Ironing, linen and textiles in Voorschoten
Voorschoten had something many other villages did not: a real textile factory. In 1791 Jan Henri van der Heyden founded a cloth weaving works here that became known as the Koninklijke Nederlandsche Pauw — later simply Pauw, or Pauw Wollenstoffen. Until the 1970s, wool was spun, woven, carded, dyed and worked into quality cloth in Voorschoten; most Dutch men's suits from the 1950s and 1960s contained Pauw cloth.
A whole generation of Voorschoten residents worked at Pauw, or had a father who did. The smell of cleaned wool hung over the Veurseweg for years. The factory had its own ironing and pressing department for finished pieces — rolling, steaming, pressing, folding — so that every bale of woollen fabric left the gate immaculately. That craftsmanship was felt in Voorschoten households too: in a village where your father knew how cloth was meant to be pressed, no one accepted a sloppily ironed shirt on a Monday morning.
Pauw shut its doors for good in 1979, but the heritage is still palpable at the Industrial Monument and in the streets around the former factory grounds. Voorschoten is now a commuter municipality, with many households working in The Hague or Leiden. The appreciation for neatly finished textiles is a constant.
Since 2013 we have been driving out from our laundry on the Henricuskade on fixed mornings through Voorschoten. We collect your laundry bag, wash and iron everything with care, and bring it back on the agreed day. The same delivery driver, every week.
How does Strijkservice Haaglanden work in Voorschoten?
For residents of Voorschoten our service works exactly as in the rest of Haaglanden: on a fixed day of the week our driver comes by, picks up your laundry bag and brings your laundry back clean and crisply ironed. No appointment needed — your routine is set.
You get one regular driver and a fixed pickup rhythm so you always know what to expect. No carrying, no full drying racks in the living room, no evenings at the ironing board.
Everything is handled in our own laundry on Henricuskade in The Hague. Shirts, blouses, table linen, bed and bath textiles — we iron it the way it should go back into the cupboard at home, neatly folded and ready to use.