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The Little Mermaid
Den lille Havfrue
Edvard Eriksen’s statue of Andersen’s mermaid on a rock by the harbour, beyond this small map.
Photo: wanghongliu, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The bronze statue was given to the city by the brewer Carl Jacobsen in 1913, after he saw a ballet of Andersen’s tale. She sits on a rock at Langelinie, looking out over the water.
She is famously small, barely 1.25 metres, and has lost her head twice to vandals. She lies a little north of the piece of Copenhagen in the game. Ride through Copenhagen in 3D ›
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NyhavnThe 17th-century harbour of coloured houses, wooden ships and café terraces.
Kongens NytorvThe King’s New Square, with the Royal Danish Theatre and a bronze king on horseback.
ChristiansborgThe palace on Slotsholmen that holds the parliament, the prime minister’s office and the supreme court.
BørsenChristian IV’s stock exchange of 1640, with a spire of four dragons’ tails, burned in 2024.
Round TowerChristian IV’s observatory of 1642, climbed by a spiral ramp instead of stairs.
StrøgetOne of the longest pedestrian shopping streets in Europe, from the City Hall Square to Kongens Nytorv.
City Hall SquareThe square in front of Copenhagen’s red-brick city hall, with its 105-metre tower.
TivoliOne of the oldest amusement parks in the world, opened in 1843 in the middle of the city.
AmalienborgFour identical rococo palaces round an octagonal square, home of the Danish royal family.
Bikes and cargo bikesMore than half of Copenhageners bike to work or school, many on cargo bikes with the children in front.
SmørrebrødOpen sandwiches on dark rye bread, piled with herring, roast beef or shrimps.