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The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid is a work of art in , . The Little Mermaid is situated nearby to , as well as near .
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  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: sculpture
  • Also known as: “Hafmeyjan”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hljomskalagardurinn Park and National and University Library of Iceland.

Park
Photo: Ainali, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Library
Photo: Gunnar Klack, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn is the national library of which also functions as the university library of the University of Iceland. is situated 390 metres west of The Little Mermaid.

Museum
Photo: WiThoFiege, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, located in , Iceland, houses the world's largest display of penises and penile parts. As of early 2020 the museum moved to a new location in Hafnartorg, three times the size of the previous one, and the collection holds well over 300 penises from more than 100 species of mammal. is situated 1 km northeast of The Little Mermaid.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Reykjavík and Kópavogur.

Photo: Napoleon tnt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital of and largest city in and with an urban area population of around 233,000, it is the home to two-thirds of Iceland's population.

Photo: Axel Kristinsson, CC BY 2.0.
is a town in that is the country's second-largest municipality by population. It lies immediately south of and is part of the .

Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Garðabær is a town and municipality in the of . is situated 6 km south of The Little Mermaid.

The Little Mermaid

Latitude
64.14164° or 64° 8′ 30″ north
Longitude
-21.94325° or 21° 56′ 36″ west
Open location code
99PW43R4+MP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3808515513
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­sculpture
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“The Little Mermaid” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تمثال حورية البحر الصغيرة”
  • Basque: “Sirenatxoa”
  • Belarusian: “Русалачка, статуя”
  • Breton: “Ar vorganez vihan”
  • Catalan: “La Sireneta”
  • Chinese: “美人魚雕像”
  • Danish: “Den lille Havfrue”
  • Dutch: “De kleine zeemeermin”
  • Finnish: “Pieni merenneito”
  • French: “La Petite Sirène”
  • German: “Kleine Meerjungfrau”
  • Hebrew: “בת הים הקטנה”
  • Italian: “Statua della Sirenetta”
  • Japanese: “人魚姫の像”
  • Korean: “작은 인어상”
  • Lithuanian: “Undinėlė”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den lille havfrue”
  • Norwegian: “Den lille havfrue”
  • Polish: “Mała Syrenka”
  • Portuguese: “A Pequena Sereia”
  • Russian: “Русалочка”
  • Spanish: “La Sirenita”
  • Swedish: “Den lilla sjöjungfrun”
  • Thai: “เงือกน้อย”
  • Vietnamese: “Nàng tiên cá”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Minningarlundur um Útey and Office of the President of Iceland.

Nearby Places

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