Organic electroluminescent device with a layer stack (1, 2, 3) for emitting light through an at least partly transparent top electrode, comprising - a conductive foil comprising - a carrier material with an upper and a lower side as a substrate and a first metal layer with a thickness such as to result in a sheet resistance of less than 0.05 Ω/square on the upper side of the carrier material, the latter comprising at least a first metal area as a bottom electrode, and a second metal area that is electrically insulated from the first metal area provides a direct electrical contact to the transparent top electrode, - a second metal layer with a thickness that results in a sheet resistance of less than 0.05 Ω/square on the lower side of the carrier material, and - at least one conducting path through the carrier material to connect the second metal layer either to the first metal area or to the second metal area of the first metal layer on the upper side of the carrier material, - an organic layer stack deposited on top of the bottom electrode and designed to emit light, - the transparent top electrode on top of the organic layer stack, and - an at least partly transparent protection element covering at least the top electrode and the organic layer stack. - a conductive foil comprising - a carrier material with an upper and a lower side as a substrate and a first metal layer with a thickness such as to result in a sheet resistance of less than 0.05 Ω/square on the upper side of the carrier material, the latter comprising at least a first metal area as a bottom electrode, and a second metal area that is electrically insulated from the first metal area provides a direct electrical contact to the transparent top electrode, - a second metal layer with a thickness that results in a sheet resistance of less than 0.05 Ω/square on the lower side of the carrier material, and - at least one conducting path through the carrier material to connect the second metal layer either to the first metal area or to the second metal area of the first metal layer on the upper side of the carrier material, - a carrier material with an upper and a lower side as a substrate and a first metal layer with a thickness such as to result in a sheet resistance of less than 0.05 Ω/square on the upper side of the carrier material, the latter comprising at least a first metal area as a bottom electrode, and a second metal area that is electrically insulated from the first metal area provides a direct electrical contact to the transparent top electrode, - a second metal layer with a thickness that results in a sheet resistance of less than 0.05 Ω/square on the lower side of the carrier material, and - at least one conducting path through the carrier material to connect the second metal layer either to the first metal area or to the second metal area of the first metal layer on the upper side of the carrier material, - an organic layer stack deposited on top of the bottom electrode and designed to emit light, - the transparent top electrode on top of the organic layer stack, and - an at least partly transparent protection element covering at least the top electrode and the organic layer stack.