Finally a RUclips video about the Netherlands and its not the 10000th video about Amsterdam. Fun fact about Eindhoven: The original city was what basically was the center of the city now and all the different district were separate villages. Eindhoven was the biggest and during the industrial boom in the period 1900-1920 it expanded so much it "annexed" the other villages and became (till today the 5th largest city in the Netherlands) pretty much overnight. The original villages still live on in the name of the different districts in the city (Strijp, Woensel, Gestel, Tonglere, Stratum) Later also small parts of surrounding villages like Geldrop and Veldhoven were added but they mostly remain independent towns. In the 90s there was debate to also add the neigbouring town Nuenen but residents from Nuenen were heavily against it and campaigned for years to prevent this (my grandparents lived in Nuenen at the time and I can still vividly remember the campaign posters all over Nuenen back then) Eindhoven was next to Rotterdam probably the city that was hit the hardest during WW2 as pretty much the entire city was destroyed by bombings and a huge fire afterwards Thats why a lot of buildings and homes are post war because there wasn't much left of the original city after the war. Eindhoven was liberated on the 18th of September 1944 thanks to Operation Market Garden. Yes THAT Operation Market Garden. The one the Allies were able to free the lower half of our country but suffered a defeat at Arnhem, meaning that the upper half of our country was still occupied through the Winter and was pretty much cut of from any help because of German occupation. (This is best told in the incredible 1977 movie 'One bridge to far" that was for a large part filmed in the Netherlands and also quite a bit in Eindhoven, incredible warmovie with some A list stars like Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Anthony Hopkins, Robert Redford among many many others and several Dutch actors... And imo is next to Saving Private Ryan one if the must see WW2 warmovies) The defeat of the Allies at Arnhem caused what we call the Hongerwinter (hunger winter) and sadly caused many deaths by starvation. To celebrate the liberation of Eindhoven, every year the city is holding an event callled the Lichtjesroute (Route of light) and today its a route around 22 km long. It started back in 1947 and back then it was a few streets of festive lights but over the decades it expanded into the 22 km long route through the entire city. During this event entire streets, houses, buildings and parks are decorated in all sort of themed lights (from the smurfs and other cartoon characters, old fashioned festival decoration to abstract themes) and its quite a treat for the eye. You can bicycle the route although most people drive it as its a long route. It starts at 18th September every year and last until the second sunday of October. The lights go on at 20:00 and go of at 00:00 Every year its set up by thousands of volunteers and professionals and it consists of over 100000 light ornaments all over the city. I highly recommend you guys visit our city next year around those times to experience it. Sorry it was a long text but as an Eindhovenaar its very refreshing to see some love to our city from people abroad. Most go to Amsterdam and think thats what the Netherlands is. Is not.. far from it I also recommend you guys visit cities like Nijmegen, Maastricht, Den Bosch, Groningen etc etc. As our beatiful country has so many amazing places that aren't that well known to people not from the Netherlands. Welcome to our country and especially welcome to Eindhoven. Awesome video. You got yourself a new subscriber.
Worstenbrood! YES, welcome to Brabant. Good to see you guys reviewing 'more than the regular places' in the Netherlands. Thanks for yet another great upload.
I grew up in Eindhoven, then moved to Utrecht for my studies and lived in that area for 40 years. But I met my friends from primary and secondary school every year for Glow, we go to our favourite Irish pub in the city centre for diner (where in 40 years time nothing has changed but the guilder symbol on the menu has changed for the euro symbol) and then we walk the entire Glow route. It’s a yearly reunion that we all look out for … I live close to Strijp-S and the clock building is right in front of my apartment. From the 11th floor I have a fabulous view of the city with light shows that go all year round on several buildings … I’m really glad I chose to go back to Eindhoven, it’s really a very “gezellige” city …
Stayed in Eindhoven the weekend of September 15th this year as I had tickets to Ayreon in Tilburg, the progressive/symphonic metal project featuring a who’s who in that genre of music led by Dutch musician Arjen Lucassen. A lot who attended any of their shows that weekend stayed in Eindhoven as they traveled from all over the world, including the US. While in town, visited the Philips Museum and Philips Stadion, even took in a PSV game which featured two USMNT players.
Eindhoven is a nice example of how resilience a city can be. Philips downgraded, but the split off companies are nowadays the most high tech in the world ( Eindhoven, the smartest square mile in the world according to ……) AMSL is a great example being in the middle of the battle between the states and China. But also Philips who is now completely focusing on the medical sector. There were the money can be made.
And Eindhoven has also the highest concentration of people on the high functioning end of the spectrum. Due to having ASML, Philps and the Tech University. Normaly its about 80 per X persons (I dont know if it was per 10.000 or 100.000) in Eindhoven it's 243 (if i rember correctly) per X persons.
Finally worstenbrood! :o). Glad you had a good impression of Eindhoven, as it's one of those cities, you can make look good or bad, whichever you want. It doesn't have the historical buildings like other big cities in the Netherlands. Actually the center around the central train station has been bombed in WWII and was pretty much completely destroyed. The original village of Eindhoven was the part around the center. Nowadays Eindhoven consists of what used to be a number of villages besides Eindhoven itself, being Woensel, Tongelre, Stratum, Gestel and Strijp. You should know where this last one was/is :o). I don't think you mentioned the Dutch Design Week being held in Eindhoven. Design is a major part of Eindhoven, most certainly in relation to Strijp-S.
Evoluon. Now there's a place I've not been to in over 40 years... Yes, the place was pretty new back then, showing the future brought to you by Philips home electrical appliances. Good memories. The difference between worstebroodjes and saucijzenbroodjes isn't just the bread, but also the sausage. Especially the seasoning. I prefer them over saucijzenbroodjes because they tend to taste less fatty, and are cleaner to eat as well.
You guys have visited so many places in the Netherlands by now that instead of writing down tips of where to go next, it is now the other way 'round where I watch these videos to see what I, myself, should visit next. Please keep them coming I love discovering more about my own country through your eyes!
The statue ( it’s huge btw) it Gerard Philips, Anton’s older brother… together they made Philips really successful. Gerard the engineer, Anton the commercial genius.. Hopefully you did not miss the Glow show at Wilhelminaplein..it was the best and so funny. Also come back next year for Dutch Design week, another Eindhoven staple. You did my hometown proud 😊
Lived in eindhoven for 20 years in philipsdorp an entire neighborhood built by philips for the employees i lived on the frederiklaan across from the PSV stadium al houses are original outside and completely re done inside a beautiful neighborhood thanks for the visit brought back memories of my hometown currently live in canada 🇨🇦
4:46 In Europe the police usually doesn't arrest you or at least they don't keep you jailed, they give you a fine instead. I visited that museum ages ago.
First time hearing about Glow. Time to put it on my list, I love everything light related. Been trying a lot of vegan snacks/dishes lately because I like to learn new things. Sometimes there is a different texture of course but the taste is really good.
Thank you for the nice reportage about my home town. Your opinion about the blueberry pancakes was very convincing! Please go on exploring the Netherlands!
JFK was never in Eindhoven, but the city was in 1944 liberated by the 101 Airborne Division and has ever since a warm bond with the U.S. One of the episodes in Band of Brothers was about the liberation of the City and the surrounding villages. Every year on the 18th of September there's a big commemoration with a veteran parade and WW2 vehicles in the city, also nice to check out one day
Wow super nice video, congratulations for the good work. Although living here for a few years I wasn't aware of many of the things that you shared. Goed bezig!
Ahh you went to my city, yay, welcome and I hope you had a fantastic time! Next time I'm sure you'll come back to Strijp; visit Intelligentia, a food store where they experiment a lot with flavours (like icecream etc). It's a really awesome experience. Definitely one for your list I think! Another one for your list; in june yearly Eindhoven organises the Dutch Technology Festival, where you can see innovations from places like ASML, Philips, the University of Technology, etc. Maybe that's a good time to come back for your second visit? :)
It is funny that the only Highway of significance in Zeeland, the A58, runs from Vlissingen to Eindhoven. Cause Philips also had a major lightbulb factory in Middelburg and therefore having a direct highway from Middelburg to Eindhoven was a win-win. Philips is now producing LED lights in that building in Middelburg, but has sadly reduced the workforce and automated a lot there.
Really enjoyed this one. I studied in Eindhoven and lived there for eight years, and honestly it was a city that most people wanted to leave. But it has improved so much, and the way the Strijp area has developed is real amazing, a great way to pay tribute to the big role that the Philips company played in the development of the city and the area, and to the whole electronics industry. And on top of that the saucijzenbroodje vs worstenbroodje discussion is such a fun one, really all depends on taste and on where you grew up. Keep up the good work, you are such a lovely couple and the way you really delve so deep is so much fun to see!
Really nice episode about my home town! Some tips for when you revisit Eindhoven: - At Strijp-S you can also find Intelligentia ICE. They have some of the best ice cream you can find. - There are 4 breweries you can visit: 100 Watt, Van Moll, Het Veem and Rabauw. The first two in the city centre, the last two in Strijp-S - For cocktails with a view try SkyBar Vane - next to Strijp-S you’ll find Monk, the oldest bouldergym in the Netherlands
I used to work at Strijp-S in building SAQ (which is still partially there and now houses a cinema). One of my offices is still standing, though I think it isn't part of the cinema. Philips used to have a number of complexes all over Eindhoven, but most of those have either been sold off or taken over by the companies that were split off. The last vestiges of Philips in Eindhoven are now concentrated at the High Tech Campus close to Aalst (the old W complex) near the A67/A2 highways in the South.
The last time I was inside the Evoluon was a couple of years ago at a concert by the german group Kraftwerk. These days I mainly go to Eindhoven for comic book shop Eppo.
Try to get a 10 cent guilder coin. See that it fits exactly in the hole of a compact disk. The Philips CD inventor told me that it was no accident. They had to pick a size.
Y’all came to my city 😎 Glow really had the worst weather this year. Phillips was not just Headquartered here long, but it originated from Eindhoven and still has the first lightbulb factory there (where the museum is).
You're genuinely going a better job at this than the tourism office! I don't know if that video is still online, but the one I saw before I moved there wwss essentially (not literally of course) going "we might not have a historic centre, and our city might be quite ugly and grey, and...." - I was waiting for the "but this is why we're great" thr whole time. Never came, still moved there, overall a good decision. The city also has big parks (Philip de Jongh park, Genneper parken, ...) with great kinderboerderijen (free petting zoos, Boerderij de Haen is my favorite), a second hand store that does upcycling workshops (Emmaus), an open air museum (PreHistorische Dorp), a free sport park with BMX track, parcours obstacles, callistenics equipment and more (Urban Sport Park), the Hovenkring floating bicycle roundabout and a really nice university campus
awesome video! If you're down for another trip, I highly recommend visiting Oirschot, which is right next to Eindhoven. Very pittoresque historical town where they've expanded Glow to since this year. There's also tourist tours organised done by volunteers so you can learn about the history of the town (probably very cheap too!).
You should've gone to Eindhoven late September to do the annual Lichtjesroute (best done by bike). Imho its a lot more beautiful than Glow and it's definitely more meaningful and a better way to explore Eindhoven.
Both have their charme and value. Lichtjesroute is more "folksy" (in the most positive sense, don't get me wrong!) and commemorates the Liberation in Sep 1944 while Glow is more "artsy" and just is a sort of showcase of Eindhoven as design city (I probably don't do justice to that either). Personally I like Glow more for the installations, but Lichtjesroute for it's meaning. And Lichtjesroute definitely will you show you much more of the city, while Glow centers more on the centre. Either way: it's always amazing if Eindhoven gets some positive attention!
Well hello there Buncharted how are you guys doing? Eindhoven is a great and beautiful city love it. That Glow festival/thing looks awesome and beautiful i have never seen it in person myself unfortunately but it's sure looks awesome a shame about the bad wheater though. Other than that a great video keep up the great work👍 En nog een prettige dag toegewenst voor jullie beiden😊
I visited inside the saucer on invitation by Philips years ago. There were still a few new old things from the past future. There is another flying saucer on the ProRail headquarters in Utrecht. Take a guided city tour there and go Nijntje Hunting.
Been to Evoluon decades ago, science museum, lot's to do with ... Phi....phi...ffi... forget it. A fun day out to a science museum, I recommend NEMO. For the lovely pair of kids you are.
Eindhoven de gekste! Born in Eindhoven, lived there, but now living in Belgium... I still go back semi-regularly because it's such a nice city (but it isn't tourist-y but it has a lot to offer if you know where to go)... All of the graffiti at the Berenkuil cycling roundabout changes once a year during an event called Step In The Arena where artists from all over the world create new pieces. So if yer into graffiti, visit Eindhoven at least once a year ;) I also remember visiting the Evoluon technology museum when I was a little kid, I mean, entering a UFO as a kid and then seeing all the tech... Mindblowing! Glad you enjoyed the City of Light!
If you want to go to another one of those old industrial complexes that has been repurposed, you should go just across the border into Germany. There are several old industrial parks and/or mining complexes over there that have been repurposed to parks or to art exibits. There is a big one near Duisburg called "Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord". I believe there was also one near Dusseldorf, but I honestly can't quite remember, because it has been a while since I've been there(like 15-20 years). There should be several though, all throughout the ruhr valley. If you are into art and old industry, that should be right up your alley.
Eindhoven is not actually called the light city because of Phillips. Crazy coincidence, but it’s actually because of the matchsticks that were made in de valk factory before Philips. This is where we got the nickname from.
Eindhoven wasn't really much of a city until Philips in the early 1900's. Philips had houses build for the workers, he got a lot of piss poor people out of the then terribly poor Drenthe to work there, it created sports clubs, and until very recently children of Philips employees got a study allowance from Philips. It invented loads of stuff like the CD, DVD, the audio cassette and Video2000 but probably also Eindhoven as a relevant city.
@@nyoko2926 Yess, i received that too, some fl. 200, -/month. My father used to work in the Evoluon at the 2nd ring, programming, presentations and stuff.
In fact ASML started as a department of Philips in a tiny back-building on Strijp-T, next to Strijp-S. The activity became more successful, but Philips had to choose. They decided the activity would be bette off having their own dedicated management rather than staying part of the big Philips. That was the best bet, the 40 workers that took ASML from Philips and continued the activity were extra dedicated and focused, this focus alone let them to become better than other players in that market, better than Nikon and Canon. ASML moved a small distance to Veldhoven where there was room to expand. The 40 employees all became millionaire. This would for sure not have developed like this when ASML was not separated from Philips. I work at Philips, my wife works at ASML, both very happy in our jobs!
Every time I fly back to Canada, I regret not having gone to Evoluon and Corpus (near Leiden). Somehow they keep falling off my list. That being said, considering the concert line-up on the flyer behind Michelle in Houben, I would surely be spending all my time and money on concerts if I were there.
A traditional 'English Breakfast' is simply bacon, egg, fried bread and sausage. Later additions - and not part of the traditional English breakfast - is been black pudding, baked beans, mushrooms, tomatoes and hash browns. It is served with tea (not coffee).
Great video of my hometown! You've spotted the main attractions. Strijp S, oh what a melancholy! I've worked there back in the days. But I cannot deny, as a born-eindhovense: gentrification has turned that place into hip-hipper-hippest (and made everything very expensive) Not my place to be anymore, unfortunately.
Nice video! Next time I visit, I will be sure to check some of the spots in your video. Imao you're allowed to complain about the weather! Dutch people do it all the time🤭
Eindhoven de lichtstad, maar toen ik als kind in de jaren '50 bij mijn oma en opa ging logeren waren daar in de straat nog gas lantaarns en kwam er een 'lantaarn opsteker' om de lantaarns aan en uit te doen.
I have been many times to GLOW when i had a girlfriend in the city centre of Eindhoven. In those days GLOW was better and more special than nowdays i think.
It’s build not so long ago, as the Student hotel and now it’s something else like the other said here. All in all probably not 10 years old that building.
Een saucijzenbroodje is altijd gemaakt met bladerdeeg. Hoewel de vullng veel overeenkomsten heeft, is het moeilijk om een vergelijk te maken met een worstenbroodje….❤️Hil en co. (can you read it without translatian?)
When are you guys going to take a tour trough a beer brewery From what I know there are multiple around the Netherlands. The ones I know of -Hertog-Jan -Bavaria
Not a very exciting GLOW this year, only Wilhelminaplein really had a vibe... The rest was just nice, hope next year will be better ;) If you ever need a guide to show you the wonderful nature of Eindhoven just let me know...
Nice video again, as always!! Off topic: I was wondering if you have reviewed Dutch peanut butter, or as we call it ‘pindakaas’. Just the normal brand: Calvé
@@buncharted you probably know this, but the ones with the yellow lids are with peanut small chunks, the brown ones are 💯 smooth. Dutch peanut sauce, which is based on Indonesian peanut sauce, is traditionally made of peanut butter. And we eat it with fries (I think you tried and liked that), and of course with all our Indonesian food, like Nasi Goreng and Bami. Greatings from Zwolle!
Finally a RUclips video about the Netherlands and its not the 10000th video about Amsterdam.
Fun fact about Eindhoven:
The original city was what basically was the center of the city now and all the different district were separate villages.
Eindhoven was the biggest and during the industrial boom in the period 1900-1920 it expanded so much it "annexed" the other villages and became (till today the 5th largest city in the Netherlands) pretty much overnight.
The original villages still live on in the name of the different districts in the city (Strijp, Woensel, Gestel, Tonglere, Stratum)
Later also small parts of surrounding villages like Geldrop and Veldhoven were added but they mostly remain independent towns.
In the 90s there was debate to also add the neigbouring town Nuenen but residents from Nuenen were heavily against it and campaigned for years to prevent this (my grandparents lived in Nuenen at the time and I can still vividly remember the campaign posters all over Nuenen back then)
Eindhoven was next to Rotterdam probably the city that was hit the hardest during WW2 as pretty much the entire city was destroyed by bombings and a huge fire afterwards
Thats why a lot of buildings and homes are post war because there wasn't much left of the original city after the war.
Eindhoven was liberated on the 18th of September 1944 thanks to Operation Market Garden.
Yes THAT Operation Market Garden.
The one the Allies were able to free the lower half of our country but suffered a defeat at Arnhem, meaning that the upper half of our country was still occupied through the Winter and was pretty much cut of from any help because of German occupation. (This is best told in the incredible 1977 movie 'One bridge to far" that was for a large part filmed in the Netherlands and also quite a bit in Eindhoven, incredible warmovie with some A list stars like Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Anthony Hopkins, Robert Redford among many many others and several Dutch actors... And imo is next to Saving Private Ryan one if the must see WW2 warmovies)
The defeat of the Allies at Arnhem caused what we call the Hongerwinter (hunger winter) and sadly caused many deaths by starvation.
To celebrate the liberation of Eindhoven, every year the city is holding an event callled the Lichtjesroute (Route of light) and today its a route around 22 km long.
It started back in 1947 and back then it was a few streets of festive lights but over the decades it expanded into the 22 km long route through the entire city.
During this event entire streets, houses, buildings and parks are decorated in all sort of themed lights (from the smurfs and other cartoon characters, old fashioned festival decoration to abstract themes) and its quite a treat for the eye.
You can bicycle the route although most people drive it as its a long route.
It starts at 18th September every year and last until the second sunday of October.
The lights go on at 20:00 and go of at 00:00
Every year its set up by thousands of volunteers and professionals and it consists of over 100000 light ornaments all over the city.
I highly recommend you guys visit our city next year around those times to experience it.
Sorry it was a long text but as an Eindhovenaar its very refreshing to see some love to our city from people abroad.
Most go to Amsterdam and think thats what the Netherlands is.
Is not.. far from it
I also recommend you guys visit cities like Nijmegen, Maastricht, Den Bosch, Groningen etc etc.
As our beatiful country has so many amazing places that aren't that well known to people not from the Netherlands.
Welcome to our country and especially welcome to Eindhoven.
Awesome video.
You got yourself a new subscriber.
welcome to the channel :) we have videos in all of those cities! and many more to come!
@@TheDddkkk Amsterdrammer gespot 😏
A hot worstenbroodje is a nice snack to warm up during these cold days. ❤❤❤
four of them was even better! 😂
@@bunchartedalso good to warm up and have a nice ground to start with celebrating Carnaval
Wij hebben ieder jaar de lekkerste ;p bakker v Dongen jonguh uit Wagenberg en traaie
I'm not from Eindhoven but in the summer Strijp-S is one of my favourite places to visit. Love it 😍
Worstenbrood! YES, welcome to Brabant. Good to see you guys reviewing 'more than the regular places' in the Netherlands. Thanks for yet another great upload.
I grew up in Eindhoven, then moved to Utrecht for my studies and lived in that area for 40 years. But I met my friends from primary and secondary school every year for Glow, we go to our favourite Irish pub in the city centre for diner (where in 40 years time nothing has changed but the guilder symbol on the menu has changed for the euro symbol) and then we walk the entire Glow route. It’s a yearly reunion that we all look out for …
I live close to Strijp-S and the clock building is right in front of my apartment. From the 11th floor I have a fabulous view of the city with light shows that go all year round on several buildings … I’m really glad I chose to go back to Eindhoven, it’s really a very “gezellige” city …
Assuming you mean the trafalgar, that's an english pub
Stayed in Eindhoven the weekend of September 15th this year as I had tickets to Ayreon in Tilburg, the progressive/symphonic metal project featuring a who’s who in that genre of music led by Dutch musician Arjen Lucassen. A lot who attended any of their shows that weekend stayed in Eindhoven as they traveled from all over the world, including the US. While in town, visited the Philips Museum and Philips Stadion, even took in a PSV game which featured two USMNT players.
One of the best reasons to come to the Netherlands. Ayreon is really special.
Eindhoven is a nice example of how resilience a city can be. Philips downgraded, but the split off companies are nowadays the most high tech in the world ( Eindhoven, the smartest square mile in the world according to ……) AMSL is a great example being in the middle of the battle between the states and China. But also Philips who is now completely focusing on the medical sector. There were the money can be made.
I live there😂😂
@@coryversteege7331 I work there.
And Eindhoven has also the highest concentration of people on the high functioning end of the spectrum. Due to having ASML, Philps and the Tech University. Normaly its about 80 per X persons (I dont know if it was per 10.000 or 100.000) in Eindhoven it's 243 (if i rember correctly) per X persons.
Finally worstenbrood! :o). Glad you had a good impression of Eindhoven, as it's one of those cities, you can make look good or bad, whichever you want. It doesn't have the historical buildings like other big cities in the Netherlands. Actually the center around the central train station has been bombed in WWII and was pretty much completely destroyed. The original village of Eindhoven was the part around the center. Nowadays Eindhoven consists of what used to be a number of villages besides Eindhoven itself, being Woensel, Tongelre, Stratum, Gestel and Strijp. You should know where this last one was/is :o). I don't think you mentioned the Dutch Design Week being held in Eindhoven. Design is a major part of Eindhoven, most certainly in relation to Strijp-S.
@@TheDddkkk September 19 1944?
Evoluon. Now there's a place I've not been to in over 40 years... Yes, the place was pretty new back then, showing the future brought to you by Philips home electrical appliances.
Good memories.
The difference between worstebroodjes and saucijzenbroodjes isn't just the bread, but also the sausage. Especially the seasoning.
I prefer them over saucijzenbroodjes because they tend to taste less fatty, and are cleaner to eat as well.
Same here, regarding the worstenbroodje. Then again, I'm from Noord Brabant.
Great video showing the great side of Eindhoven
You guys have visited so many places in the Netherlands by now that instead of writing down tips of where to go next, it is now the other way 'round where I watch these videos to see what I, myself, should visit next. Please keep them coming I love discovering more about my own country through your eyes!
I totally agree with you. I like this videos a lot.
Oh my god yessss Eindhoven!! Long awaited episode!! :D
I lived close to Eindhoven for 28 years, but I still learned new stuff today.
The coffin shaped chocolate mousse pastry 😂😂 death by chocolate
Great to see my hometown
And the areas of the city covered by Glow differ each year. (last year it passed next to my house)
The statue ( it’s huge btw) it Gerard Philips, Anton’s older brother… together they made Philips really successful. Gerard the engineer, Anton the commercial genius.. Hopefully you did not miss the Glow show at Wilhelminaplein..it was the best and so funny. Also come back next year for Dutch Design week, another Eindhoven staple. You did my hometown proud 😊
Also, a statue of Anton is in front of the train station and a statue of Anton’s son, the legendary “meneer Frits” , is at the Markt
I agree that they should do Dutch Design Week since they like art and Strijp-S. That is absolutely perfect then.
Lived in eindhoven for 20 years in philipsdorp an entire neighborhood built by philips for the employees i lived on the frederiklaan across from the PSV stadium al houses are original outside and completely re done inside a beautiful neighborhood thanks for the visit brought back memories of my hometown currently live in canada 🇨🇦
4:46 In Europe the police usually doesn't arrest you or at least they don't keep you jailed, they give you a fine instead.
I visited that museum ages ago.
Fun show and you guys did good even in the rain :)
First time hearing about Glow. Time to put it on my list, I love everything light related. Been trying a lot of vegan snacks/dishes lately because I like to learn new things. Sometimes there is a different texture of course but the taste is really good.
Yes you finally got worstenbroodje! Glad you enjoyed it.
Thank you for the nice reportage about my home town. Your opinion about the blueberry pancakes was very convincing! Please go on exploring the Netherlands!
Beautiful city was there last weekend amazing
JFK was never in Eindhoven, but the city was in 1944 liberated by the 101 Airborne Division and has ever since a warm bond with the U.S. One of the episodes in Band of Brothers was about the liberation of the City and the surrounding villages. Every year on the 18th of September there's a big commemoration with a veteran parade and WW2 vehicles in the city, also nice to check out one day
Wow super nice video, congratulations for the good work. Although living here for a few years I wasn't aware of many of the things that you shared. Goed bezig!
Ahh you went to my city, yay, welcome and I hope you had a fantastic time! Next time I'm sure you'll come back to Strijp; visit Intelligentia, a food store where they experiment a lot with flavours (like icecream etc). It's a really awesome experience. Definitely one for your list I think! Another one for your list; in june yearly Eindhoven organises the Dutch Technology Festival, where you can see innovations from places like ASML, Philips, the University of Technology, etc. Maybe that's a good time to come back for your second visit? :)
It is funny that the only Highway of significance in Zeeland, the A58, runs from Vlissingen to Eindhoven. Cause Philips also had a major lightbulb factory in Middelburg and therefore having a direct highway from Middelburg to Eindhoven was a win-win. Philips is now producing LED lights in that building in Middelburg, but has sadly reduced the workforce and automated a lot there.
Really enjoyed this one. I studied in Eindhoven and lived there for eight years, and honestly it was a city that most people wanted to leave. But it has improved so much, and the way the Strijp area has developed is real amazing, a great way to pay tribute to the big role that the Philips company played in the development of the city and the area, and to the whole electronics industry. And on top of that the saucijzenbroodje vs worstenbroodje discussion is such a fun one, really all depends on taste and on where you grew up. Keep up the good work, you are such a lovely couple and the way you really delve so deep is so much fun to see!
Video about Glow, then seeing Philips, first though: my ambilight TV 🙂
Really nice episode about my home town!
Some tips for when you revisit Eindhoven:
- At Strijp-S you can also find Intelligentia ICE. They have some of the best ice cream you can find.
- There are 4 breweries you can visit: 100 Watt, Van Moll, Het Veem and Rabauw. The first two in the city centre, the last two in Strijp-S
- For cocktails with a view try SkyBar Vane
- next to Strijp-S you’ll find Monk, the oldest bouldergym in the Netherlands
I'm so glad you had a good time in my hometown, come back soon!
thank you swaffel king 😄
Ive been to the Dutch Design Week (worktrip). Think you guys would like that as well
Especially since that takes place in and around Strijp S.
Yes thats why i thought i would recommend. Great experience
Thank you for the nice video! So funny to see that you were 5 minutes walking from my office :D
You missed the buzz on Strijp-S by a couple of weeks. Come visit during Dutch Design week.
Loved the rain coat, great adaption! Even though te past weeks it's been raining way too much even for Dutch standards.
You should visit Eindhoven next year while the DDW (dutch design week) is being held.
thanks - we will take a look!
I used to work at Strijp-S in building SAQ (which is still partially there and now houses a cinema). One of my offices is still standing, though I think it isn't part of the cinema. Philips used to have a number of complexes all over Eindhoven, but most of those have either been sold off or taken over by the companies that were split off. The last vestiges of Philips in Eindhoven are now concentrated at the High Tech Campus close to Aalst (the old W complex) near the A67/A2 highways in the South.
Brussels and Ghent also do large GLOW festivals, you should check them out (though maybe out of your territory...).
My hometown! ❤
As a kid I loved the “Evoluon”
There are parties held in those philips towers too
The last time I was inside the Evoluon was a couple of years ago at a concert by the german group Kraftwerk. These days I mainly go to Eindhoven for comic book shop Eppo.
The Netherlands outside of the "randstad" is so much more interesting and beautiful.
there’s beauty in the randstad too! 😄
The name Randstad is anyway a ridiculous name for an area that spreads out over 4 provinces.
Try to get a 10 cent guilder coin. See that it fits exactly in the hole of a compact disk. The Philips CD inventor told me that it was no accident. They had to pick a size.
Y’all came to my city 😎 Glow really had the worst weather this year. Phillips was not just Headquartered here long, but it originated from Eindhoven and still has the first lightbulb factory there (where the museum is).
Absolutely - Eindhoven = Philips. Before Philips it was just a bunch of non-descriptive small hamlets
@@reneolthof6811 Yep, Noord Brabant was still part of the colonial empire and being exploited by the West.
@@KeesBoonsc'mon 😅
@@jsb7975 I wish it weren't true, but ever heard of the "wingewesten". If not, look it up, you'll be surprised.
That English breakfast looks delicious!
Exactly, worstenbroodje is NOT an Eindhoven specialty but of the province of Noord-Brabant.
You're genuinely going a better job at this than the tourism office!
I don't know if that video is still online, but the one I saw before I moved there wwss essentially (not literally of course) going "we might not have a historic centre, and our city might be quite ugly and grey, and...." - I was waiting for the "but this is why we're great" thr whole time. Never came, still moved there, overall a good decision.
The city also has big parks (Philip de Jongh park, Genneper parken, ...) with great kinderboerderijen (free petting zoos, Boerderij de Haen is my favorite), a second hand store that does upcycling workshops (Emmaus), an open air museum (PreHistorische Dorp), a free sport park with BMX track, parcours obstacles, callistenics equipment and more (Urban Sport Park), the Hovenkring floating bicycle roundabout and a really nice university campus
There are Kennystraat in most of the big cities 😅
Many Truman, Einsenhower or Roosevelt too.
awesome video! If you're down for another trip, I highly recommend visiting Oirschot, which is right next to Eindhoven. Very pittoresque historical town where they've expanded Glow to since this year. There's also tourist tours organised done by volunteers so you can learn about the history of the town (probably very cheap too!).
Yeah it s time to discover more beautiful Dutch cities especially the less tourist one!
You should've gone to Eindhoven late September to do the annual Lichtjesroute (best done by bike). Imho its a lot more beautiful than Glow and it's definitely more meaningful and a better way to explore Eindhoven.
Both have their charme and value. Lichtjesroute is more "folksy" (in the most positive sense, don't get me wrong!) and commemorates the Liberation in Sep 1944 while Glow is more "artsy" and just is a sort of showcase of Eindhoven as design city (I probably don't do justice to that either). Personally I like Glow more for the installations, but Lichtjesroute for it's meaning. And Lichtjesroute definitely will you show you much more of the city, while Glow centers more on the centre. Either way: it's always amazing if Eindhoven gets some positive attention!
Well hello there Buncharted how are you guys doing?
Eindhoven is a great and beautiful city love it.
That Glow festival/thing looks awesome and beautiful i have never seen it in person myself unfortunately but it's sure looks awesome a shame about the bad wheater though.
Other than that a great video keep up the great work👍
En nog een prettige dag toegewenst voor jullie beiden😊
de weer was niet zo lekker maar we hadden een geweldige tijd 😄
hoe gaat het met jou?
@@buncharted Het gaat prima met mij dankjewel👍
Nogmaals nog een prettige dag toegewenst😊
@@buncharted Kudos, your Dutch is improving!! Only: De weer should be Het weer. Weer (weather) is neutrum.😅
really nothing beats a full english breakfast (in buffet form)!!
I visited inside the saucer on invitation by Philips years ago. There were still a few new old things from the past future. There is another flying saucer on the ProRail headquarters in Utrecht. Take a guided city tour there and go Nijntje Hunting.
Been to Evoluon decades ago, science museum, lot's to do with ... Phi....phi...ffi... forget it.
A fun day out to a science museum, I recommend NEMO. For the lovely pair of kids you are.
Eindhoven de gekste! Born in Eindhoven, lived there, but now living in Belgium... I still go back semi-regularly because it's such a nice city (but it isn't tourist-y but it has a lot to offer if you know where to go)... All of the graffiti at the Berenkuil cycling roundabout changes once a year during an event called Step In The Arena where artists from all over the world create new pieces. So if yer into graffiti, visit Eindhoven at least once a year ;) I also remember visiting the Evoluon technology museum when I was a little kid, I mean, entering a UFO as a kid and then seeing all the tech... Mindblowing! Glad you enjoyed the City of Light!
Eindhoven de gekste! 😊
Yep, it's past 11-11!
City of Light, city of the most beautifull football club in the world and my hometown ❤
Are you returning to Utrecht? My favourite.
Yay finally, my town
Wow that is my city 😮. Next time you are in Noord-Brabant you definitely have to try a Royke worstenbroodje (a worstenbroodje with bacon on top)
Loved the view from your hotel window overlooking the train station. If that were a permanent webcam I'd be on it 24/7.
yeah we were pretty obsessed with it, especially since it’s such a popular line
You can also check out Harderwijk or Alkmaar, specially Alkmaar.
Worstenbroodje (from a bakery) out of the oven + curry ketchup sauce.
😍
🤤🤤🤤
Actually it's not named after the lightbulbs, but after the 2 match factories in the early 1900. Just a random fact. 😊
Awww man, I can’t make it to Glow this year… hopefully next year!
If you want to go to another one of those old industrial complexes that has been repurposed, you should go just across the border into Germany. There are several old industrial parks and/or mining complexes over there that have been repurposed to parks or to art exibits.
There is a big one near Duisburg called "Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord". I believe there was also one near Dusseldorf, but I honestly can't quite remember, because it has been a while since I've been there(like 15-20 years). There should be several though, all throughout the ruhr valley.
If you are into art and old industry, that should be right up your alley.
Eindhoven is not actually called the light city because of Phillips. Crazy coincidence, but it’s actually because of the matchsticks that were made in de valk factory before Philips. This is where we got the nickname from.
Eindhoven wasn't really much of a city until Philips in the early 1900's. Philips had houses build for the workers, he got a lot of piss poor people out of the then terribly poor Drenthe to work there, it created sports clubs, and until very recently children of Philips employees got a study allowance from Philips. It invented loads of stuff like the CD, DVD, the audio cassette and Video2000 but probably also Eindhoven as a relevant city.
Yes, you're right. It was called Philips van de Willigenfonds (I received that). Neighbourhoods like Tivoli and Drents Dorp are tipically Philips.
@@nyoko2926 Yess, i received that too, some fl. 200, -/month. My father used to work in the Evoluon at the 2nd ring, programming, presentations and stuff.
Ah this is the place where ASML is would like to work there in the future.
No, ASML is in adjacent Veldhoven!
ASML is in Veldhoven , a town just outside Eindhoven
@@reneolthof6811 within the Metro area of Eindhoven so close enough but yes Veldhoven to be more exact.
In fact ASML started as a department of Philips in a tiny back-building on Strijp-T, next to Strijp-S. The activity became more successful, but Philips had to choose. They decided the activity would be bette off having their own dedicated management rather than staying part of the big Philips. That was the best bet, the 40 workers that took ASML from Philips and continued the activity were extra dedicated and focused, this focus alone let them to become better than other players in that market, better than Nikon and Canon. ASML moved a small distance to Veldhoven where there was room to expand. The 40 employees all became millionaire. This would for sure not have developed like this when ASML was not separated from Philips. I work at Philips, my wife works at ASML, both very happy in our jobs!
I grew up with a huge amount of worstenbroodjes. My mother made it by her self.
Every time I fly back to Canada, I regret not having gone to Evoluon and Corpus (near Leiden). Somehow they keep falling off my list. That being said, considering the concert line-up on the flyer behind Michelle in Houben, I would surely be spending all my time and money on concerts if I were there.
Try the baked Dutch pancakes. They are truly the best pancakes in the world.
1:53 you don’t need the sirup Michelle.
I feel like I am getting to know you guys because when I saw the pastry display I KNEW you were going to pick the ⚰
Eindhoven really have the best graffiti artist of the Netherlands
A traditional 'English Breakfast' is simply bacon, egg, fried bread and sausage. Later additions - and not part of the traditional English breakfast - is been black pudding, baked beans, mushrooms, tomatoes and hash browns. It is served with tea (not coffee).
That must be Amersfoort and my birthplace Maastricht!
What is the best thing about Amsterdam? The train back to Eindhovuuuuuh!
yes welom in eindhoven mooie stadion von netherlands.. groet ian
Great video of my hometown! You've spotted the main attractions. Strijp S, oh what a melancholy! I've worked there back in the days. But I cannot deny, as a born-eindhovense: gentrification has turned that place into hip-hipper-hippest (and made everything very expensive) Not my place to be anymore, unfortunately.
Leuke video groeten uit Utrecht😂😊
Are you comming back to tilburg? You have to try DOLORIS META MAZE
we want to at some point but we can’t vlog it - no cameras are allowed :(
I met my wife during Glow. Sometimes you bump into people during the walk and 4 years later you marry them. 😊😅
Nice video! Next time I visit, I will be sure to check some of the spots in your video.
Imao you're allowed to complain about the weather! Dutch people do it all the time🤭
what did I just watch !!!
Eindhoven de lichtstad, maar toen ik als kind in de jaren '50 bij mijn oma en opa ging logeren waren daar in de straat nog gas lantaarns en kwam er een 'lantaarn opsteker' om de lantaarns aan en uit te doen.
Worstenbroodje, yeeeees
They're so good
I prefer them over sacijzenbroodje (even tho I like those too)
i think we do too 🙈
Did you say short train ride?😅
I have been many times to GLOW when i had a girlfriend in the city centre of Eindhoven. In those days GLOW was better and more special than nowdays i think.
Looks like you guys stayed at the Student Hotel, next to the train station.
do you know if it used to be something else? or was it always the student hotel? we were curious
It’s called The social hub now
It’s build not so long ago, as the Student hotel and now it’s something else like the other said here. All in all probably not 10 years old that building.
@@buncharted There is a WIKI page with the history of The Student Hotel, including the Eindhoven branch: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Hub
Een saucijzenbroodje is altijd gemaakt met bladerdeeg. Hoewel de vullng veel overeenkomsten heeft, is het moeilijk om een vergelijk te maken met een worstenbroodje….❤️Hil en co. (can you read it without translatian?)
sadly no, but only because i didn’t know the word for “puff pastry”, “similarities”, and “filling” 😄
When are you guys going to take a tour trough a beer brewery
From what I know there are multiple around the Netherlands.
The ones I know of
-Hertog-Jan
-Bavaria
i’m not sure yet - we definitely want to though!
There are many beer breweries in NL, tripadvisor has a top 19 list for my province (Noord-Brabant) alone.
If you want to visit them all, you'll need at least half a year.
Not a very exciting GLOW this year, only Wilhelminaplein really had a vibe... The rest was just nice, hope next year will be better ;) If you ever need a guide to show you the wonderful nature of Eindhoven just let me know...
Nice video again, as always!!
Off topic: I was wondering if you have reviewed Dutch peanut butter, or as we call it ‘pindakaas’. Just the normal brand: Calvé
we haven’t but we’ve eaten a lot of it off camera 😂
@@buncharted I’m curious how you compare it to American peanut butter.
@bowwow30 it was jarring at first since it’s not sweet at all like american peanut butter is
@@buncharted you probably know this, but the ones with the yellow lids are with peanut small chunks, the brown ones are 💯 smooth.
Dutch peanut sauce, which is based on Indonesian peanut sauce, is traditionally made of peanut butter. And we eat it with fries (I think you tried and liked that), and of course with all our Indonesian food, like Nasi Goreng and Bami.
Greatings from Zwolle!
Om eerlijk te zijn vind ik worstenbroodjes niet lekker. Geef mij maar een sausijzenbroodje.
Eindhoven is a beautiful city
My mom lives 10 minutes from there. ❤
😉😊😊
Funny how I riding next to the evulion richt now😂
Do you guys live in The Netherlands? And are you staying here? (Im also living in Holland)❤
yep we live in dordrecht :)