Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates, is an American novel taking place in the Netherlands centering around an ice-skating competition.
The statue shows a character from the story called "The Hero of Haarlem" who saves his country by putting his finger in a leaking dike.
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Brinker,_or_The_Silver_Skates#Statues_of_the_boy_and_the_dike
Address 11 IJdijk, Spaarndam 2063JS, Netherlands
Coordinates 52°24'48.369" N 4°40'44.075" E
