Over at the bird site I stumbled over these 0.1" pin headers. Only the first and last pin is through-hole and all the pins inbetween are SMT. This is a great space-saver for PCBs that are intended to be inserted into DIP chip sockets.
User DragonBallEZ at the bird site also provided a link to a Japanese Retailer selling these pin headers: https://www.monotaro.com/p/4368/7578/
I hope there is a way to get them in Europe without having to ship them halfway around the globe.