Eindhoven

If tech is what gets you going, get going to Eindhoven. This Dutch city, situated in the south of the Netherlands, is one of Europe’s most exciting and fast-growing tech hotspots. In the time it’s taken for you to read that sentence, another techy Dutch startup has probably popped up. Back in 2013, Forbes described Eindhoven as “hands-down the most inventive city in the world” and in 2017 it was named by Dispatches as the best city in Europe for expats. Cop that.

There’s a lot of fuss about Eindhoven’s High Tech Campus, a gathering of over 160 companies and 11,000 researchers who share all their knowledge with each other. The campus is known as “the smartest km² in the world”, so it’s kind of a big deal. Eindhoven is a green and spacious city, full of flashy new buildings and big opportunities. What’s more, the chocolatey land of Belgium is only a 20-minute drive away.

Average salary: £41,630 (GBP)

Population: 226,868

Look for local jobs on: Together Abroad

Major companies: Philips, PwC, Intel, BT, Huawei and ABB

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