KLM Delft Houses

We’ve sold these little blue and white houses before and they’ve always been popular. Between how they started, what was inside them and why people collect them, there’s a lot worth knowing. The more you know, the more you notice!

A little house to take home

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines started giving these miniature houses to First Class passengers in 1952. They were little ceramic bottles filled with alcohol, first liqueur and later Dutch gin, that passengers could take home after their flight. KLM still gives them to World Business Class passengers on intercontinental flights today.

Real buildings, in miniature

Their blue and white look comes from the Dutch tradition of Delft Blue pottery. The collection celebrates real buildings, mostly in the Netherlands, with a few farther afield, including Curaçao and Aruba. You can see that same Dutch architecture throughout Amsterdam in the photos we shared.

Little houses, real-world inspiration

One more house to hunt for

As KLM created more houses, they became collectible. Each one is numbered, so people can keep track of the houses they own and hunt for the ones they’re missing. As of September 2026, there are 106 in the main collection, with a new house traditionally added each year on October 7, KLM’s birthday.

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Explore more: KLM’s history, the Delft Blue house collection, and the houses from Aruba and Curaçao.