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Eindhoven: The floating roundabout

Posted on 9 April 202525 April 2025 by Rob Ainsley

I had an unexpected stay in Rotterdam, so I nipped down south on the train today to see the Netherlands’ most celebrated cycle roundabout: the Hovenring, a gyratory suspended in mid-air above a main road in Eindhoven.

Up in the air: Eindhoven’s Hovenring

The hovering interchange is on the Rondje Eindhoven (‘Little Ring’) bike route that loops round the city. Half-bridge, half-roundabout, its cable stays lift it over the clangour of the traffic below and sluice Eindhoven’s busy commuters safely and continuously on their car-free way.

Putting the P into PSV: Handy urinals at Eindhoven’s footy stadium

It’s only a couple of miles west of the station. I passed the shiny stadium of PSV to get there, which I was delighted about. Not because I’m particularly a fan of Eredivisie football, but because the pragmatic Dutch have installed a few open-air pissoirs nearby – handy for fans who have necked a few Amstels en route to the match, and for well-hydrated cycle bloggers with dodgy bladders.

Ring cycle: Hovenring is music to cyclists’ ears

The Hovenring just feels like, well, a roundabout, when you cycle it; it’s at its most dramatic in drone footage on those upbeat architectural promo videos. It’s also not unique: Wikipedia notes similar infra in Stavanger, Norway; Shanghai, China; and Rzeszów (bless you!), Poland.

Typical bike path in Eindhoven: Good, but it’s not Best

It’s also situated on the way to the suburb of Best. So you can truthfully say, while cycling the Hovenring isn’t quite like flying, it’s the next Best thing.

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