Eindhoven & North Brabant

Every year in October, the Dutch Design Week (DDW) takes place in Eindhoven. The largest design event in Northern Europe presents work and concepts from more than 2,600 designers to more than 300,000 visitors from home and abroad. Scattered over some 110 locations throughout the city, DDW organises and facilitates exhibitions, lectures, award ceremonies, network meetings, debates and festivities.

When you visit the charming Brocantemarkt in the fortified town of Heusden it is wonderful to walk around and look at fine antiques and curios. More than fifty top dealers show their most extraordinary finds from the Netherlands, France and Belgium. Silver and glassware, crockery, vintage, bottles, industrial items, mannequins and small furniture is all there for visitors to enjoy or purchase, often at very reasonable prices. The Brocantmarkt on the Burchtplein can be visited every first Saturday of the month. For € 1.00 you can ride with the Brocante bus from the parking Vestingstraat (P Heusden Centrum Zuid) to the Burchtplein.

Boulevard Theater Festival is the summer festival of the south. During eleven days in August, we present theatre, dance and music (theatre) from all corners of the world in and around the historic city centre of 's-Hertogenbosch. On the famous festival square under the chestnut trees, at the foot of St. John's Cathedral, you will find an atmospheric festival centre with restaurants, food trucks and a festive theatre offer. There is theatre in tents, a children's program in the BLVRD Theater, international street theatre and live music.

Jazz in Duketown is the largest free jazz festival in the Netherlands and annually attracts more than 150,000 visitors. The festival focuses on jazz and related movements of today and is organised for the 45th time (2018) during the Whitsun weekend. On the free-to-be-visited stages in the city centre of 's-Hertogenbosch, nationally and internationally renowned musicians perform.