Copenhagen's Little Mermaid

Copenhagen's popular tourist attraction, the bronze Little Mermaid statue, was again covered with paint by vandals, the second time since March. Copenhagen visitors stopped at the landmark Tuesday to take snapshots of the Little Mermaid who now has red spray paint on her face, left arm and lap. A wooden picture frame sat next to the statue, with the word "AV" — Danish for "ouch" — written in green.

Police said they did not know who had defaced the statue. The Little Mermaid was created in tribute to the well-known Danish storyteller Hans Christian Andersen. Sitting on a rock at the entrance of the Copenhagen harbor since 1913, she draws an estimated 1 million visitors a year. Unfortunately, the Little Mermaid not only attracts travelers but vandals as well. Rest assured that the city of Copenhagen will clean their statue off quickly.

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