Eindhoven
Eindhoven is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the largest city in the southern province of North Brabant, and is located in the Dutch part of the Campine natural region. With a population of 249,054 (1 January 2025) on a territory of 88.92 km2, it is the fifth-largest city of the Netherlands and the largest outside the Randstad conurbation.
Typical weather
1981–presentCity Rhythm
measuredOpening hours, by kind of place
median across mapped venuesVital absurdities
measured · the Anti-AwardsSame time system
by rhythmWhat to do each season
2winter
cool, damp, slightly more continental than the coast; mean 2.0-13.6 °C across the range; frosts frequent but mild daytime temperatures prevent lasting snow cover in a normal winter; cold snaps can dip below −15 °C
- indoor recreation dominates: cinemas, the Plaza Futura, the Philips-heritage museums (Van Abbemuseum, DAF Museum, Incandescent Lamp Factory)
- Stratumseind pub-street shifts fully indoors; Market Square terraces empty on cold days
- PSV Eredivisie football season carries winter public life
summer
moderately warm; mean 14.9-18.5 °C, July ~23 °C; occasional peaks above 30 °C and rare 40 °C heat; the warmest summers of the Dutch big-five cities
- Market Square café terraces fill in no time on a sunny afternoon — the heart of the city activates
- festival density: Eindhoven Pride (Jun), Dutch Design Week preparations, Fiesta del Sol, Muziek op de Dommel
- the green belt (a third of public space) becomes usable — Stadswandelpark, Genneper Parken, Strijp-S courtyards
What it is known for
Important moments in a year
Dutch Design Week
- citywide design event
- creative-industry crowds
- Strijp-S activation
Glow
- light-art festival (Lichtstad identity made literal)
- night use of public space
Carnival Lampegat
- Catholic-south Carnival; city rechristened 'Lampegat' (Hamlet of Lamps)
Kings Day
- open-air street market
- orange crowds
Psv Matchdays
- crowds around Philips Stadion
On the record
source-trackedTwo well-known companies, DAF Trucks and Philips, were founded in the city; Philips would go on to become a major multinational conglomerate while based in Eindhoven.
Apart from Philips, Eindhoven also contains the globally famous Design Academy Eindhoven.
Eindhoven is also known as the City of Light, due to Philips originating from there and because of several projects involving lighting up buildings of the city.
Philips' strong presence in the city gained it the title of "Lichtstad" (City of Light) and is still prominent today, as many of its former buildings are considered valuable industrial heritage and have been renovated.
The robust former factory buildings of this Philips area [Strijp-S] are now being transformed into the bustling creative heart [of the city].
Stratumseind (Stratum's End) [is] the largest pub-street in the Netherlands.
The city's late nightlife mostly takes place in Stratumseind, a street literally filled with bars and fast food places, and the Market Square.
Student-nights in Eindhoven are Thursdays.
Of the five largest cities in the Netherlands, it has the highest percentage of green area (encompassing about a third of all public space).
The city centre is largely car-free and small enough to get around on foot.
Eindhoven Airport is mostly served by low-cost carriers Ryanair, Transavia and Wizzair, and by holiday charter specialists. The most flights are from destinations around the Mediterranean or Central and Eastern Europe.
Brainport Top Technology Region, a cooperative initiative of local government, industry and the Eindhoven University of Technology to develop the local knowledge economy of the Eindhoven region.
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