Forever and ever water

“If one can not defeat the enemy, befriend him”. This rule Dutch people, always struggling with water, have mastered to perfection. Pre Medieval Netherlanders used to say that “Deus mare, Batavus litora fecit”, what means: “God created ​​the sea, but the Batavians (Dutch) the coasts”. Also nowadays they say proudly that God created the world, but the Netherlands was created by them. more about "water by the Dutch people" in the story from "Holandia bez tajemnic" (Holland without secrets): http://www.holandiabeztajemnic.pl/?page_id=435&lang=en

Available also in Dutch, Polish and Russian languages. 

Patriotic mansions

Foreigners visiting Poland must notice the distinctive style of a contemporary single-family housing – houses which entrance is decorated with columns, often topped by a triangular pediment, or something in between. This style, referring to the architecture of the old Polish manor houses from late 18th – 19thcenturies (called in Polish: “dwór” or “dworek”) – has become very popular since the 1990s. Unfortunately, only a few projects can be considered as successful. More on it in the story "Patriotic mansions" – on Polen voor Nederlanders website. Available in English, Dutch, Polish and Russian languages.

http://www.polenvoornederlanders.nl/?page_id=17136&lang=en

A Lost Erasmus Library

One of the more interesting Polish-Dutch traces is connected with Erasmus of Rotterdam and Jan Łaski, known in the Western Europe as Johannes a Lasco.  Both men were joined by the friendship, humanist interests and the library of the Dutch philosopher. Unfortunately, very few books of the huge Erasmus collection containing over 400 titles survived up today and the fate of the rest is unknown. In the article  "A Lost Erasmus Library" you will find few information about it. 
The article is available in English, Dutch and Polish version on Polen voor Nederlanders website.

http://www.polenvoornederlanders.nl/?page_id=18248&lang=en