Want a free house? KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM), the flagship airline of the Netherlandsgive them away for free.
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You need to fly business class on an intercontinental flight. The house is only 4 inches tall.
But they are filled with Dutch gin and are part of a series of Delft blue miniatures in the shape of famous historical or landmark buildings in the Netherlands or abroad.
As early as the 1950s, KLM began the tradition of giving away miniature Delft Blue Rooms filled with gin to first and business class passengers.
It's a way to get around tax-limiting rules that once limited the value of airline gifts to passengers. It just so happens that the cocktails served in the souvenir micro house are within the rules.
The houses became so popular that in 1994, on the airline's 75thth On birthdays, KLM issued a batch of replacement houses so that the number of houses matched the age of the airline.
Now, the new miniature Delft Blue Room is launched with much fanfare every year on KLM's birthday, 7 October.
The 105th KLM Delft Blue Room
This year's house is the 105th in the series and commemorates a 17th-century house in Amsterdam called the House of Three Canals.
This Dutch national monument was built in the Dutch Renaissance style and has been renovated many times since 1687. It has a different canal on three sides of the building.
“It is one of the most photographed monuments in the city,” says historian Marz Zegeling. “The building was originally two buildings, with three different facades or faces, and still reveals secrets,” such as hidden hatches that lead to secret hideouts, he added.
Zeglin is thelittle kingdom by the sea”, a regularly updated set of two books detailing the detailed description and history of each building in the KLM Delft Blue Houses collection.
On October 7, KLM President and CEO Marjan Rintel presented the first set of Delft Blue Three Canal House miniatures to Arthur van Dijk, King's Commissioner for the Province of North Holland.
Rintel acknowledged in a press conference ahead of the event that KLM's birthday and the unveiling of the new Delft Blue tiny house come at a “challenging time” for the airline. The airline is investing billions in new, more efficient aircraft amid a campaign to reduce costs, boost productivity and increase network capacity, particularly on long-haul flights.
However, KLM’s current plans for Delft Blue tiny houses will not be cut.
“We would consider everything but the Delft Blue House,” Lintel said. “We are famous for it and it will continue to be part of our brand.”
Some of the other buildings in the KLM Delft Blue tiny house collection include #104, Falkenberg Station – The oldest surviving railway station in the Netherlands – and Micro #102, Tushinsky Theater.
When flying in business class on KLM's intercontinental flights, you can get a KLM tiny house for free on eBay and in antique shops across Amsterdam.
You can track your collection using KLM Home App.
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