The Netherlands · EINDHOVEN TOURS
Good eindhoven tours fill up weeks ahead and the great ones go first. Below: the 15 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.
At Motion Imagination Experience in Eindhoven’s Piazza, you spend about 90 minutes moving through colorful light installations, playful technology, a digital light show, and a large ball pit. English and Dutch hosts are available, and the second-floor venue is wheelchair accessible.
Step into Philips’ first Eindhoven lightbulb factory, built in 1891, and follow the company from early bulbs to healthcare technology. You’ll see product displays, the brAInpower AI exhibition, football history, scheduled mini lectures, and The Lamp performance. Audio tours are available in seven languages.
“Very interesting and engaging museum about Philips and Eindhoven.”
Spend a day exploring Eindhoven’s Next Nature Museum inside the iconic Evoluon. Your ticket covers Once Upon a Time... the Earth, Digital Wellness Center, and RetroFuture, with optional Synthetic Reality and Quantum Escape Room add-ons. Dutch and English support is available, and the museum is wheelchair accessible.
Spend one hour at Bottle Distillery in Eindhoven learning how rum, gin, brandy, liqueur, and vodka are made. An English-speaking guide explains the copper pot still and small-batch methods, followed by three spirit tastings and a snack.
“Everything was great! The guide knew everything about every detail! A place that is worth a visit”
Walk Eindhoven’s center with a local guide and connect Philips, industrial reuse, modern design, and Brainport technology. You’ll see the Blob, van Abbemuseum, Stadsbrouwerij, Kazerne, St. Catharinakerk, and the first Philips lightbulb factory. Tours run in English or Dutch, with private groups available.
“Simon was an excellent guide! We loved learning about the history of this great city!”
Explore Eindhoven on foot with Outside Escape, a self-guided English puzzle tour for up to four players using your smartphone. The 2-kilometer route links churches, quiet streets, city hall, a brewery, and Stratumseind. Allow about 1 to 2 hours, with no guide or admission fees.
“An interesting and alternative way to get to know Eindhoven. The story was good and we had a lot of fun on the way to our destination. Some of the puzzles were a bit more challenging, but that's how it should be.”
Take a self-guided Qula city game through Den Bosch, from the Stadhuis and Grote Kerk to the Noordbrabants Museum and Sint-Janskathedraal. Your smartphone supplies riddles, questions, and challenges in several languages. Start at the station, pause when you like, and play privately with up to six people.
“Very nice way to explore a city. We learnt a lot and we got to places we normally wouldn't get. We had a lot of fun. Highly recommended.”
Rent an electric fatbike in Eindhoven from 10:30 to 12:00 and return it between 17:00 and 18:00. Follow the app through Son, Breugel, Best, Woensel-West, Philipsdorp, Strijp-S, Strijp-T, Strijp-R, and the city center. You get the bike, route, safety equipment, lock, alarm, and breakdown help.
“Hired two e-fatbikes for my wife and I on 22-Nov-22.”
Spend a full day at Eindhoven Zoo, meeting more than 96 animal species, including tigers, rhinos, elephants, lions, polar bears, penguins, chimps, and red pandas. You can also see over 400 bird species and let children burn off energy in indoor and outdoor playgrounds.
“Lots to see and you actually get to see them. The Tiger was the highlight for us especially with the way the zoo is arranged, it feels very close by to the animals.”
Use your phone to solve riddles and complete assignments across Eindhoven, from the Philips Museum and St. Catharine’s Church to Strijp-S and Flying Pins. Qula lets your private group of up to six start, pause, and finish when convenient, with English and several other language options.
“Very nice to do, although as an Eindhoven native it is a bit easier))). However, I did get a lot of emails. Can that mss be reduced to 1 or 2?Auto-translated”
You’ll follow a self-guided Outside Escape puzzle trail through Den Bosch, starting at Markt and ending on Hinthamerstraat. Use one or several smartphones to solve riddles about Jheronimus Bosch, with hints available whenever you need help. Allow 1 to 2 hours.
“De puzzels en opdrachten waren super. Iedereen kon meedoen. Een leuke manier om de stad te ontdekken.”
Join a local English-speaking guide for a 10 to 15 kilometer ride through Eindhoven. You’ll cycle from the old Gasfabriek to Strijp-S, Woensel West, Philipsdorp, parks, villas, and design studios on a three-gear city bike. Most stops are viewed from outside, with time to return later.
“A fascinating tour of Eindhoven with a knowledgeable and friendly tour guide. We experienced local places in Eindhoven combined with lots of history and street art and interesting facts and details. We cycled along safe dedicated flat paths in a small group. This is the best bike tour we have been on”
Meet your Dutch or English-speaking guide outside BLOK 63-S for a 1.5-hour walk through Strijp-S. Hear how Philips shaped Eindhoven, see factory buildings turned into creative spaces, collect a group-tour gadget, and finish at the Feelgood Market.
“Mooie nieuwe inzichten over de ontwikkeling van Eindhoven verkregen.”
Qula’s self-guided Roermond city game leads you from Munsterkerk and Cuypershuis to old lanes, chapels, bridges, and the outlet. Use your own phone and data, start whenever you like, pause for lunch, and compete in teams of two to six as GPS challenges reveal the city.
“We love the city game in Roermond. We learn a lot by doing the game, and we seen more nice thinks than that we have seen normaly when where shopping here”
Ride an electric fatbike from Eindhoven through Nuenen and the surrounding countryside, stopping at Van Gogh painting sites, watermills, churches, and the Van Gogh Village Museum. The private tour lasts about 4 to 5 hours and includes the bike, battery, instruction, museum entry, and roadside help.
“Het was een mooie dag om een tocht te maken. We werden eerst hartelijk opgewacht door de eigenaar. Hebben vervolgens uitleg gekregen en zijn begonnen aan de tocht. We hebben mooie plekken van Van Gogh gezien.”
Pick a boat, a windmill or a gallery.
