The famous
Little Mermaid of Copenhagen inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale is one of Denmark's biggest tourist attractions. Almost everyone who comes to Copenhagen visits the icon. The statue of The Little Mermaid (Den lille havfrue in Danish) which is relatively small in size, sits gracefully on a rock in the Copenhagen harbour at Langelinie.
Unfortunately, this charming statue has been vandalized on several occasions but has each time been restored.
Incase if you are travelling to Copenhagen in 2010, please do take note : The Little Mermaid statue will leave the Danish shores for the duration of the
Shanghai World Expo 2010 (from May to October).
Many tourists
will climb over the rocks to pose beside her for a photograph.
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First Commenter - Sandy Carlson
Many tourists will climb over the rocks to pose beside her for a photograph.
My mother did a crewel picture of this little lovely when I was a girl, and she was a part of my childhood. These are great photos.
ReplyDeleteMermaid: where has i dropped it? In the sea?
ReplyDeleteThat's a symbol of Copenhagen. Is there a story behind this beautiful sculpture?
ReplyDeleteIsnt she beautiful:) Happy WW.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful statue, I hope the tourist stay careful around there :)
ReplyDeletesuch a lovely statue, she looked sad though. i sure would love to know her story. :)
ReplyDeletenice shots!!! I am finally back.. hope you can visit mine too... I am sure you'll get a wordless laugh at my entry... LOL! Happy WW!
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ReplyDeleteMei Teng, levian,
ReplyDeleteA sad story indeed. The Danish authour, H.C.A. wrote a fairy tale about her. At 15 years old, the little Mermaid breaks the surface of the sea for the very first time and falls in love with the prince she saved from drowning. In exchange for legs, she sells her voice to the evil sea witch - but sadly, she never gets her prince, but is transformed into deadly, cold sea foam instead.
elaine,
ReplyDeleteshe is one tough old lady. she has survived various attacks and still sitting proudly on the stone.
pretty life online,
ReplyDeletethanks for visiting. Happy WW!
Oh no. I can imagine what the visitors could do to her. I hope they fence her up. :P
ReplyDeletea sad, melancholic look on the face of the statue :-(
ReplyDeleteECL,
ReplyDeleteyeah, the statue should b moved further out in the harbour, as to avoid further vandalism and to prevent tourists from climbing onto it.
precisely Monica. the poor mermaid looks sad, bored and lonely as can be.
ReplyDeleteLittle mermaid is interesting. I can see that part of her legs are still parted though, only the ankle below is tail. Nice pic!
ReplyDeleteI love Copenhagen, but I haven't visited the Little Mermaid.
ReplyDeleteThe Disney version of this is one of my daughter's favorite tales. It is one of our summer projects to learn where some of the stories from her favorite Disney flicks originated. I will have to show her this when we do The Little Mermaid.
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Nice sculpture! Oh, thanks for the story behind it : )
ReplyDeleteWhen I see sculpture like that I alway realize how talented the artist really is! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteOh hey, they have something similar in Thailand... Songkhla if I remember correctly... Not sure if it's mermaid though..
ReplyDeleteThanks for the story. I was just wondering if the author's Hans Christian Andersen (author of children's fables)?
ReplyDeleteJL,
ReplyDeleteit's incredibly hard to capture a complete pic of her. the place was really crowded and is always crowded.
Beth,
ReplyDeleteit was the best visit we had in Denmark I think. :):)
Tricia,
ReplyDeleteit must be a wonderful project that she loves working on. have fun. thanks for visiting.
foong,
ReplyDeleteit's a beautiful sculpture indeed. Although it's a tragic tale, I found its bittersweet ending which is the original version very beautiful.
julia,
ReplyDeleteyeah, the artist is extremely talented. the statue was created in tribute to Hans Christian Andersen.
Mei Teng,
ReplyDeleteHans Christian Andersen was a Danish author and poet, most famous for his fairy tales which still enchant children today.
Among his best-known stories include The Steadfast Tin Soldier, The Snow Queen, The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina, the Ugly Duckling and The Red Shoes. i used to watch some of these on tv when i was little.
I want my kids to know these inspiring stories and not only animated cartoons they watch on TV.
cashmere,
ReplyDeletei haven't been to songkhla, so i can't really comment
I think if they had something like this over here, it would have been vandalized by now ...
ReplyDeleteI've read an article about that mermaid statue and how they came up with that imagery. They also mentioned that many vandals make undue respect for the statue.
ReplyDeleteGreat statue and the mermaid look real for me. I like to come there to... I wish.....
ReplyDeleteHey, this is a great story - you might like our meme at Tell Me Thursday - you can make your WW really wordless and STILL tell the story! Give it a try!
ReplyDeletethat famous icon. Thanks for the background info!
ReplyDeleteHello, dropping my card!
ReplyDeleteWaiting for a new post. :)
Enjoy your weekend!
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend dear! :-)
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