Throwback in time
Because of the rise of aviation as a quick and comfortabel means of transport, the Royal Netherlands Steamship Company (Koninklijke Nederlandse Stoomboot Maatschappij - KNSM) increasingly had to compete for transcontinental passengers. Until that time, passengers had to wait in a sober waiting warehouse near the quay.
That’s why in 1956, 100 years after it’s establishment, the KNSM put their best effort in creating the first luxurious ship passenger terminal in the Netherlands. Making a sea voyage was an experience that didn’t start when entering a ship, but when entering this hall.
With it’s architecture and interior designed by naval architect Johan van Tienhoven, you can still see and feel the original, maritime grandeur today. In the years that followed, several post-war artists integrated their works of art in the interior.
