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List of KLM Delft Blue houses

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Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal, Amsterdam, circa 1686 CE.

Below is a list of Delft Blue houses that KLM has presented to all of its World Business Class passengers since the 1950s.[1] Until 1994 the houses were issued irregularly. Since 1994, a new house has been presented each year on October 7, the anniversary of KLM's founding in 1919.[2]

Collector’s items

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  1. Frans Hals Museum, Groot Heiligland 62, Haarlem - 1962
  2. Royal Palace, Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 147, Amsterdam - first issue 1986
  3. De Waag (‘The Weigh House’), Markt 35, Gouda - first issue 1997
  4. House of Bols, Paulus Potterstraat 14, Amsterdam - 2007
  5. Ridderzaal (‘Hall of Knights’), Binnenhof 10, The Hague - 2008
  6. Huis ter Kleef, Kleverlaan 9, Haarlem - 2009
  7. Concertgebouw, Concertgebouwplein 1, Amsterdam - 2014
  8. Carré Theatre, Amstel 115–125, Amsterdam - 2014
  9. Het Loo Palace, Koninklijk Park 1, Apeldoorn - 2014
  10. Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum (National Maritime Museum), Kattenburgerplein 1, Amsterdam - 2016

Collection

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Selection of KLM Delft Blue houses.
year number house address town built commentary
1952 1 unidentified
1952 2 Restaurant d'Vijff Vlieghen (The Five Flies) Spuistraat 294 Amsterdam 1627
1952 3 unidentified
1952 4 unidentified
1952 5 unidentified
1955 6 former St-Petrus House Achter het Hofplein Middelburg 1530 The St-Petrus House is demolished; in other places, i.a. in the KLM Delft Blue houses app,[2] it is said that “Het Houten Huys” (The Wooden House, Begijnhof 34, Amsterdam) would have been the model for this house. This is unlikely for several reasons.[3]
1956 7 unidentified
1957 8 Int Slodt van Egmond Oudezijds Voorburgwal 18 Amsterdam 1615
1958 9 Leidsegracht 10 Amsterdam 1665
1959 10 De Gecroonde Raep (The Crowned Turnip) Oudezijds Voorburgwal 57 Amsterdam 1615
1960 11 Proeflokaal Wynand Fockink (Tasting House Wynand Fockink Pijlsteeg 31 Amsterdam 1689 this house is also issued as number 23
1960 12 Zandhoek 4-6 Amsterdam 1658
1960 13 D´Gekroonde Bye-korf (The Crowned Beehive) Kamp 10 Amersfoort 1687
1960 14 Daer de twee Zeegooden op de gevel liggen (Where the two Sea gods lie on the façade) Herengracht 510 Amsterdam 1665
1960 15 De Rozijnkorf (The Raisin Basket) Voorstraat 282 Dordrecht 1550
1961 16 Houtmarkt 17 Haarlem 1735
1961 17 Orphanage Spieringstraat 1-3 Gouda 1642 this house is also issued as number 25
1962 18 Klein Fresenburg Oude Gracht 111 Utrecht 1569
1962 19 house of Herman Boerhaave Rapenburg 31 Leiden 1664
1962 20 Edam Museum Damplein 8 Edam 1530
1963 21 De Salamander Markt 47 Delft 1620
1963 22 Het Lammeken (The Little Lamb) Kaai 25 Veere 1540 Museum De Schotse Huizen (the Scottish houses)
1964 23 Proeflokaal Wynand Fockink (Tasting House Wynand Fockink) Pijlsteeg 31 Amsterdam 1689 this house is also issued as number 11
1965 24 De Kroon (The Crown) Mient 31 Alkmaar 1546
1966 25 Orphanage Spieringstraat 1-3 Gouda 1642 this house is also issued as number 17
1966 26 Mata Hari’s love nest Nieuwe Uitleg 16 The Hague 1900
1966 27 Prinsenhof (Princes Court) Nieuwe Have 59 Rotterdam 1715
1966 28 In Duizend Vreezen (In thousand fears) Groote Markt 2a Rotterdam 1570
1966 29 Stadstimmerwerf (city lumber yard) Kort Galgewater 21 Leiden 1612
1967 30 Hippolytusbuurt 26 Delft 1612 Tibet Shop
1967 31 Koornmarkt 87 Delft 1916 building in a strict traditional style influenced by the work of H.P. Berlage, designed by E.H. Luxemburg[4]
1967 32 brouwerij De Handtbooch (brewery The Longbow) Koornmarkt 81 Delft 1540
1969 33 De Dubbelde Palmboom (the Doubled Palm tree) Voorhaven 12 Rotterdam 1824
1969 34 Het Gulden Tonneke (The Golden Cask Wijnhaven 16 Delft ca 1540
1969 35 Oost-Indisch Huis (East India House) Oude Delft 39 Delft 1631
1969 36 Hippolytusbuurt 8 Delft 1690 restaurant Le Mariage
1970 37 Stadsbank van Lening Oudezijds Voorburgwal 300 Amsterdam 1550
1971 38 Herengracht 607 Amsterdam 1670
1972 39 Nieuweweg 12 Hindeloopen 1620
1972 40 De Rode Hoed (Vrijburg) Keizersgracht 104 Amsterdam 1642
1972 41 Sint Jacobsstraat 13 Leeuwarden 1636
1972 42 Prinsengracht 514 Amsterdam 1720
1973 43 Prinsengracht 516 Amsterdam 1879
1973 44 Heilige Geest of Arme Wees- en Kinderhuis (Holy Spirit or Poor Orphans and Children's House Hooglandse Kerkgracht 19 Leiden 1626
1973 45 Keizersgracht 140 Amsterdam 1897 until 1824 in use with the English Quakers
1974 46 Begijnhof 27 Amsterdam 1740
1975 47 Anne Frank House Prinsengracht 263 Amsterdam 1850
1976 48 Rembrandt House Museum Joodenbreestraat 4 Amsterdam 1627
1980 49 Friesestraat 42 Coevorden 1765 former barracks in use as a cafe
1983 50 Rozengracht 106 Amsterdam 1650 in 1983 Bols Taveerne
1984 51 Valckeniershuys Voorstraat 51 Franeker 1662
1985 52 Herengracht 415 Amsterdam 1891
1985 53 Herengracht 203 Amsterdam 1618
1985 54 Warehouse Frankfort Prinsengracht 773 Amsterdam 1671
1987 55 Zakkendragershuisje (Bags carriers house) Oude Sluis 19 Schiedam 1725
1988 56 De Werelt (The World) Herengracht 64 Amsterdam 1617
1988 57 De Ster (The Star) Herengracht 95 Amsterdam 1768
1989 58 Herengracht 101 Amsterdam 1871
1989 59 't Hochemer Voedervat (Hochemer feed vessel) Herengracht 163 Amsterdam 1721
1990 60 Herengracht 314 Amsterdam 1674
1994 61 Keizersgracht 439 Amsterdam 1895
1994 62 Prinsengracht 305 Amsterdam 1616
1994 63 Keizersgracht 407 Amsterdam 1665
1994 64 Coach house Keizersgracht 755 Amsterdam 1700
1994 65 Pakhuis De Sparreboom (Spruce Tree Warehouse) Keizersgracht 487 Amsterdam 1670
1994 66 Warehouse Maarseveen Keizersgracht 403 Amsterdam 1669
1994 67 Prinsengracht 721 Amsterdam 1750
1994 68 Prinsengracht 969 Amsterdam 1690
1994 69 Keizersgracht 319 Amsterdam 1639
1994 70 Cheese warehouse Koningsstraat 4 Alkmaar 1891
1994 71 Singel 81 Amsterdam 1874
1994 72 Singel 87 Amsterdam 1730
1994 73 De Posthoorn (The Post horn) Dijk 11 Alkmaar 1575
1994 74 Reguliersgracht 7 Amsterdam 1739
1994 75 former KLM headquarters Hofweg 9-11 The Hague 1913 build as fashion store Meddens after a design by H.P. Berlage in 1914[5]
1995 76 The Little Street Vlamingstraat 42 Delft 1550 after the painting of Johannes Vermeer from ca 1658, Rijksmuseum
1996 77 De Arend Schoolstraat 2 Breda 1560
1997 78 Leidsegracht 51 Amsterdam 1671
1998 79 De Locomotief (the Locomotive) Lange Haven 74-76 Schiedam 1671 Jenevermuseum (gin museum)
1999 80 De Drie Fleschjes (the three flasks) Gravenstraat 18 Amsterdam 1650
2000 81 Gold Office Waagplein 1 Groningen 1635
2001 82 Huys op de Jeker Bonnefantenstraat 5 Maastricht 1665
2002 83 Museum Van Loon Keizersgracht 672 Amsterdam 1672
2003 84 The Old Mint Muntpromenade 7 Weert 1580 in the Eighty Years' War Count Horn minted his coins here; since 1974 a café-restaurant[6]
2004 85 Penha gebouw Heerenstraat 1 Willemstad 1708 issued at the 70th anniversary of the air link between Amsterdam and Curaçao[7]
2005 86 Teylers Museum Spaarne 16 Haarlem 1780
2006 87 Het Peperhuis (pepper house) Wierdijk 12 Enkhuizen 1625 Zuiderzee Museum
2007 88 ‘t Lootsje Rozengracht 99-101 Amsterdam 1892
2008 89 Secretarishuisje (the secretary's house) Muurhuizen 109 Amersfoort 1547
2009 90 Wester-Amstel [nl] Amsteldijk Noord 55 Amstelveen 1662 At the ninetieth birthday KLM issued a jubilee book, House No 90[2]
2010 91 Antillenhuis Badhuisweg 175 The Hague 1899 presented in Madurodam, together with the unveiling of the replica of the Antillenhuis[8]
2011 92 De Drie Haringen (the three herrings) Brink 55 Deventer 1575
2012 93 Siebold house Rapenburg 19 Leiden 1752
2013 94 Oudheidkamer (antiquities museum) Kogerstraat 1 Den Burg, Texel 1591
2014 95 Heineken Brewery Stadhouderskade 78 Amsterdam 1913
2015 96 Hendrick Hamel house Kortendijk 67 Gorinchem 2009
2016 97 Hotel New York Koninginnenhoofd 1 Rotterdam 1901 former headquarter of the Holland America Line; issued at the 70th birthday of the first KLM regular service to New York[9]
2017 98 Parental home of Anthony Fokker Kleine Houtweg 41 Haarlem 1791 current house number is 65
2018 99 De Witte Os (the white ox) de Midstraat Joure 1753 The original Douwe Egberts shop. Part of Museum Joure since 1985.
2019 100 Huis ten Bosch palace (house in the woods) 's-Gravenhaagse Bos 10 The Hague 1645 official residence of the Dutch monarch
2020 101 De Moriaan Markt 79 Hertogenbosch 1130 Known as the oldest brick building in the Netherlands.
2021 102 Tuschinski Theatre Reguliersbreestraat 26-34 Amsterdam 1921 In honor of its centenary.
2022 103 Cas Ecury Oranjestad 1929 Centrepiece of the Ecury complex
2023 104 Valkenburg railway station Stationsstraat 10 Valkenburg aan de Geul 1853
2024 105 House on the three canals Grimburgwal, Oudezijds Voorburgwal, Achterburgwal Amsterdam 1610

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Zegeling, Mark (2015). Little Kingdom by the Sea: a Celebration of Dutch Cultural Heritage - Secrets of the KLM Houses Revealed. Markmedia & Art. ISBN 9081905627.
  2. ^ a b c "KLM Delft Blue houses". KLM.
  3. ^ Zegeling, Mark (2016). Sterke Verhalen, Alle Geheimen achter de Gevels van de KLM-huisjes. Markmedia & Art. ISBN 978-90-819056-57. (in Dutch)
  4. ^ "house#31". Gemeente Delft (in Dutch).
  5. ^ "house#75". Beeldbank Haagse Gemeente (in Dutch).
  6. ^ "house#84". Luchtvaartnieuws (in Dutch). 7 October 2003.
  7. ^ "house#85". Luchtvaartnieuws (in Dutch). 22 December 2004.
  8. ^ "house#91". Zakenreis (in Dutch).
  9. ^ "house#97". Zakenreis (in Dutch).
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