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]
year | number | house | address | town | built | commentary | |
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1952 | 1 | unidentified | |||||
1952 | 2 | Restaurant d'Vijff Vlieghen (The Five Flies) | Spuistraat 294 | 1627 | |||
1952 | 3 | unidentified | |||||
1952 | 4 | unidentified | |||||
1952 | 5 | unidentified | |||||
1955 | 6 | former St-Petrus House | Achter het Hofplein | 1530 | The St-Petrus House is demolished; in other places, i.a. in the KLM Delft Blue houses app, 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 | 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 | 1550 | |||
1961 | 16 | Houtmarkt 17 | 1735 | ||||
1961 | 17 | Orphanage | Spieringstraat 1-3 | 1642 | this house is also issued as number 25 | ||
1962 | 18 | Klein Fresenburg | Oude Gracht 111 | 1569 | |||
1962 | 19 | Rapenburg 31 | Leiden | 1664 | |||
1962 | 20 | Edam Museum | Damplein 8 | 1530 | |||
1963 | 21 | De Salamander | Markt 47 | 1620 | |||
1963 | 22 | Het Lammeken (The Little Lamb) | Kaai 25 | 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 | 1546 | |||
1966 | 25 | Orphanage | Spieringstraat 1-3 | 1642 | this house is also issued as number 17 | ||
1966 | 26 | Mata Hari’s love nest | Nieuwe Uitleg 16 | 1900 | |||
1966 | 27 | Prinsenhof (Princes Court) | Nieuwe Have 59 | 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 | Oudezijds Voorburgwal 300 | Amsterdam | 1550 | |||
1971 | 38 | Herengracht 607 | Amsterdam | 1670 | |||
1972 | 39 | Nieuweweg 12 | 1620 | ||||
1972 | 40 | De Rode Hoed (Vrijburg) | Keizersgracht 104 | Amsterdam | 1642 | ||
1972 | 41 | Sint Jacobsstraat 13 | 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 | Prinsengracht 263 | Amsterdam | 1850 | |||
1976 | 48 | Joodenbreestraat 4 | Amsterdam | 1627 | |||
1980 | 49 | Friesestraat 42 | 1765 | former barracks in use as a cafe | |||
1983 | 50 | Rozengracht 106 | Amsterdam | 1650 | in 1983 Bols Taveerne | ||
1984 | 51 | Valckeniershuys | Voorstraat 51 | 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 | 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 | Vlamingstraat 42 | Delft | 1550 | after the painting of Johannes Vermeer from ca 1658, Rijksmuseum | ||
1996 | 77 | De Arend | Schoolstraat 2 | 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 | Waagplein 1 | 1635 | ||||
2001 | 82 | Huys op de Jeker | Bonnefantenstraat 5 | 1665 | |||
2002 | 83 | 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 | 1708 | issued at the 70th anniversary of the air link between Amsterdam and Curaçao[7] | ||
2005 | 86 | Spaarne 16 | Haarlem | 1780 | |||
2006 | 87 | Het Peperhuis (pepper house) | Wierdijk 12 | 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 | Amsteldijk Noord 55 | 1662 | At the ninetieth birthday KLM issued a jubilee book, House No 90 | |||
2010 | 91 | 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 | Rapenburg 19 | Leiden | 1752 | |||
2013 | 94 | Oudheidkamer (antiquities museum) | Kogerstraat 1 | 1591 | |||
2014 | 95 | Stadhouderskade 78 | Amsterdam | 1913 | |||
2015 | 96 | Hendrick Hamel house | Kortendijk 67 | 2009 | |||
2016 | 97 | 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 | Kleine Houtweg 41 | Haarlem | 1791 | current house number is 65 | ||
2018 | 99 | De Witte Os (the white ox) | de Midstraat | 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 | ||
2020 | 101 | De Moriaan | Markt 79 | Hertogenbosch | 1130 | Known as the oldest brick building in the Netherlands. | |
2021 | 102 | Reguliersbreestraat 26-34 | Amsterdam | 1921 | In honor of its centenary. | ||
2022 | 103 | Cas Ecury | Oranjestad | 1929 | Centrepiece of the Ecury complex | ||
2023 | 104 | Stationsstraat 10 | 1853 | ||||
2024 | 105 | House on the three canals | Grimburgwal, Oudezijds Voorburgwal, Achterburgwal | Amsterdam | 1610 |