Pool to close for maintenance
Everyone likes a well-maintained, clean swimming pool. So, every year, the Ottenbad pool closes its recreational pool for a few days for precisely this...
Kids brighten up deserted streets
All those streets with abandoned and plastered houses paint a bleak picture. The residents of the Eindhoven neighbourhood of Woensel-West were utterly done with...
Old folks collect toys for poor kids
The elderly residents at Vitalis collected toys for disadvantaged children today.
"The fact that these elderly people are sitting here is really heartwarming for me. It...
Joy and criticism for Pieten Parade
The Zwarte Piet parade in Eindhoven centrum was a lot of fun, but there it was also criticised.
With their dancing and singing the Pieten...
Top chess players to attend Chess Championship
The two best chess players in the world, Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana, will be present at the Tata Steel Chess in the Philips...
No more Zwarte Piet soon
From next year, only soot-faced 'Piets' will be part of the Sinterklaas parade in Eindhoven. This was announced in a letter from the organisers.
It...
Italian? Your kids can come enjoy a story at the library
Are your children Italian or do they understand the language? Then Eindhoven Library and the Eindhoven Italian School invite them to come to Raccontastorie...
Local company to supply digi-boards to Belgian schools
The Eindhoven-based company, CTouch, will supply a digital board to each of 130 schools in Belgium.
The company has made agreements about this with the...
Friemel en Frutsel Dagen: ‘It was nagging for volunteers’
We have again the 'Friemel en Frutsel Dagen' (arts and crafts days) in Mierlo, but they were close to cancelling the event due to...
3000 participants in the mini-marathon
The mini marathon also took place next to the Eindhoven marathon. It consisted in running one mile or 1.6 kilometers.
Around 3000 participants took part...
Ronald McDonald House Veldhoven and the value of giving
After providing hospitality for over twenty years, the Ronald McDonald House Veldhoven might still not be known to everyone in the Brainport area. High...
