Some vandals knocked the most famous mermaid off her perch. We’re naturally talking about Copenhagen’s 90 year old bronze Little Mermaid, the one that oversees the city’s harbour.
The Mermaid has been subject to a couple of repeated vandalism: she has been beheaded, lost an arm and have been painted over many times. However this time the vandals used explosives to get her off her socket.
A while back, I visited Copenhagen with a friend (after the Roskilde fest ’96) and I remember checking out the Mermaid. If I recall correctly, my friend was able to jump up on the perch yelling at me to shoot a picture. Which I did. And many other tourists. I have no idea if it was allowed those days, to jump on that rock. I’m pretty sure it won’t be after this incident.
That poor mermaid. So little, so unimpressive, so nondescript, and still such a big target for vandals.
So little, so unimpressive, so nondescript.
I can’t remember being impressed with it either, hence why the mermaid was locked away in the depths of my memories.