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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. Wikipedia

Population 243,730 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Netherlands

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Netherlands

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Carnival

    February – March

    Five days of Carnival in almost all pubs. Street Carnival in the centre and the traditional parade on Saturday

    Official site

  2. XO Live

    July

    Dance festival on the beach of Aquabest with a wide range of performers

    Official site

  3. Eindhoven Marathon

    October

    The Eindhoven marathon is an annual marathon held since 1956. The event always takes place in October. The marathon of Eindhoven is after Amsterdam and Rotterdam the largest marathon in the Netherlands.

    Official site

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Eindhoven); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • Duurzame Weekmarkt Wilhelminaplein

    1. Monday: closed
    2. Tuesday: closed
    3. Wednesday: closed
    4. Thursday: closed
    5. Friday: closed
    6. Saturday: 10:00–14:30
    7. Sunday: closed

    10:00–14:30

    680 m from the centre

  • Woenselse Markt

    1. Monday: closed
    2. Tuesday: closed
    3. Wednesday: closed
    4. Thursday: closed
    5. Friday: closed
    6. Saturday: 10:00–17:00
    7. Sunday: closed

    10:00–17:00

    1.2 km from the centre

  • Gerardusplein

    1. Monday: closed
    2. Tuesday: closed
    3. Wednesday: closed
    4. Thursday: closed
    5. Friday: 12:00–17:00
    6. Saturday: closed
    7. Sunday: closed

    12:00–17:00

    2.4 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 96 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

More train stations: Geldrop 5.5 km

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.