Delft Blue houses
About our KLM houses
You’ve probably seen them around: our Delft Blue miniature houses, filled with Dutch gin. Each one depicts a real Dutch building. These unique gifts have been around since the 1950s and are a true collector’s item! You receive one when travelling in Business Class on an intercontinental route.
House #104: Valkenburg aan de Geul train station
To celebrate our birthday, we release a new house on 7 October each year. In 2023, we created a miniature Valkenburg aan de Geul train station for our 104th birthday.
This castle-like building was designed by the architect Jacob Enschedé in the style of the early English neo-Gothic and was constructed from Limburg marl. It was first used on 23 October 1853 - almost 170 years ago - along the first international train connection between Maastricht and Aachen. The town of Valkenburg aan de Geul is a tourist attraction, and its station was voted one of the most appreciated stations in the Netherlands last year. We chose this station partly because of the vital role that the train continues to play in the accessibility of the Netherlands. KLM wants to use the train more often in combination with air travel.