Eindhoven Centrum & Strijp-S
Redeveloped former Philips factory district plus the modern city centre; modern apartment stock with service lifts.
Region three of four
Eindhoven and the Brainport tech corridor.
A different kind of UK→Netherlands move — work-led, work-paced, increasingly the busiest corridor.
Eindhoven is the Dutch tech capital and the home of the Brainport region. ASML in Veldhoven, Philips through its history and its present, NXP, the High Tech Campus — they have built one of the densest tech-employer concentrations in Europe and pulled in the UK→Netherlands relocation traffic that goes with that. Most of our Eindhoven moves are work-led: a UK family or professional joining a Brainport employer, often via a corporate-billed relocation package, almost always on a tight timeline tied to a start date.
The region brief
What a Eindhoven move actually looks like.
Eindhoven proper is a compact, walkable city with a striking modernist core (the Strijp-S former Philips factory district is now creative-industry studios and apartments, and the rest of the centre has been heavily redeveloped since 2000). The mover-relevant areas spread out from the centre — Stratum, Tongelre, Woensel for the city itself, and the surrounding municipalities of Veldhoven (ASML campus), Best, Geldrop, and Helmond for the wider Brainport catchment.
A Brainport relocation looks different from an Amsterdam or The Hague move because of the timing: ASML and Philips relocation packages typically commit to a start date, the household has to be ready, and the move has to thread the needle between the UK exit and the Dutch arrival. We have done enough of these to know the relocation-package timing patterns and we plan the move around them. The customs paperwork (transfer-of-residence relief, BSN-side documentation) sits inside the relocation-management firm's standard workflow most of the time, but we still file on our side and coordinate with them.
The international-school question matters more in Brainport than almost anywhere else in the Netherlands. The International School Eindhoven (formerly Regional International School) is the main option, and most of our Brainport family relocations time the move to fit the school year and the school's admissions windows. We schedule accordingly.
Known UK-mover neighbourhoods
Where UK movers tend to land in Eindhoven.
Six clusters that account for most of our Eindhoven catchment, with the practical move-side note for each. Not a property guide — a removals brief.
Stratum, Tongelre, Woensel
Mid-century neighbourhoods spreading from the centre; mixed apartment and family-housing stock.
Veldhoven
ASML campus municipality; substantial corporate-relocation housing stock; modern build.
Best
Adjacent to Eindhoven, family-housing stock, popular with Brainport professionals.
Geldrop & Helmond
Eastern Brainport satellites; cheaper housing, longer commute, smaller catchment but growing.
Nuenen, Aalst, Waalre
Affluent villages south and east of Eindhoven; villa stock for senior Brainport hires.
Route, customs, final-leg
How a UK to Eindhoven consignment travels.
Customs port
Port of Rotterdam (Europoort) for sea / road clearance for overland
Same customs path as the rest of the Netherlands — sea via Europoort with road forwarding south, or overland via Belgium clearing at the Dutch border. The Eindhoven final-leg drive is short from either entry point.
Road & sea logistics
- Overland: Channel → northern France → Belgium → Hazeldonk → A2 motorway south to Eindhoven; the most direct route from the Belgian border.
- Direct sea via Rotterdam: container shipping with onward road from Europoort south to Eindhoven (around half the distance of the Amsterdam onward leg).
- Eindhoven itself has wide post-war streets and modern building stock; direct delivery is the norm for most addresses.
- Veldhoven and the surrounding Brainport municipalities take direct delivery; ASML-campus housing has straightforward loading-bay access for relocation vehicles.
Common briefs
The moves we see most often into Eindhoven.
ASML or Philips professional relocation → Veldhoven or Strijp-S, often corporate-billed.
High Tech Campus engineer move → Veldhoven, Aalst, or Waalre.
Family relocation timed to the International School Eindhoven year.
Brainport startup or scaleup move → Eindhoven Centrum or Stratum.
NXP / electronics-sector move → Eindhoven Woensel or Best.
My relocation is being managed by a corporate relocation firm — how do you coordinate?
Most ASML and Philips moves come through a relocation-management firm (RMC) that handles the wider package — housing, schools, immigration, often the BSN appointment. The removals firm sits inside that workflow. We coordinate directly with the RMC where you want us to, handle the customs paperwork on our side, and file the relevant transfer-of-residence documentation. The RMC handles the Dutch-side administrative arrival; we handle the moving-the-goods part. This is well-trodden — most of our Brainport moves work this way.
Does Eindhoven have an international school?
Yes — the International School Eindhoven (ISE) is the main option for Brainport-area UK families. It runs primary and secondary IB programmes. Admissions are competitive and have specific windows; most of our family Brainport moves are timed around the school year and ISE's start dates. There are also smaller English-stream options in the wider area, and the European School at Bergen (further north) for some specific scenarios.
Can you handle a move to Veldhoven specifically (for ASML)?
Yes, regularly — Veldhoven is the busiest single destination on the Brainport corridor for us. ASML's campus and the surrounding housing developments take direct removals-vehicle delivery, and we know the loading patterns at the main relocation-housing addresses. If your ASML relocation is being managed by Crown, SIRVA, Brookfield or one of the other big RMCs, we have likely coordinated with them on a recent move.
Other Dutch regions
Three more briefs.
Amsterdam
The capital, the canal belt, and the surrounding districts inside the A10 ring.
Read the briefThe Randstad
Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht and the urban ring around the Green Heart.
Read the briefNorthern Netherlands
Groningen, Friesland, Drenthe — the quieter, less-served north.
Read the briefA Eindhoven move starts with a conversation.
Tell us where in Eindhoven you are going, what is moving, and roughly when. A surveyor will be in touch promptly.