This refers to an old wooden building in the Dutch city of Zaandam. The house was built in 1632, and in 1697, Russian Tsar Peter I lived here during his visit to Holland with the Grand Embassy. Although he spent only a week in this house, it immediately became one of the local attractions and has been under the protection of the royal family since the 17th century.

Peter arrived in Zaandam on Sunday, August 18, 1697 (according to the old style), together with the Grand Embassy and 35 volunteers, hiding under the name of a simple officer of the Preobrazhensky Regiment, Peter Mikhailov. In Zaandam, he settled in a house on Krimp Street, where the shipwright Gerrit Kist lived, who had previously worked in Russia and met Peter at the shipyards in Arkhangelsk.

The Tsar immediately began working at the shipyard and, in his free time, studied factories, mills, and workshops in the Zaandam area. Soon, the townspeople learned who their guest was, and Peter I's incognito was revealed. As a result, he was forced to leave the city and head to Amsterdam. However, the memory of his stay in Zaandam has been preserved and is carefully guarded.