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In 1913 the bronze and granite Little Mermaid statue was unveiled in the Copenhagen harbor. The statue was a gift from the Danish brewer Carl Jacobsen and was inspired by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen’s famous fairy tale.  Accordingly to the fairy tale, everyday the Little Mermaid emerges from the sea and stares longingly towards theContinue reading “The Little Mermaid”