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]
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| 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 |
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