• A small statue, just 1.25 meters tall on a rock at the water's edge, so point her out to younger kids from the promenade
• Read the fairy tale first, since the statue shows Andersen's mermaid in the middle of becoming human
• A head with a history: the original was sawn off in 1964 and never found, so the one she wears today is a replacement

A bronze statue of the mermaid from Hans Christian Andersen's 1837 fairy tale, shown as she becomes human, sitting on a rock at the water's edge on the Langelinie promenade. Sculptor Edvard Eriksen modeled her on his wife, Eline.

She is small, 1.25 meters tall, and has stood here since 1913. Reading the story first gives kids something to look for when they find her.