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The Little Mermaid
The small bronze statue of Andersen's mermaid on a harbor rock, near the star-shaped fortress of Kastellet.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 30 minutes
- Address
- Langelinie, 2100 CopenhagenDirections
- Getting There
- A 20-minute walk from Nyhavn along the harbor, or bus 27.
Why Go
Unveiled in 1913, the statue is smaller than most people expect, and it's been beheaded and painted by vandals more than once.
The walk there runs past Kastellet, a 17th-century star fort with grassy ramparts.
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