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Eindhoven Tourist Information
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Eindhoven is one of the main cities of the provinces of  North Brabant in the southern part of The Netherlands. The city was founded close to the Dommel River. It was chartered in 1232 by the Duke of Brabant and it remained a small town until the 19th century and  until the founding (1891) of the Philips Electrical Company.

The  the city rapidly expanded. The company, one of the world's primary electronics makers, is a powerful multinational corporation. In World War II, Eindhoven was taken (Sept., 1944) by Allied troops in a major airborne operation; a simultaneous landing at Arnhem failed. Eindhoven has a technical university.

Important monuments and buildings are : the "White Lady" (a Philips building), the DAF-Museum (DAF cars were manufactured in Eindhoven) en the Van Abbe Museum with its impressive collection of modern art (amongst which a Picasso).

 

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