Radio 4 Brainport

21/08/2025

Want to gain experience in journalistic reporting for radio and social media?

We have a great opportunity for young people as a "Maatschappelijke Diensttijd". In cooperatioon with Eindhoven CityofLearning, we host an MDT Plus project.

In this project, we use social media and radio broadcasts to connect national and international participants in the Eindhoven region on topics with a high social impact. A team of three to five young people will report on the climate event "Cooling Down. Just Do It" on November 9th in Eindhoven (Parktheater and various other locations throughout the city).

English is the main language of communication within Radio4Brainport, focusing on the internationally oriented community in the region, with an active interest in technology and design, but also engaged with social issues. We use the workflow of a radio station as a vehicle. The station runs in the cloud. We almost completely automate the broadcast of content and actively add interviews, special announcements, news items, etc. to the stream via online technology. This allows us to focus on creating high-quality content on location, in contact with our audience, instead of being confined to the studio. In addition to presenting content in a linear stream, we publish interviews as mini-podcasts on platforms like YouTube, Spotify, and Mixcloud, and we regularly post on LinkedIn. There's also a lot to learn also in terms of editing and technical skills.

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In dit project gebruiken we sociale media en radio-uitzendingen om nationale en internationale deelnemers in de regio Eindhoven te verbinden over onderwerpen met een grote maatschappelijke impact. Een team van 3 tot 5 jongeren zal verslag doen van klimaatevenement "Cooling Down. Gewoon Doen" op 9 no...

19/08/2025

A student room in the Netherlands now costs on average of 3 euros more than one year ago: 601 euros per month. But in Eindhoven, renting rates fell by 7.4 percent. Students there now pay about €440 for a room.

The changes in renting costs vary widely across the country. The limited national increase is due to the fact that prices in some cities with abundant supply remained relatively stable.

Rents nonetheless rose sharply in Nijmegen and Tilburg. Nijmegen saw a 24.3 percent increase to €635. Tilburg 23 percent. Students there now pay an average of €535 for a room. Enschede, Wageningen, Leeuwarden, and Ede are the cheapest student cities, while Amsterdam remains the most expensive. An average room in the capital costs €945, compared to €900 last year.

Een studentenkamer kostte in het tweede kwartaal gemiddeld 3 euro meer dan een jaar eerder: 601 euro per maand. In Nijmegen en Tilburg gingen de huren harder omhoog. Enschede, Wageningen, Leeuwarden en Ede zijn de goedkoopste studentensteden, Amsterdam is nog altijd het duurst.

16/08/2025

How to listen to radio in English in your car? You can visit the website with our internet streams on https://Radio4Brainport.org But it is not too hard to find us on apps like TuneIn or RadioPlayer.

13/08/2025

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@"The Tea-Talk team sat down with Andrew and Toby to discuss their inspiring charity initiative.
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Story/ behind the scenes on Radio 4 Brainport

20 Marathons • 5 Countries • 1 Million Steps for Change 🌍

Andrew Funk and Toby Plüss are taking on Europe, a challenging charity walk that covers over 850 km across five countries: Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Spain.

Over one month, they’ll walk more than 20 marathons, over 43 km every day. They’re raising awareness and funds to help more than a million people who are experiencing homelessness.

Here’s the powerful message:
No one should have to sleep on the streets.

Want to join the walk? You can walk a stage with Andrew Funk and Toby Plüss to help make a difference every step of the way.

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07/08/2025

Looking for an interesting trip for a day? Join us going underground! Stay tuned for tips like this one:
While Eindhoven may once have had a forbidden city, Maastricht had a highly secretive NATO air command center that was responsible for the air defense of all of Europe above the Rhine.

During the cold war, thus even in the 80s, it was still operational, nowadays it is open for guided tours.
8 kilometers of caves from where once upon a time Eindhoven, Volkel, and many German airbases were being controlled.

Over 30 meters deep in the limestone hills of the Cannerberg lies one of the most mysterious sites of the Cold War: the former NATO Headquarters. This secret...

16/07/2025

ASML also expressed concerns that continued growth in 2026 may not be business as usual.

View ASML's 2025 second-quarter financial results.

15/07/2025

The Walk of the World kicks off in Nijmegen: four days of marching. More than 45,000 walkers of 82 nationalities set off early this morning for the first day of walking. Depending on age and gender, they will walk 30, 40, or 50 kilometers each day.

By far the largest group of participants in de Vierdaagse: almost a quarter, are people in their sixties. People in their twenties are also well represented, at 19.4 percent. This year's oldest walker is 94, the youngest 11: the age at which children are first allowed to participate. Meanwhile, even more people just come to the city and the surrounding villages to enjoy the vibe.

Dutch media, like NOS cover the event and their particiants in great detail.

De 107ste Nijmeegse Vierdaagse is vanochtend weer van start gegaan. Meer dan 45.000 wandelaars van 82 nationaliteiten vertrokken vanochtend vroeg.

14/07/2025

On Air Tuesday 8PM: "Are We Still on the Same Page?" with Susan Smit and Bart J.G. Bruijnen: Curious about Brabant’s “zwetsen” or Limburg’s sing-song “wa sisse”? Join Susan, sharing her love for meltingly delicious vlaai and youth talent, with Bart to decode dialects like “gij” and boost Brainport’s future. Uncover cultural connections and tips for thriving in Eindhoven’s global hub. Smile, discover, connect!

Recorded at Next Nature Museum, located in the , . Episode 2 Part III: of Are We Still on the Same Page?, part of Radio4Brainport.org .

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Curious about Brabant’s “zwetsen” or Limburg’s sing-song “wa sisse”? Join Susan, sharing her love for meltingly delicious vlaai and youth talent, with Bart t...

30/06/2025

ON AIR Tuesday 8 PM: Are we still on the same page? DAB+ and 747 AM. Struggling with Dutch and its tricky grammar like “de/het” or verb shifts like “omdat ik appels eet”? Baffled by Brabant’s “houdoe”? Join Susan, sharing her Indisch-Limburg roots and passion for Brainport’s cultural mix, with linguist Bart to unravel learning the guttural “g” and decoding local dialects. Explore expat challenges and vibrant local vibes in Eindhoven’s tech hub. Smile, discover, connect!

Recorded at Next Nature Museum, formerly .
Our hosts Susan Smitt & Bart Bruijnen are “spin in ‘t web” and like to share how we connect. What do you feel? What do you miss? What are we good at? It’s all about people and we believe that language, sports, music and food brings us more closer. By the way, there is more to come: next week our guest Wendie from De Liefdesdokter explains their initiative.

Struggling with Dutch and its tricky grammar like “de/het” or verb shifts like “omdat ik appels eet”? Baffled by Brabant’s “houdoe”? Join Susan, sharing her ...

01/06/2025

We love to take you to the best places to visit in the Netherlands. Not too far from Giethoorn is the nature reserve "de Weerribben". Graet for a day in a canoe in a area where once the peat cutters lived a harsh life.

The Dutch national park "de Weerribben" used to be an area for extracting peat. It was dried on small remaining patches of land, called "de ribben". In the 1...

18/05/2025

Big celebrations in Eindhoven. PSV is again Dutch champion football!!! Studio040 has the story (in Dutch)

PSV is voor de 26ste keer landskampioen geworden. De ploeg van trainer Peter Bosz won zondagmiddag in Rotterdam met 1-3 van Sparta en stelde daarmee de titel veilig. Vele duizenden fans volgden de wedstrijd op grote schermen in de Eindhovense binnenstad.

11/05/2025

The concentration of grass pollen is increasing towards a maximum. Dry conditions in the upcoming weeks do not provide relief for individuals suffering from hay fever symptoms.