azc Eindhoven (Keizersgracht)
The COA's temporary reception on the Keizersgracht in central Eindhoven used two neighbouring hotels, Hotel Glow and hotel-restaurant Dirven, which the COA ran as one location. Omroep Brabant reported in August 2023 that it would house 65 unaccompanied minor asylum seekers aged 15 to 18 and 40 status holders, mostly couples, and that according to the municipality the COA had good experience of combining the two groups. First agreed for one year from mid-September 2023, the reception was extended in July 2024 to September 2025 at the latest, and in August 2025 to the end of December 2025. From January 2026 the young residents moved to the COA's Kanaaldijk-Zuid location in the city, and in July 2026 the AD reported that the two hotels would become a single hotel after the asylum seekers' departure, reopening in early 2027.
Occupancy
63
people (Aug 2025)
Per night
€80
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€1.8m
estimated
Background
The site sits at Keizersgracht, Eindhoven. It is run by the COA (Centraal Orgaan opvang asielzoekers), the Dutch government’s asylum-reception agency. For what the azc / noodopvang categories mean and how Dutch reception spending breaks down, open the cost panel on the interactive map with the Netherlands selected in Settings.
In the news
Aug 2023
Shelter for minor asylum seekers and status holders in Eindhoven
Eindhoven would temporarily house 65 unaccompanied minor asylum seekers aged 15 to 18 and 40 status holders, mostly couples, in Hotel Glow and hotel-restaurant Dirven on the Keizersgracht, with the COA responsible for the location. The municipality said the COA had good experience of combining the two groups.
Omroep Brabant · source
Aug 2025
Temporary COA emergency reception on the Keizersgracht
The city's information page said the COA ran the two hotels as one location, that the reception had been extended in July 2024 to September 2025 at the latest, and that in August 2025 it was extended again to the end of December 2025, after which the residents would move to another location.
Gemeente Eindhoven (archived page) · source
Jan 2026
Young residents move to Kanaaldijk-Zuid
The city's page for the COA's Kanaaldijk-Zuid location says that from January 2026 it also houses 48 unaccompanied minor asylum seekers who moved there from the Keizersgracht location, which was closing.
Gemeente Eindhoven · source
Jul 2026
Eindhoven hotels to become one after the asylum seekers leave
The AD reported that Glow and Dirven on the Keizersgracht would be turned into a single hotel with 60 rooms and a larger restaurant after the asylum seekers' departure, with renovation starting after the summer building holiday and the hotel reopening in early 2027.
AD · source
Compiled from public Dutch news reports (each item links to its source). Where a municipality runs more than one reception location, attribution to this specific address reflects the cited report and may be approximate, always check the linked source.
Timeline
Sep 2023
Reception opens in two hotels
The COA opens temporary reception for unaccompanied minor asylum seekers and status holders at Hotel Glow and hotel-restaurant Dirven, first agreed for one year.
Aug 2025
Reception extended to the end of 2025
Previously due to end by September 2025, the reception is extended to the end of December 2025, after which the residents are to move to another location.
Jan 2026
Keizersgracht reception closes
The young residents move to the COA's Kanaaldijk-Zuid location. In July 2026 the AD reported that the two hotels would reopen as one hotel in early 2027.
Cost
Dutch asylum reception is funded by central government through the COA. At an illustrative benchmark of about €80 per person per night for a regular centre, the 63 people recorded here on 13 August 2025 imply roughly €1.8m per year. This is an order-of-magnitude figure for context only, not a site-specific invoice, emergency reception typically runs around three times the cost of a regular centre.
Sources
COA / Rijksoverheid (Kamerstuk, 5 Sep 2025) · 2025-08-13. View source
Occupancy is the COA register snapshot of 13 August 2025 and may have changed since. Coordinates were geocoded from the published street address via the official PDOK Locatieserver.