City Guide » Netherlands » Eindhoven » Attractions » Highlights in Eindhoven

Highlights in Eindhoven

5th largest city in the Netherlands, Eindhoven is a lively city. The city invites its visitors to into a unique experience alluring them alluring them with its historical and cultural heritage as well as natural and architectural beauties.

Catharina Church.

Built by the Dutch architect Pierre Cuypers, whose name is associated with Amsterdam Centraal Station and Rijksmuseum, Catharina Church with its neo-Gothic structure is a must-see spot in Eindhoven.  

Van Abbemuseum

Opened in 1936, Van Abbemuseum is one of the leading modern art and contemporary art museums in the Netherlands. The museum has various exhibitions and it offers more than 2700 works of art including famous pieces from Picasso, Chagall, El Lissitzky, Beuys, Weiner, Gordon and McCarthy. (Admission fee: EUR 8.50)

Artificial Light in Art Centre “Kunstlicht in de kunst” (KLIK)

“Kunstlicht in de kunst” with a collection of 600 paintings, graphic works and three-dimensional lightsculptures, aims at showing its visitors the importance of artificial light in human life. Guided tours are available in the centre. (The tour costs EUR 40.00)
First Philips Factory/Museum
In Philips Museum you will get a good impression of  the fascinating change in the technology and following development in the product categories of Philips from 1891 until today.(Admission fee: EUR 3.50)

Historical Open-air Museum Eindhoven

The museum is an ideal place to learn about the history of human being and its struggle with nature from Iron Age through the middle ages. (EUR 7.50)
Vesteda Toren
One of the outstanding examples of modern architecture in Eindhoven, Vesteda Toren (Vesteda Tower) is the highest