Eindhoven, The Netherlands Eindhoven is the fifth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, located in the south of the country. The name derives from the contraction of the regional words eind (meaning "last" or "end") and hove (or hoeve, a section of some 14 hectares of land). Eindhoven's history is dominated by industrial development and is inextricably linked to electronics giant Philips and, to a lesser degree, DAF Trucks.
