Ironing, linen and textiles in Pijnacker
Pijnacker was, well into the twentieth century, a Reformed church village, with a core around the Oude Kerk and a surrounding landscape of farms and, later, market gardens. In a village like that, the week consisted of six working days and one day of rest, and that day of rest was made visible in clothing. On Sunday morning, the whole Dorpsstraat walked to church in Sunday clothes — an impeccably ironed shirt, a plain dark suit for the men, a smart dress and apron-over-dress for the women and children.
In many Pijnacker households the ironing board stood ready in the front room on Saturday evening, with a stack of church shirts for the next day. A father would look at it critically: a Pijnacker shirt was supposed to step out into the street wrinkle-free, with a sharp collar and cuffs. The honour of the household rested, just a little, on the view the neighbours got of your laundry as you walked through the front garden.
Pijnacker is now a much larger and much younger municipality — Tolhek, Klapwijk, Keijzershof, Ackerswoude — with many commuters working in The Hague, Rotterdam or Delft. The Sunday shirt is no longer specifically a Sunday matter; it has become Tuesday's office shirt. But it still has to be sharp and neat.
Since 2013 we have been driving out from our laundry on the Henricuskade on fixed mornings through Pijnacker. We collect your laundry bag and deliver everything ironed and folded back, by the same delivery driver — every week, on the same day.
How does Strijkservice Haaglanden work in Pijnacker?
For residents of Pijnacker 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.