Cities of Innovation: Eindhoven
Key indicators
ICT Infrastructure
Average broadband speed (Mbps)
Network coverage
— Comprehensive 4G coverage and 5G testing — Companies and citizens test new data applications that further facilitate Smart City developments
Local, national and international transport links
Passengers (Eindhoven airport)
Flight destinations
— 1 International Airport with 75 mainly European destinations — Schiphol Airport is 90 minutes away by train with a further 300 destinations available — 1 Central station with connections to Paris, Brussels, London, Antwerp and Dusseldorf
University links and access to talent
QS World University ranking (Eindhoven University of Technology)
Entrepreneurship programmes
Dutch Design Week TU/e Innovation Lab Eindhoven Engine 3 main academic institutions: Eindhoven University of Technology, Fontys University of Applied Science and 1 Design Academy with a total of 21,000 students
Costs and availability of workspace
Co-working spaces
Average office rent
— 20 co-working spaces including: · Regus · Founded by All · Twice Buildings · HighTechXL Plaza · BounceSpace · Seats2Meet
City support for start-ups and SMEs
Business development agency
Office space projects
– Brainport Eindhoven offers business projects, events and hands-on development TWICE is a business accelerator located in TU Eindhoven and High Tech Campus, which provides housing next to the campus
Financial support and access to investors & accelerators
Accelerators
Entrepreneur support
— 3 Accelerators: · HighTechXL · Lumo Labs · Innovation Industries. — 5 VC funds
Additional information
ICT Infrastructure
- — Comprehensive 4G coverage and 5G tests.
- — Companies and citizens test new data applications that further facilitate Smart City developments.
Local, national and international transport links
Eindhoven has a highly developed public transportation system. The city was one of the first places in the Netherlands with a fully operational electric bus fleet. Forty-three electric articulated Citeas were introduced in 2016. Since 11 December 2016 every bus has travelled 350 kilometres per day. Altogether, the 43 buses have driven nearly four million kilometres.
In addition, Eindhoven is the first city in the Netherlands collaborating with an electric car sharing platform (Amber Mobility). The Amber cars will soon automatically register with the municipality’s parking permit system. The parking permits are then allocated to license plates as soon as they drive in Eindhoven. As a result, shared cars can also be exchanged between cities in the future. Amber has developed this in cooperation with the suppliers of the licensing systems. In the near future the electric car fleet will be expanded to shared electric bikes as well.
Eindhoven has a dense cycling network. You are able to access every city district within 10 minutes by a safe and separate cycle path. A nice example is The Hovenring – a suspended cycle path roundabout in Eindhoven and the first of its kind in the world. It is situated in between Eindhoven, Veldhoven and Meerhoven, which accounts for its name, which is Dutch for Ring of the ‘Hovens’.
University links and access to talent
Eindhoven University of Technology comprises three main academic institutions: Eindhoven University of Technology, Fontys University of Applied Science and a Design Academy. There are 21,000 students and three collaborations between academia and entrepreneurship programmes.
The Dutch Design Week event encourages experimentation, innovation and crossover, and is the biggest annual design event in northern Europe.
The TU/e Innovation Lab is at the heart of the Dutch knowledge economy. The lab serves to bring knowledge to the market by translating academic and technological findings into solutions that help tackle societal challenges.
Eindhoven Engine specialises in researching and teaching high tech systems.
Costs and availability of workspace
Co-working spaces include:
Additional information
In 2013, Eindhoven was ranked as one of the 15 most inventive cities by Forbes.