The Little Mermaid statue is about a 45 minute walk from the main areas of town. Stop by the Kastellet fort and park if you are walking and see the Eternal Flame and Memorial wall. For the canal boat tours, you can only see the back of the statue, so we had to walk here separately to see the front of the statue. The Hop On/Hop Off buses to do here as well.

It is smaller than life size and more of a graceful woman sitting with her legs to the side with a drapey fish tail. As a child in school, I had did a book report on her story and made a clay figure of the mermaid in a shoe box, so I had to see the real thing in spite of the reviews.

I wouldn't have minded her small size, but what really annoyed me about the experience was the near constant stream of tourists climbing the rocks, hanging on the statue, and draping things on her for their stupid pictures. Not only did that spoil the artistic beauty of the statue but it made it difficult to get your own picture with so many people being selfish to get a picture climbing and hanging on to the statue. You really can't just get a picture and say you saw the statue. No one will believe you unless you are hanging on the statue yourself?

Apparently, all the rough and rougher treatment has broken the statue several times plus her head has gone missing.