Studium Generale

A broad cultural program – from concerts to exhibitions, theatre performances and movie showings – is offered at TU/e by Studium Generale. Most activities are organized on campus and admission is often free, albeit subject to prior registration. For the current offerings, check the program on the website or subscribe to the newsletter.

Museum pass

Buy a museum pass for € 64.90 and get unlimited access to over 500 museums in the Netherlands, including the Van Abbemuseum, DAF Museum and Philips Museum in Eindhoven, for an entire year. You can order the pass online or buy a temporary pass (while you wait to receive the permanent one) at the visitor desk of some of the bigger museums. It’s good for twelve months and automatically lapses after this period.

Zwarte Doos

TU/e has its own arthouse movie theater right on campus: de Zwarte Doos. Does it get any more convenient than that? Student tickets are just € 4.50 and there’s a whole range of genres to choose from: from timeless classics such as Thelma and Louise to new cinema blockbusters such as Oppenheimer.

Cineville card

Go to the movies as often as you like? With a Cineville card, which starts at € 18.50 per month, you have unlimited admission to 58 arthouse theatres throughout the Netherlands, including the Natlab located at the former Strijp-S business park.

We are Public

Join We are Public for unlimited access to everything the platform has to offer. Every month you can take your pick from over 400 performances, concerts, movies, exhibitions and festivals all over the country. If you’re under thirty, you’ll only pay € 15 a month. Not entirely sure it’s your cup of tea? Not to worry, there’s a fourteen-day trial period.

Dutch Design Week

Dutch Design Week (DDW) is a large-scale design festival that annually takes place in Eindhoven. This year, DDW will be on from October 21 thru 29. Students get a discount on a regular ticket and the festival includes free exhibitions as well. As an added bonus, your festival bracelet will also get you into the many concerts taking place throughout the city during DDW.

GLOW

GLOW is an annual light festival in Eindhoven center. For seven days, artists from both the Netherlands and abroad put on impressive lightshows and exhibitions, using the very latest media technologies. The festival will run from November 11 thru 18 this year and as always, admission is free. If previous editions are anything to go by, the number of visitors may be in the 700 thousands, so expect a crowded city center and plenty of roads closed off during festival week.

Festivals

In the Netherlands we love a good festival. Pinkpop, Best Kept Secret, Mysteryland, Down The Rabbit Hole, De Zwarte Cross and Into the Great Wide Open are among the more well-known music festivals. Demand exceeds supply every year, so you’re advised to get your ticket months in advance. For jazz lovers there’s the North Sea Jazz Festival, for literature buffs there’s the Crossing Border festival in The Hague, and for theater fanatics there’s de Parade. Finally, if you’re really into all things culture, a visit to the extraordinary Oerol festival that takes place on the island of Terschelling every year should definitely be on your bucket list.