To see Holland the eyes of clever man - expensive costs. Sergey Штерн, writer and translator, many years above-ground in Sweden, in every line of this book ironical and sincerely in love in a country on that travels. Tiny nation put by God in the exceptionally unfavorable terms of survival, during many centuries not only is one of the most prosperous countries of the world but also serves as the standard of tolerance, industriousness and absence of national arrogance so some other countries sin (without every on that grounds) that. Besides Dutchmen are fully strange people: they live below than sea level, smoke marihuana, does not hang brise-bises on windows and gladly celebrate the birthday of queen. And yet, they are that rare people that loves Russians and our energetic tsar Peter still.