On the border between Voorburg and Leidschendam, on the Looierslaan, an unusual number of laundries stood for a long time. Not by chance: the water there was traditionally low in lime and soft, which is exactly what you want for washing. Of all those businesses, Stoomwasserij H.H. van Kleef, run by Hermanus Hugo van Kleef (1876–1953), was the best known. It only closed in the 1950s, when home pickup by truck found new forms.
A century earlier, Constantijn Huygens had built his country house Hofwijck on the Voorburg side of the Vliet. The engraving above, from 1653, shows the house with its strict garden and the orchards around it. Anyone sailing from Delft to Leiden passed Hofwijck on the port side. The Vliet was no ordinary waterway — it was the artery between Delft, Leidschendam, Voorburg, The Hague and Leiden, and every estate along that bank ran on household staff who washed and rinsed daily.
Voorburg has always sat in a special spot: hard against The Hague, but too independent to merge into it. The Looierslaan, the Parkweg, the older town villas around Essesteyn and the newer neighbourhoods toward Leidschendam together form a mix of old and new. Living here means being within walking distance of central The Hague — but with a touch more space and quiet.
That space and quiet are nice. But the laundry — that takes time, and time is the one thing you always have less of than you'd like. We run set pickup days through Voorburg: along the Parkweg, via the Vliet to Essesteyn, and through the neighbourhoods around the station. Your bag goes along, comes back clean and ironed, and the driver is the same every week. That's how Wastas works in Voorburg — on the same Vliet where laundering has been a craft in this neighbourhood for centuries.
How Wastas works in Voorburg
On the set pickup day our driver is at your door. Clean laundry comes back by appointment — folded or on hangers, however you like it.
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