Little Mermaid?
Recognise this statue? The background isn’t what you were expecting? It’s a replica of the Little Mermaid, the original of which is situated in Denmark’s Copenhagen harbour, Churchill Park.
This one is in Shenzhen (深圳), China, where we holidayed sometime around 2003. It’s in a theme-park called Window of the World (世界之窗). There’s a replica of just about every major tourist attraction from around the world in this park. Thoroughly recommended.
If we return to Shenzhen again (and we hope to later this year - God willing) we will definitely visit Window of the World again.
Hi James,
How nice to know, that the Little Mermaid has a copy so far from her native Denmark! - and I hope that lots of tourists ,after having seen her in China, will want to visit the Little Mermaid at Langelinie in Copenhagen, where she sits and looks at the water.
This beautiful sculpture has been vandalized (decapitated) many times, but thanks to the fact, that the original of her is stored in a place, unknown to the general population, it has been possible to restore her to her original beauty each time. (May it continue so!)
A.F.