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When Matador Network writes about โ€œHollandโ€™s Design Cityโ€, you know for sure that thereโ€™s a new nomination coming up: Eindhoven is, according to the platform, one of the top 10 creative hubs outside the United States. For clarity: the list has no status, but oh well, itโ€™s always good to see that โ€œourโ€ message comes across.

Schermafbeelding 2016-03-17 om 17.24.39โ€œEindhoven is an excellent choice for creativesโ€, the platform states. With a reason. As proof of that, reporter Yulia Denisyuk comes with a list of big upcoming events: The Go Wild Music Festival, Dream and Dare, Dutch Technology Week, Dutch Design Week and Glow. In fact, these festivals contribute to making the city โ€œhas recently been attracting creatives of all typesโ€.

Of course Strijp-S also comes along, as is restaurant De Kazerne, โ€œa first of its kind expo restaurant in the city center, where guests are exposed to works of design, experimentation, and art, while enjoying dinner and drinks.โ€ Very different creativity Yulia has found at the High Tech Campus, โ€œhome to several restaurant concepts and shops and serves as communityโ€™s resource for budding entrepreneurs.โ€

Matador is, in its own words, the worldโ€™s largest independent travel publisher, with 12 million unique visitors per month. Which helps Eindhoven to get some new attention. Hereโ€™s the complete list:

  1. Santiago
  2. Tallinn
  3. Marrakech
  4. Reykjavik
  5. chiang mai
  6. Eindhoven
  7. Lisbon
  8. Waterloo
  9. Bangalore
  10. Istanbul

Nice list though.

(Main photo: still from video Niels Hoebers)