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Electric Cars in Copenhagen





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selling alcohol on the street? imagine that in New York!



wishin the americans would learn from the danes...

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copenhagen is one of the most culturally diverse cities in europe



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still chilly, but nothing stops the danes



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This Bronze Statue is a depiction of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid":

The Little Mermaid (Den lille havfrue) is a fairy tale about a young mermaid, her love for a human prince, and her desire to gain a human soul. The story was written by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, and was first published in 1836.

Here's some Wikipedia Info about the statue:

A statue of the Little Mermaid sits on a rock in the Copenhagen harbour (at 55°41′34.39″N, 12°35′56.59″E). This small and unimposing statue is a symbol of Copenhagen, and a major tourist attraction.

The statue was commissioned in 1909 by Carl Jacobsen, son of the founder of Carlsberg, after he had been fascinated by a ballet about the fairytale. The sculptor Edward Eriksen created the statue, which was unveiled on 23 August 1913. He used his wife Eline Eriksen as model.

This statue has been vandalised several times, but has each time been restored. On 24 April 1964, the statue's head was sawn off and stolen by politically oriented artists of the situationist movement, amongst them Jørgen Nash. The head was never recovered and a new head was produced and placed on the statue. On 22 July 1984, her right arm was sawn off. The arm was returned 2 days later by two embarrassed young vandals. In 1990 another attempt was made to cut her head off, which resulted in an 18 cm deep cut in the neck. On 6 January 1998, she lost her head for the second time, the culprits were never found, but the head was returned anonymously to a nearby TV station, and on 4 February the head was back on.

Wikipedia

More recently, the BBC covered a newsbyte about interest in moving the statue offshore.

Denmark is considering moving one of its most famous landmarks - the Little Mermaid sculpture - to protect it from both tourists and vandals.

Officials in Copenhagen want to move the 1.6 metre (5.5 ft) statue several metres offshore.

The 92-year-old bronze sculpture draws more than a million visitors a year and has been repeatedly vandalised.

She has been beheaded twice, lost an arm and been daubed with paint at least seven times.

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