Eindhoven is a city in the southern Netherlands located along the Dommel River. It has a population of over 229,000, making it the fifth largest city in the Netherlands. Eindhoven emerged in the early 20th century as a major business center due to the founding of Philips electronics company in 1891. While Philips relocated its headquarters, Eindhoven remains an important technology center. Eindhoven also has factories for DAF trucks and is a rail and canal transportation hub connected to nearby Eindhoven Airport. The city has several institutions of higher education including Eindhoven University of Technology and museums such as the Van Abbemuseum.

1. Eindhoven

2. Overview
 Eindhoven is a city and municipality in the
southern Netherlands.
 It lies beside the Dommel River (it was
once along the confluence of the Dommel
and the Gender River), sixty-eight miles
(109 km) southeast of Rotterdam.
 At the 2018 census, it had a population of
229,126, making it the fifth-largest
municipality in the Netherlands and the
largest in the province of North Brabant.
 It was accorded city rights in 1232 by
Duke Henrik I of Brabant.
 By the early 20th century, Eindhoven
emerged from a tiny village into one of the
largest business centers of the Netherlands.
 The city center was severely destroyed in
World War II; it was rebuilt after the war
ended.
 Eindhoven is governed by a municipal
council.
 John Jorritsma is the city’s current
mayor; he is a member of the conservative
liberal People’s Party for Freedom and
Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en
Democratie, VVD).

3. John Jorritsma, current Mayor of
Eindhoven

4. Flag and coat of arms

5. Developments in the 20th century
 In 1920, five adjacent municipalities were
annexed; Eindhoven’s population thus
increased from 6,000 to 45,000, massively
increasing its area.
 Its population has more than quadrupled
since.
 A great deal of this expansion was
attributable to N. V. Philips’
Gloeilampenfabrieken, a major Dutch
electronics company that was founded in
Eindhoven in 1891 and constructed
numerous factories there.
 While Philips relocated its headquarters to
Amsterdam (current headquarters in the
adjacent picture) in the late 1990s,
Eindhoven remained a center of technology,
with research and development
laboratories.
 Eindhoven manufactures electronic
products.
 The production of trucks is also important
for its economy; the headquarters and
main factory of DAF Trucks are located
there.
 Eindhoven is a rail junction; it is served by
the Eindhoven and Beatrix canals.
 The closest airport, Eindhoven Airport, is
located about eight kilometers (five miles)
from the town center.

6. Former Philips headquarters
before it was demolished in 2012

7. DAF Trucks Museum

8. Eindhoven Channel (Eindhovensch
Kanaal)

9. Eindhoven Airport

10. Education and culture
 Eindhoven has several higher education
institutions, including the Eindhoven
University of Technology (right)
founded in 1956.
 It is also home to the Van
Abbemuseum (1936; it has an
assortment of modern paintings),
Evoluon (1966; a museum of science
and technology), an astronomical
observatory (1937), and St.
Catherine's Church (1867; a neo-
Gothic Catholic church).

11. Van Abbemuseum

12. Evoluon

13. Eindhoven Astronomical
Observatory

14. St. Catherine’s Church

15. Sources
 https://www.britannica.com/place/Eindhoven
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eindhoven
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DAF_Trucks