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are a clutch of striking modern was laid out for the team in
buildings, including the 1913. Guided tours allow visitors
Stadhuis, an imposing structure, to enter the players’ changing
surrounded by a large empty rooms and to walk down the
space, the Stadhuis Plein, and tunnel onto the pitch.
the more appealing train station Eindhoven’s most important
with its slender tower and sight, however, is the Van
glassy frontage. Abbemuseum, which is
The Philips Museum, in the
city centre, holds a fascinating
collection of electrical objects
dating back to the earliest
days of the company. On
display are dozens of the very
Woman in Green (1909) by Picasso, Van first light bulbs dating from
Abbemuseum (Eindhoven) the 19th century, beautiful
bakelite radios and hulking
8 Eindhoven cabinets from the birth of
broadcasting. Visitors can
Road Map C5. * 224,800. £ @
n Stationsplein 17 (040-2979115). learn about the history of light-
( Tue, Wed, Sat & Sun. bulb making, from hand-made
to mass-produced, and how
The old market town of the light bulb transformed
Eindhoven was merged with Eindhoven from a small town
the villages of Strijp, Woensel, into an industrial giant.
Tongelre, Stratum and Gestel A rather more surprising find
in the 19th century. The in the centre of this industrial
municipality of Eindhoven grew city is the Eindhoven Museum. Eindhoven Museum, one of the town’s
enormously in the last century This open-air museum in the main attractions
when Philips, the electronics middle of the Genneper Park
company, sited its factory there. contains reconstructions of an devoted to modern art. The
Philips’s best-known building, Iron Age village, a Viking origin al building was designed
the distinctive Witte Dame settlement and a medieval in 1936 by AJ Kropholler and
(White Lady) was built in 1922 town. Actors in costume people has been described as a
by architect Dirk Rozenberg; the scene, and are on hand to “brick castle”. In the 1990s,
it has now been sold and answer questions. There’s also a architect Abel Cahen was
converted into a design college, restaurant where visitors can eat commissioned to expand the
library and centre for artists. meals based on ancient recipes, museum. Cleverly integrating
The former Phili ps area in Strijp like grain stew and lentil pâté. the existing building into a
is also being dev eloped into a Looming over the railway large new wing, he quadrup led
residential area with shops, station is the space-age Philips the exhibition space and added
restaurants and theatres. Stadion, home of the PSV a restaurant and multimedia
The city centre was heavily Eindhoven football team. centre. Queen Beatrix opened
bombed in World War II and as The stadium, although ultra- the museum in January 2003.
a result very few old buildings modern these days, still stands The collection contains works
have survived. In their place on the spot where the first pitch by Chagall, Lissitzky and Beuys,
and is particularly known for
Picasso’s Woman in Green (1909).
E Philips Museum
Emmasingel 31. Tel 040-2359030.
Open 11am–5pm Tue–Sun.
E Eindhoven Museum
Boutenslaan 161b. Tel 040-2522281.
Open Apr–Oct: 11am–5pm Tue–Sun.
E Philips Stadion
Frederiklaan 10a. Tel 040-2505505.
8 booking essential.
E Van Abbemuseum
Bilderdijklaan 10. Tel 040-2381000.
Open 11am–5pm Tue–Sun. & 7
Philips Stadion, home to the football team PSV Eindhoven - ∑ vanabbemuseum.nl
For hotels and restaurants in this region see p401 and pp414–15

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