A tubular solid state lighting device comprising: a light transmissive tube comprising an inner wall section axially extending along the tube; a flexible carrier strip having a first portion attached to said inner wall section, the flexible carrier strip comprising an elongate major surface and a further elongate major surface opposite the elongate major surface, the elongate major surface carrying a plurality of solid state lighting elements on the first portion, and carrying a plurality of electrically conductive contacts each acting as a terminal for the plurality of solid state lighting elements in adjacent terminal regions at one end of the flexible carrier strip, said adjacent terminal regions being separated by a recess; and a rigid printed circuit board comprising: a first major surface onto which a driver circuit for the solid state lighting elements is mounted, said first major surface facing the flexible carrier strip; and a second major surface opposite the first major surface carrying a plurality of spatially separated soldering pads along an edge of the second major surface, each soldering pad corresponding to one electrically conductive contact; wherein the further elongate major surface contacts the second major surface such that each electrically conductive contact is aligned with one of the spatially separated soldering pads and is soldered to said soldering pad by a solder portion extending over the terminal region carrying said electrically conductive contact, and wherein the flexible carrier strip further comprises a meandering intermediate region in between the first portion and the end portion comprising the adjacent terminal regions, said meandering intermediate region meanders from the region of the flexible carrier strip carrying the SSL elements to the leading edge of the rigid PCB over which the terminal regions are wrapped, thereby causing part of the flexible carrier strip to fold back on itself. a light transmissive tube comprising an inner wall section axially extending along the tube; a flexible carrier strip having a first portion attached to said inner wall section, the flexible carrier strip comprising an elongate major surface and a further elongate major surface opposite the elongate major surface, the elongate major surface carrying a plurality of solid state lighting elements on the first portion, and carrying a plurality of electrically conductive contacts each acting as a terminal for the plurality of solid state lighting elements in adjacent terminal regions at one end of the flexible carrier strip, said adjacent terminal regions being separated by a recess; and a rigid printed circuit board comprising: a first major surface onto which a driver circuit for the solid state lighting elements is mounted, said first major surface facing the flexible carrier strip; and a second major surface opposite the first major surface carrying a plurality of spatially separated soldering pads along an edge of the second major surface, each soldering pad corresponding to one electrically conductive contact; wherein the further elongate major surface contacts the second major surface such that each electrically conductive contact is aligned with one of the spatially separated soldering pads and is soldered to said soldering pad by a solder portion extending over the terminal region carrying said electrically conductive contact, and wherein the flexible carrier strip further comprises a meandering intermediate region in between the first portion and the end portion comprising the adjacent terminal regions, said meandering intermediate region meanders from the region of the flexible carrier strip carrying the SSL elements to the leading edge of the rigid PCB over which the terminal regions are wrapped, thereby causing part of the flexible carrier strip to fold back on itself. a first major surface onto which a driver circuit for the solid state lighting elements is mounted, said first major surface facing the flexible carrier strip; and a second major surface opposite the first major surface carrying a plurality of spatially separated soldering pads along an edge of the second major surface, each soldering pad corresponding to one electrically conductive contact; wherein the further elongate major surface contacts the second major surface such that each electrically conductive contact is aligned with one of the spatially separated soldering pads and is soldered to said soldering pad by a solder portion extending over the terminal region carrying said electrically conductive contact, and wherein the flexible carrier strip further comprises a meandering intermediate region in between the first portion and the end portion comprising the adjacent terminal regions, said meandering intermediate region meanders from the region of the flexible carrier strip carrying the SSL elements to the leading edge of the rigid PCB over which the terminal regions are wrapped, thereby causing part of the flexible carrier strip to fold back on itself.