Peter I lived in this house for a week in August 1697, when he came to Holland under the name of Peter Mikhailov to study ship building. Since then, many naval terms have come from the Dutch language: ladder, rail, anchor, bank... Then the house became the property of the state. When one of the daughters of Emperor Paul I became the wife of King William II of Orange, the house was given to her. By her decree, a stone case was built over the house, just like in St. Petersburg on Peter's house. Many Russian tsars and other important people came here. Now.There's a museum here, though it's still under renovation...

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