Speelheide
District of Best
North Brabant - Netherlands

Eindhoven University of Technology

The Eindhoven University of Technology is a university of technology located in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Its motto is Mens agitat molem (The mind brings matter into motion). The university was the second of its kind in the Netherlands, only Delft University of Technology existed previously. Until mid-1980 it was known as the Technische Hogeschool Eindhoven (abbr. THE). In 2011 QS World University Rankings placed Eindhoven at 146th internationally, but 61st globally for Engineering & IT.

Located at 51.4481, 5.48972 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Eindhoven University of Technology, Educational institutions established in 1956, Technical universities and colleges, Universities in the Netherlands, 1956 establishments in the Netherlands

Evoluon

The Evoluon is a conference centre and former science museum erected by the electronics and electrical company Philips in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, in 1966. Since its construction, it has become a landmark and a symbol for the city. The building is unique due to its very futuristic design, resembling a landed flying saucer. It was designed by architect Louis Christiaan Kalff, while the exhibition was conceived by James Gardner.

Located at 51.4436, 5.44694 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in North Brabant, Convention centres in the Netherlands, Defunct museums in the Netherlands, Eindhoven, Science museums in the Netherlands

Best, Netherlands

Best is a municipality and a village in the southern Netherlands. It is situated northwest of the city Eindhoven, and is also part of the agglomeration of this city. The village was originally a part of Oirschot, a nearby town. But as Best was situated on the state road from Amsterdam to Maastricht, this often created difficulties. Each time the military wanted to quarter troops in Best, they had to request to be stationed in Oirschot, 10 km away, for this to be allowed.

Located at 51.5, 5.4 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Municipalities of North Brabant, Populated places in North Brabant

Sint-Oedenrode

Sint-Oedenrode is a municipality and a city in the South of the Netherlands.

Located at 51.5667, 5.46667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Cities in the Netherlands, Municipalities of North Brabant, Populated places in North Brabant

Philips Stadion

Philips Stadion is the 35,000 seater stadium of football club, PSV Eindhoven. It was first inaugurated on 31 August 1913. The stadium is located in the Philipsdorp ('Philips village') part of the Eindhoven borough of Strijp, close to Eindhoven's city centre. As late as 1933, its capacity was only 300, and remained that size until its expansion in 1941 to 18,000 spectators. The final days of World War II witnessed great destruction in the city of Eindhoven and also to the stadium itself.

Located at 51.4418, 5.46744 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Football venues in the Netherlands, Sports venues in North Brabant, Philips, PSV Eindhoven, UEFA European Football Championship stadiums, Sport in Eindhoven

Liempde

Liempde is a village in the Netherlands in the municipality Boxtel. Annually the Flevo Christian music festival is held here. In 2005 the event What the Hack took place in Liempde. Liempde is situated in the center of the Dutch province North Brabant in the valley of the Dommel. It lies in the center of the triangle formed by 's-Hertogenbosch, Tilburg and Eindhoven. Until the end of the nineteenth century it was a dark and diffuse area.

Located at 51.5667, 5.36667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Populated places in North Brabant, Former municipalities of North Brabant

What the Hack

What The Hack was an outdoor hacker conference held in Liempde, Netherlands between the 28th and 31st of July, 2005. It is an event in a sequence that began with the Galactic Hacker Party in 1989, followed by Hacking at the End of the Universe in 1993, Hacking In Progress in 1997 and Hackers At Large in 2001 and followed by Hacking at Random in 2009.

Located at 51.5544, 5.34361 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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2005 in the Netherlands, Free-software events, Computer conferences

Woensel

Woensel is a former village in the Dutch province of North Brabant, now part of Eindhoven. An important rural village in North Brabant, Woensel is mentioned in a document from 1107; it was the seat of a deanage of the diocese of Liège. According to the German mythologist Jacob Grimm is the name Woensel a reference to the Germanic god Wodan (Odin in Norse mythology). The suffix would have been an abbreviation of either -sala ("hall") or -loo ("forest").

Located at 51.4833, 5.46667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Former municipalities of North Brabant

Gestel en Blaarthem

Gestel en Blaarthem (often shortened to Gestel) is an area of the municipality of Eindhoven, Netherlands. On 1 January 2005 nearly 27,000 people lived in this part of Eindhoven. Gestel consists of three neighbourhoods: Rozenknopje (with Hagekamp, Oude Spoorbaan and Schrijversbuurt), Oud Gestel (with Rapelenburg, Bennekel, Blaarthem, Genderdal, Gennep and de Beemden) and Oud Kasteel (with Genderbeemd, Ooievaarsnest and Hanevoet).

Located at 51.425, 5.46167 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Former municipalities of North Brabant

Area 51 (skatepark)

Area 51 is a skatepark in the center of Eindhoven, The Netherlands. It is one of the largest skate-parks in Europe.

Located at 51.4484, 5.4561 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Eindhoven, Skateparks, Sports venues in North Brabant

Oerle

Oerle is also the Dutch name of the Belgian village Oreye Oerle is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Veldhoven, about 7 km west of Eindhoven. Oerle was a separate municipality until 1921, when it became part of Veldhoven.

Located at 51.4222, 5.37056 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Populated places in North Brabant, Former municipalities of North Brabant

Gestel, Netherlands

Gestel is a neighbourhood in the southwestern part of the city of Eindhoven, Netherlands. Gestel used to be a separate village, and until 1920 was part of the separate municipality of Gestel en Blaarthem.

Located at 51.425, 5.46167 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Eindhoven

Wintelre

Wintelre is a village in the municipality of Eersel in the province of North Brabant, the Netherlands. Wintelre is part of the Acht Zaligheden (Eight Delights), like Eersel, Duizel, Steensel, Knegsel, Netersel, Hulsel en Reusel.

Located at 51.45, 5.33333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Populated places in North Brabant

Heikant, Veldhoven

Heikant is a neighbourhood in the municipality of Veldhoven, in the Dutch province of North Brabant. With a population of over 6700 inhabitants, it is the largest neighbourhood in Veldhoven. Heikant contains a small shopping centre and a church. The Sint-Maartenchurch was built in 1990. Heikant was constructed between 1979 and 1989. The first houses were officially completed on February 21st, 1980.

Located at 51.4264, 5.3925 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Populated places in North Brabant

Mapscape BV

Mapscape BV is a Netherlands-based independent Business-to-business digital maps service provider. The company is active in the navigation and automotive market. Mapscape is involved in content aggregation, compilation and testing of digital maps for navigation purposes. The maps are targeted for use in the automotive industry in e.g. on line and off line navigation and location based services.

Located at 51.4552, 5.39458 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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GIS companies

Beatrix Canal

The Beatrix Canal is a 8.4 km long canal in the southern Dutch. It was constructed to provide the city of Eindhoven with access to the Wilhelmina Canal. In order to be able to regulate the level of the Gender and Dommel streams, which regularly threatened to flood Eindhoven's inner city, an additional Discharge Canal (Afwateringskanaal), which is not open to navigation, was dug to connect the Beatrix Canal and the Dommel stream. Into this branch, the Gender now discharges.

Located at 51.4552, 5.4054 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Canals in the Netherlands

BestZoo

BestZOO is a small zoo in Best, North Brabant, Netherlands. It opened in 1930 as Vleut the Zoo, and was owned and operated by the van Laarhoven family until purchased by Zodiac Zoos in 2007. Zodiac Zoos upgraded many of the old exhibits to more naturalistic settings, but sold the to Jos Nooren in 2010 before all upgrades were completed.

Located at 51.5292, 5.4005 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Zoos in the Netherlands, Visitor attractions in North Brabant, Buildings and structures in North Brabant

European Air Transport Command

The European Air Transport Command (EATC) is a command centre that directs the use of most military fixed wing air transport assets owned by the three Benelux countries, France and Germany. Located at Eindhoven Airbase in the Netherlands, it aims to provide a more efficient use of the air transport capacities by means of pooling the various assets, and thereby making them available to the participating nations.

Located at 51.45, 5.37444 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Multinational units and formations, Military of the European Union, Eindhoven, 2010 establishments in the Netherlands, Government agencies established in 2001, 2001 in the European Union

Inkijkmuseum

The Inkijkmuseum (lit. trans. Look-in museum) is an originally themed "micro museum" in the Dutch city of Eindhoven. It is located in the washhouse of the former linen factory Van den Briel & Verster on the Dommelstraat. The original factory was shut down in 1936, after which the washhouse was abandoned for a time. It was then converted into a bicycle parking area for the city police, then into youth center Effenaar and cultural center Cultureel Centrum 2B.

Located at 51.4416, 5.48448 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Eindhoven, Museums in North Brabant, Museums established in 2004, Art museums and galleries in the Netherlands

Effenaar

The Effenaar is a pop music venue in Eindhoven, Netherlands. It was founded in 1971 and has grown into one of the larger pop venues in the country. The current Effenaar consists of two music halls. The large hall has an audience capacity of 1200, is intended for use by larger bands and acts and is considerably larger than the hall of the original Effenaar. The small hall has a capacity of 350 (which is smaller than the old Effenaar) and is used for smaller and/or regional bands.

Located at 51.4418, 5.48321 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Eindhoven, Music venues in the Netherlands, Buildings and structures in North Brabant, Visitor attractions in North Brabant

Hotel 't Silveren Seepaerd fire

The Hotel 't Silveren Seepaerd fire took place in the night of 28 September 1971 in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Hotel 't Silveren Seepaerd was a hotel-restaurant on the Stationsplein in Eindhoven. The fire broke out during the night. Because of a flashover the fire which started on the ground floor swiftly expanded over the four story high hotel. The escape routes in the hotel were poorly lit and because of the smoke development in the hotel escape was nearly impossible.

Located at 51.4414, 5.48053 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Fires in the Netherlands, 1971 in the Netherlands, 1971 fires, Hotel fires, History of football in the Netherlands, 1971 in association football

Wollerich

Restaurant Wollerich is a restaurant located in Sint Oedenrode, in the Netherlands. It is a fine dining restaurant that was awarded one Michelin star in the period 1997-2007 and 2010–present. Gault Millau awarded the restaurant 17 out of 20 points. Head chef of Wollerich is Gerard Wollerich. In 2008, there was great consternation when the restaurant unexpectedly lost its Michelin star. This despite the high score in the Gault Millau. In 2010, the restaurant won its star back.

Located at 51.5621, 5.45974 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Restaurants in the Netherlands, Michelin Guide starred restaurants in the Netherlands

Hovenring

The Hovenring is a suspended bicycle path roundabout on the border between Eindhoven and Veldhoven in the Netherlands. It is the first suspended bicycle roundabout in the world.

Located at 51.4334, 5.4193 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Eindhoven, Civil engineering, Cyclist bridges

De Herdgang

De Herdgang (The Herdgang) is the training complex of PSV Eindhoven and an official near in Eindhoven. The complex consists of seven different pitches and further training facilities including a fitness center. It lies on the North side of Eindhoven, near The Golden Oriole estate, the Oirschotsedijk, it is a wooded and quiet area. The Herdgang is often seen as a synonym for the peace that is happening around the club PSV.

Located at 51.4608, 5.43889 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Eindhoven

Avant-Garde van Groeninge

Avant-Garde van Groeninge is a restaurant located in Eindhoven in the Netherlands. It is housed in the Philips Stadion, the home ground of soccer club PSV Eindhoven. It is a fine dining restaurant that is awarded one Michelin star in the period 2004–present. GaultMillau awarded the restaurant 15 out of 20 points. Owner and head chef of Avant-Garde van Groeninge is Johan van Groeninge. The restaurant is a continuation of Michelin starred Brasserie de Eglantier in Hilvarenbeek.

Located at 51.4416, 5.46587 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Restaurants in the Netherlands, Michelin Guide starred restaurants in the Netherlands