Ironing, linen and textiles in Schipluiden
Schipluiden has a singular textile history: in 2003, during archaeological work at the Harnaschpolder ahead of a new housing development, one of the oldest finds of woven linen in the Netherlands was uncovered. It involved the remains of woven flax from the Bronze Age — more than three thousand years old — together with loom weights and a wooden loom component. It is one of the earliest indications that the inhabitants of the Delfland polder were already spinning, weaving and treating their own linen back then.
After that primeval period, Schipluiden never again became a textile place — it remained a village of livestock farming, fishing in the Gaag, and flax cultivation in the polder until the nineteenth century. Flax was retted here in the ditches, scutched, hackled and sold to the weaving works in Delft and Maassluis. The Schipluiden farming household lived on linen of its own growing — and on ironing days, an entire day long, with a coal-heated flatiron.
Between 't Woudt (one of the smallest protected village conservation areas in the Netherlands), Schipluiden itself, and the new extensions along the Gaag, there now lives a mix of livestock farmers, young professionals and former Delft residents. The laundry still goes once a week, and the Sunday shirt still has to be smooth.
Since 2013 we have been driving out from our laundry on the Henricuskade on fixed mornings through Schipluiden. We collect your laundry, iron everything, and bring it back neatly folded — the same delivery driver, the same day, every week.
How does Strijkservice Haaglanden work in Schipluiden?
For residents of Schipluiden 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.