Just like how the tiny little pissing fella is an icon of Brussels, here's a little mermaid seated on a rock in the sea along the harbour! Atleast this time, she was almost life sized and I wasn't shocked with any tiny little sculpture.
The statue is made of bronze and was designed by Edvard Eriksen and was unveiled on 23rd Aug 1913. Guess what, I was there to meet her on her 103rd birthday in 23rd Aug 2016! It was commissioned by Danish brewer Carl Jacobsen. Its actually inspired the original fairy tale of Little Mermaid! She's sitting there on the shore considering to give up everything to unite with the man she loves. When I think of the Little Mermaid story today, that's so s*xist! Why would a woman want to give up all that she is, her identity for a man??!!! Well, that put aside, this is one beautiful sculpture.
This was modelled after the ballet dancer Ellen Price who portrayed the role of Mermaid in a play in the Royal Theatre. However only the face resembles her and the body is modeled after the sculptor's wife, as the actress refused to pose n*ked!
Just before I could reach her, there I saw a glider floating in water, just ready to take off. The first time I saw it was in the film Amelia Earhart and I've never seen it in real life and I couldn't take my eyes off it. Funny enough, as I kept looking at it, photographing & video-graphing it, people who were looking for the Little Mermaid, thought this was the location!!! Anyways, I saw the glider taxi-ing on the waterway but its takeoff happened beyond my vicinity!
A bit beyond the Mermaid was the dock for all the sail boats and that was a nice thing to see as well. Further ahead was this sculpture of an 8ft tall Polar Bear with 2 cubs created by Holger Wederkinch in 1929. Following Little Mermaid, the bears are also gonna be 100 years old in another decade! Somehow I came across this only when strolling along the harbour. Somehow this isn't famous at all!
To Get There:
Nearest Tram Stop: Østerport St
Nearest Metro station: Kongens Nytorv
To Get There:
Nearest Tram Stop: Østerport St
Nearest Metro station: Kongens Nytorv