }
+//
+// if (File.Exists(args[0]) is false)
+// {
+//   Console.WriteLine("The provided file does not exist.");
+//   return;
+// }
 
 var isPart2 = args.Length is 2 && args[1] is "part2";
-var input = await File.ReadAllLinesAsync(args[0]);
+var input = await File.ReadAllLinesAsync(Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "INPUT.txt"));
 
 var stopwatch = new Stopwatch();
 stopwatch.Start();
 
-// TODO: Implement solution
+var result = PuzzleSolver.Solve(input);
 
 stopwatch.Stop();
-Console.WriteLine($". ({stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms)");
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+Console.WriteLine($"The lowest score a Reindeer could get is {result}. ({stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms)");
+
+static class PuzzleSolver
+{
+  public static int Solve(string[] input)
+  {
+    List<(int Xd, int Yd)> directions = [
+      (1, 0), 
+      (0, 1), 
+      (-1, 0),
+      (0, -1),
+    ];
+    
+    var rows = input.Length;
+    var columns = input[0].Length;
+
+    (int X, int Y) start = (-1, -1);
+    (int X, int Y) end = (-1, -1);
+    
+    for (var row = 0; row < rows; row++)
+    {
+      for (var column = 0; column < columns; column++)
+      {
+        var currentValue = input[row][column];
+
+        switch (currentValue)
+        {
+          case 'S':
+            start = (column, row);
+            break;
+          case 'E':
+            end = (column, row);
+            break;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    var queue = new PriorityQueue<(int X, int Y, int Direction, int Score), int>();
+    var visited = new HashSet<(int X, int Y, int Direction)>();
+    var initialScore = 0;
+    var initialDirection = 0;
+    
+    queue.Enqueue((start.X, start.Y, initialDirection, initialScore), initialScore);
+    
+    while (queue.Count is not 0)
+    {
+      var current = queue.Dequeue();
+
+      var possibleVisited = (current.X, current.Y, current.Direction);
+      
+      if (visited.Contains((possibleVisited)))
+      {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      visited.Add(possibleVisited);
+
+      if (current.X == end.X && current.Y == end.Y)
+      {
+        return current.Score;
+      }
+
+      var currentDirection = directions[current.Direction];
+      var nextX = current.X + currentDirection.Xd;
+      var nextY = current.Y + currentDirection.Yd;
+
+      if (nextX >= 0 && nextX < columns && nextY >= 0 && nextY < rows && input[nextY][nextX] != '#')
+      {
+        var newScoreAfterMovingForward = current.Score + 1;
+        queue.Enqueue((nextX, nextY, current.Direction, newScoreAfterMovingForward), newScoreAfterMovingForward);
+      }
+ 
+      var newScoreAfterTurning = current.Score + 1000;
+      
+      var directionAfterClockWiseTurn = (current.Direction + 1) % directions.Count;
+      queue.Enqueue((current.X, current.Y, directionAfterClockWiseTurn, newScoreAfterTurning), newScoreAfterTurning);
+
+      var directionAfterCounterClockWiseTurn = (current.Direction + 3) % directions.Count;
+      queue.Enqueue((current.X, current.Y, directionAfterCounterClockWiseTurn, newScoreAfterTurning), newScoreAfterTurning);
+    }
+    
+    return 0;
+  }
+}
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