GLOW: The Precious Dutch Light Festival of Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Netherlands

Social events are popular in the Netherlands, as such, there are a number of regular activities organized like festivals, parades, and markets. Eindhoven, the high-tech city in the south of Netherlands hosts full of creative events and GLOW is a prominent one which is a light festival being organized on every second week of November.

Such a light festival is well suited for one of the most leading worldwide technology and industry region that Eindhoven could be considered as the “silicon valley” of Europe. Being the hometown of Philips has significantly helped the city to urbanize rapidly. Many traces are visible around the town, as such some buildings were once formerly part of Philips factory.

Today, Eindhoven is a center for intellectuals hosting famous companies, startups, and a technical university. All these organizations provide many collaborations with other global high-tech societies around the world. Considering the listing factors above, GLOW is a very typical festival for Eindhoven as well as one of the unique environments to experience light in creativity. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).