Champions League away days: Eindhoven, Netherlands
lunedì 26 gennaio 2026
Intro articolo
Championing innovation and futuristic architecture, Eindhoven lives up to its billing as the city of light, or lichtstad in Dutch.
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Corpo articolo
Festivals of light, needle-pushing architecture and landmarks to bowl you over – there is plenty to enjoy when exploring Eindhoven.
As PSV prepare to host Bayern München on UEFA Champions League Matchday 8, we cast the away days spotlight on the fifth most-populous city in the Netherlands.
Celebrating innovation and technology
Technological advancement has been a key theme of Eindhoven's modern history and invention is something keenly celebrated in the city today.
Dutch Design Week and the GLOW light festival are staged annually in Eindhoven, the former aiming to shape the future of design while the latter dazzles hundreds of thousands of visitors by lighting up the city in exciting new ways.
Adventurous architecture
Paying reverence to that technological identity, the Blob has been an iconic part of Eindhoven’s skyline since opening in 2010. Standing at 25 metres tall, its name is a shortening of ‘Binary Large Object’, a nod to the distinctly digital feeling that the design gives.
Inaugurated in 2021, the Trudo Tower on Strijp-S also catches the eye. Boasting a stunning ‘vertical forest’ design, the 19-floor construction provides 125 units of social housing and hosts more than 70 plant species on its exterior.
Flying Pins
Just a short walk from Eindhoven Centraal train station, the Flying Pins give a striking introduction to Eindhoven’s visitors. Eight-and-a-half metres tall at their highest point, Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen’s installation depicts a black bowling ball scattering pins of bright yellow, matching the daffodils that blossom on Kennedylaan in spring.
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