Renting an Apartment in Helmond
The second city of Brabant, a fifteen-minute train ride from Eindhoven — with a fortified town as a new-build district and waterfront apartments in a transformed center.
Helmond is a city you have to get to know to appreciate. Those considering renting an apartment in Helmond might expect a typical Brabant growth center — but will find a city of almost 97,000 inhabitants (2026) with a medieval moated castle in the center, a textile history that is still visible today in the factory buildings along the canals, and a new-build district designed as a fortified town with its own canal ring. Helmond is located in the Brainport region and is a fifteen-minute train ride from Eindhoven, but without paying Eindhoven’s rental prices.
Apartments in Helmond
The supply of apartments in the free sector is concentrated in two places: the renovated center around Suytkade and Havenpark, and the larger residential areas where apartment complexes stand among single-family homes. This neighborhood guide shows where to find what — from water towers on a residential island to corridor flats in 1970s districts.
Suytkade: Waterfront Apartments
Helmond’s most distinctive apartment location is along the Wilhelminakanaal, on the former industrial site that has been transformed into the Suytkade. Here stand the three Waterburchten (Water Castles) — residential towers on an island in the water, of which the Havezate with 52 apartments is the tallest. It is the place where Helmond feels most urban: apartments with water views, modern architecture, and a direct connection to the city center.
The Suytkade is the result of a center development that has literally rebuilt Helmond's industrial past. Where textile factories once stood, residential buildings now stand. For tenants seeking a new-build apartment with appeal and a central location, Suytkade is the primary address. The station is a ten-minute walk away.
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The Center and Binnenstad-Oost: Compact Living Around the Castle
Helmond’s center revolves around two anchor points: Helmond Castle — a fourteenth-century moated castle that now houses the municipal museum — and the shopping area around the Markt. The architecture is mixed: pre-war buildings with upstairs apartments, post-war infills, and newer apartments around the Havenpark on the north side of the center.
Binnenstad-Oost, directly east of the center, is more compact and unassuming. Corridor flats and terraced houses from the 1950s to 1970s dominate the streetscape. It is not a neighborhood that appears in glossy magazines, but for tenants looking for an affordable apartment within walking distance of the station and shops, it offers a direct option.
Brandevoort: The New Town That Became a Fortified Town
Brandevoort is Helmond's most talked-about neighborhood, and rightly so. The new-build location on the southeast side of the city was designed by the Luxembourgish-German architect Rob Krier as a new fortified town: a pentagonal core surrounded by a canal, brick facades of three to four layers with pitched roofs, narrow streets opening onto squares. It has its own station — Helmond Brandevoort — designed in the same architectural style as the neighborhood itself.
Brandevoort is considered the highlight of neotraditionalism in Dutch urban planning. It is not a generic new-build project but a conscious architectural choice: a neighborhood that looks as if it is centuries old, but built with modern insulation and energy standards. The apartment supply here is limited — the neighborhood mainly consists of ground-level homes — but in the core, there are multi-story buildings with apartments above shops and around the squares.
Brouwhuis: The Quiet 1970s Neighborhood
Brouwhuis, southwest of the center, is a former village that has been absorbed into the city due to Helmond's growth. The neighborhood was largely built in the 1970s and 1980s and has the character you expect from that period: spacious layout, lots of greenery, a mix of single-family homes and apartment buildings. The flats — corridor and gallery flats of four to five layers — make up the majority of the apartment supply in this neighborhood.
It is a neighborhood for tenants who prefer tranquility over urbanity. The facilities are complete: own shops, schools, sports facilities. The distance to the center is five minutes by bike, and fifteen minutes to the station. Rents are lower than in Suytkade or Brandevoort.
Apartments Price Breakdown in Helmond
| Bedrooms | Average | Median | Price Range | Available |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | €1,205 | €1,180 | €844 - €1,575 | 6 |
2 | €1,407 | €1,413 | €1,084 - €1,770 | 12 |
3 | €1,835 | €1,950 | €1,338 - €2,100 | 2 |
Rijpelberg and Helmond-Noord: The Second Ring
Rijpelberg, built in the 1980s, and Helmond-Noord, predominantly post-war, form the second ring around the center. Both neighborhoods offer a mix of ground-level homes and apartment blocks. Rijpelberg is greener and more spacious than the older neighborhoods closer to the center. Helmond-Noord has more the character of a working-class neighborhood — functional, affordable, without frills.
The apartment supply in these neighborhoods mainly consists of corridor flats and gallery flats — homes with two to three bedrooms, often with a balcony, built in a period when square meters were not yet minimized. For tenants who value space more than appearance, these are the neighborhoods with the best ratio between area and rental price.
Vlisco: African Wax Prints from Brabant
Vlisco, founded in 1846, still produces the wax prints from Helmond that are status symbols in West and Central Africa. It is an unexpected piece of world history in a Brabant city — and a remnant of the textile industry that made Helmond great.
Brandevoort: Neotraditionalism as a Statement
The new-build district Brandevoort by architect Rob Krier has received international awards as the most ambitious example of New Urbanism in the Netherlands. A complete fortified town with a canal, squares, and its own station — built as if the twenty-first century does not exist, but with the corresponding insulation values.
Brainport a Quarter Away
Helmond is located in the Brainport Eindhoven region — the high-tech cluster around ASML, Philips, and the Design Academy. The train to Eindhoven takes fifteen minutes. Dutch Design Week, Northern Europe’s largest design event, is within cycling distance every autumn.
Renting an Apartment in Helmond: A Market with Room
The apartment market in Helmond is less overheated than in Eindhoven or the Randstad. The supply is broader, competition per property is lower, and rents are proportionally lower — especially outside Suytkade and Brandevoort. This makes Helmond attractive for tenants who want to live in the Brainport region without paying Eindhoven’s rental prices.
The choice comes down to profile: Suytkade for new-build waterfront properties, Brandevoort for architectural appeal, Brouwhuis or Rijpelberg for affordable space in a quiet neighborhood, the center for walking distance to everything. Those who are flexible about which neighborhood suits them will find an apartment here quicker than in many comparable cities. Make sure your proof of income and identification are digitally ready when you respond, and set up a search on our platform — with the complete rental housing supply of the Netherlands in one place, you won't miss any new listings.
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