‘Eat to Meet Meerhoven’
Saturday 15 February 2025, Residents' Association Meerhoven is organising ‘Eat to Meet Meerhoven’: a three-course dinner full of encounters, conviviality and culinary discovery. Registration is possible until Monday 6 January 2025 One of the objectives of Residents' Association Meerhoven is to connect residents with each other. Meerhoven is a neigbourhood [...]
Eindhoven council puts research into added value of Airport on hold: ‘Meaningful, but not now’
Although a majority of the Eindhoven city council would like to have research done into the added value of Eindhoven Airport, such a study will not be carried out for the time being. That was the outcome of a short debate in a council meeting late on Tuesday evening, in [...]
Plan to close Eindhoven Airport keeps critics busy, neighbours are amazed by a look behind the scenes
It was an absurd idea, but it is still being discussed: closing Eindhoven Airport and sacrificing it for housing. While a debate is taking place in Knegsel, the airport itself is opening its doors to local residents six kilometres away. They call it ‘Neighbours’ Day’. Two meetings at the same [...]
Indian community fed up with burglars, but receives little support
This weekend, the Indian community in the Eindhoven region called attention to the wave of burglaries that is plaguing them with a demonstration. According to bystanders, they should mainly look for the solution within themselves. A group of protesters from India is completely fed up with burglars, as they made [...]
Handicrafts Blinkerd Meerhoven
Would you like to have fun crafting with local residents, learn from each other and inspire each other? Then join the craft group 'Meerhandwerken Blinkerd' in the Zeecafé of Wooninc.Plus building De Blinkerd. This craft group has been around for over 10 years and is an initiative of a former [...]
Should Eindhoven Airport be closed or relocated? Join the discussion with BVM2
Wouldn't it be better if Eindhoven Airport were closed to make way for hundreds of new homes? Should the airport be relocated to another, less densely populated location? Or perhaps a size smaller? These and other topics will be discussed during a forum discussion on Saturday 23 November 2024 in [...]
Winter emergency shelter for homeless people in Meerhoven opens again: ‘Already busier than usual’
The winter emergency shelter for homeless people in Meerhoven is open again. According to Springplank 040 director Thijs Eradus, it is immediately busy. On Tuesday, 27 of the 55 beds were occupied. It usually only gets busier later in the winter. The winter emergency shelter is primarily intended for homeless [...]
Moisture problems at Slingertouw school building still not resolved
The leakage problems that the Waterrijk location of primary school ’t Slingertouw in Meerhoven has been struggling with for years now have still not been resolved. The municipality now says that it will 'continue to monitor' the problems. According to alderman Stijn Steenbakkers (CDA, education housing), 'various construction measures have [...]
Despite political criticism of airport, Eindhoven Airport builds terminal for millions of extra passengers
While Eindhoven Airport is starting to build a terminal that can accommodate millions of extra passengers, Eindhoven politicians are being very critical of the airport. But according to the airport, the mega terminal is necessary because the current building is far too small. 'A necessary evil', 'castle in the air' [...]
What really makes Meerhoven a meeting place?
Contact with neighbours contributes to a pleasant and liveable neighbourhood. But what do Meerhoven residents need to meet each other more? The municipality of Eindhoven, together with Residents' Asssociation Meerhoven, wants to investigate this and calls on residents to share their opinions via a survey. The survey is easy to [...]