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Tomorrow's life

Breaking through barriers in sustainability, health and digitalization

Our world can be a much better place! Climate change, rising energy costs, and the tremendous pressure on the healthcare sector make us even more acutely aware of this. 30,000 Brightlands optimists believe that we can make chemistry circular, health more personal, food healthier, and data safer and more human. By combining knowledge and expertise and working together in a smarter manner, four Brightlands innovation campuses in the Province of Limburg prove every day that there is another way.

Brightlands Campus Greenport Venlo - Innovatoren
Brightlands
Campus Greenport Venlo
Tomorrow's food
Chemelot
Brightlands
Chemelot Campus
Tomorrow's materials
Maastricht Health
Brightlands
Maastricht Health Campus
Tomorrow's health
Brightlands Smart Services Campus
Brightlands
Smart Services Campus
Tomorrow's smart services

The ideal location

Knowledge crossing borders

London 420km
Berlin 550km
Paris 340km

Brightlands

in figures

350
companies
16.022
jobs
13.565
students

At the four Brightlands innovation campuses in Limburg, different communities contribute to groundbreaking innovations in the fields of circularity, health, nutrition and data. They also focus on combinations of these areas; after all, when you think without limits, new worlds can open up for you.

* Source: Brightlands. Figures as of January 1, 2023

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Get surprised by Brightlands podcast series

The background, developments and innovations of the four Brightlands campuses were spotlighted in a ten-part podcast series. Podcast and radio producer Hanneke Zwitserlood interviewed over 30 Brightlanders for this series (in Dutch only).

Podcast series Brightlands

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