You can expect a high quality level of cultural facilities in a city with a population of around 210,000. In the last fifteen years the city has made big investments in improving and extending the existing facilities. The result: a brand-new music center, a new ‘middenzaal' for the city's theater (‘Stadsschouwburg'), and a new podium for specific kinds of pop music. But of course you can also make your own music or (learn to) act.

Het Zuidelijk Toneel is one of the large repertory companies in the Netherlands. It is based in Eindhoven, and plays in both the Netherlands and Flanders. Het Zuidelijk Toneel aims to contribute to the cultural climate in the Netherlands, working closely together with (regional) institutes and initiatives. www.hzt.nl (in Dutch).