<a href="#">The Little Mermaid in Copenhagen escapes from tourists to deeper water</a>

Copenhagen - The main symbol of Copenhagen, the statue of the Little Mermaid, will soon be relocated due to intrusive tourists. However, it won't be moving far. The main purpose of the change is to shift it further away from the shore to deeper waters, so that tourists cannot threaten it as directly as they do now.
The entrance to the Copenhagen harbor has been adorned by the statue of the sad mermaid sitting on a rock since 1912. “People climb on her and do all sorts of strange things with her,” complained Jon Pape, who is responsible for urban planning at the Copenhagen City Hall, in an interview with Danish radio about the current situation.
The relocation a few meters further from the shore aims to prevent access to the mermaid by dry means. The climbing of people onto the mermaid's rock is not, however, the primary danger for the heroine of the world-famous story of unrequited love by Hans Christian Andersen - in the past, she has even had her hand and, on two occasions, her head cut off. The work of sculptor Edvard Eriksen, which was inspired by a ballet adaptation of the famous fairy tale, has been significantly defaced for the last time eight years ago.
The mermaid, who is undoubtedly the most photographed statue in Denmark, is visited by nearly a million tourists each year along the seaside. Among them are also regular visitors, such as newlyweds and sailors embarking on long sea voyages. A kiss on the statue and a flower at her feet are said to guarantee safe sailing.