Foggy Copenhagen with colorful houses with weather vanes, endless canals, city parks, museums and beautiful palaces is truly a fabulous city with a special atmosphere. But, perhaps, the main reason for the magic of the city is the world-famous storyteller - Hans Christian Andersen.
This Danish writer created the most beloved character - the Little Mermaid, whose monument, by the way, is the symbol of Denmark, as well as Thumbelina, the Snow Queen, Kai and Gerda, the Ugly Duckling and many others. His works are very kind and naive, but always covered with a slight sadness, which is so in line with the spirit of beautiful and cool Copenhagen!
Andersen is one of the first associations with Denmark, and the locals decided to perpetuate the glory of the great writer in Copenhagen. There are two monuments of Andersen in the city, one is located in the Royal Garden of Rosenborg, and the other on the Town Hall Square - the most honorable place in the capital.
Interesting Facts
- The design of both monuments featured children who would sit at his feet or hold his hands while he told them his stories. But Andersen confidently dismissed this because he writes not only for children, but also for adults.
- In the Royal Park, Andersen is depicted with a book in his hand, but looking straight ahead, in some kind of reverence or creative impulse. Initially, Andersen was supposed to be portrayed in the process of reading, but he strongly opposed this, because reading aloud will never compare with a living story.
- It is known that Andersen was an ardent opponent of the creation of the Tivoli amusement park, which at the moment is located just a couple of minutes on foot from his monument on the Town Hall Square. It is ironic that the writer's gaze is directed precisely towards Tivoli.
- Near Andersen on the Town Hall Square there is a lamppost, the base of which is nothing more than a skillfully disguised dog.
Information about the Andersen monument on the Town Hall Square
Address: H. C. Andersens Boulevard 20, 1553 Copenhagen
- You can get to the square by almost any public transport, whose route runs through the center of Copenhagen.
- You can quickly get from any city in Denmark, and from remote areas of Copenhagen by train. You will need to get off at the station called Koebenhavn H and walk for 5 minutes towards Tivoli Park.
- If you are staying in the center of Copenhagen, you can easily walk to the most famous square on foot, as it is located in the cultural center of the capital, along the way you can enjoy the ancient elegant architecture of the city.
- As always, taxis and paid parking spaces for car owners are at your service.
Information about the Andersen monument in the Rosenborg castle garden
Address: ?ster Voldgade 4A, 1350 K?benhavn, Denmark
- Due to its convenient location in the center of the city, getting to it will not be difficult.
- A couple of minutes walk is the railway station called N?rreport, as well as the metro station of the same name.
- The castle and the vast territory adjacent to it are literally surrounded by bus stops, past which many buses run every minute. You can easily get to the castle with this type of public transport, you just need to make sure that the bus route runs through the city center.
- If you are staying in the center of Copenhagen, we recommend that you walk to the castle. After all, the Danish capital is famous throughout the world for its stunning architecture and abundance of attractions.
- And, of course, no one has canceled the convenience of a taxi and transportation in a rented car.
MONUMENTS TO THE HEROES OF ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALE
Many fairy tales were created by the famous Danish storyteller Hans Christian Andersen.
Hans Christian Andersen (Danish Hans Christian Andersen; April 2, 1805, Odense, Danish-Norwegian Union - August 4, 1875, Copenhagen, Denmark) - Danish prose writer and poet, author of world-famous fairy tales for children and adults.
Monument to Hans Christian Andersen in Bratislava
Monument to Hans Christian Andersen in Copenhagen
The bronze Andersen on the Town Hall Square in Copenhagen looks thoughtfully at Tivoli Park, which is located right there, opposite, across the boulevard, also bearing the name of the famous storyteller. Andersen's knees are shiny, they are rubbed to a shine with the clothes of tourists, especially children who love to be photographed sitting on the bronze knees of the great Dane.
Most of the monuments to the heroes of Andersen's fairy tales are located in Denmark, in the birthplace of the writer in the city of Odense. In addition to the well-known sculpture of the Little Mermaid, sitting on the shores of Copenhagen, there are others, albeit less famous, but also very touching and sweet.
Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen
The symbol of Denmark is the little mermaid, a cute character of the world-famous fairy tale of the same name by the famous Danish storyteller H.-K. Andersen. The Little Mermaid is a small bronze figurine 125 cm tall and weighing 175 kilograms and is located in the port of Copenhagen on a granite pedestal.
The history of this fairy tale character is known to all. The little mermaid, living in her water world, once, during a shipwreck, saves the handsome prince and falls in love with him, so much so that she can no longer be in her world and live her life. And the little mermaid decides to turn to the witch for help. Having given her her beautiful voice, the little mermaid acquires a pair of legs instead of a tail, the opportunity to be with her prince on land for only a few days and a chance to charm him. However, he falls in love with another and thereby dooms the little mermaid to death. She has a chance to get her life back, but she must kill her lover. But the little mermaid, truly loving the prince, wishes him happiness with his bride and turns into sea foam.
This sad tale of true devotion and pure love was written by Andersen in 1836. After 73 years, a ballet was staged based on The Little Mermaid, which was a huge success with thousands of spectators. Among them was the founder of Carlsberg Carl Jacobsen, a great admirer of art. Both the story itself and the ballet made such a strong impression on him that he asked Edward Erickson, a Danish sculptor, to create a statue of the little mermaid. They say that the wife of the sculpture, who was then a well-known ballerina of the royal theater, posed for the sculpture. Subsequently, it was decided to donate the statue of the Little Mermaid to Copenhagen. And on August 23, 1913, a small bronze Mermaid was installed in the capital of Denmark.
After an American journalist told the whole world about this wonderful sculpture dedicated to such a wonderful transformation of a fairy-tale creature into a sweet dumb girl, the Little Mermaid monument became a symbol not only of the capital, but of all of Denmark, the birthplace of the great storyteller. To some extent, the little mermaid also reflects the geographical essence of Denmark, which is an island country and, one might say, surrounded on all sides by seas and oceans.
However, obviously not everyone fell in love with the monument, there were many ill-wishers who made a lot of attempts to desecrate the statue. What the already poor mermaid has not gone through - 8 acts of vandalism. In 1984, vandals abused the sculpture by sawing off its hand, since 1998 they cut off its head 3 times and painted parts of the body, and in 2003 they even pushed it into the water. But no matter what happened to her, the little mermaid was always restored from the cast left by her creator. After all, it has become close not only to the inhabitants of Copenhagen and means a lot not only to Denmark ... Millions of tourists come from all over the world to look at this wonderful statue, touch it, take pictures and ask for the fulfillment of their most cherished desire.
Monument to the fairy-tale hero Ole-Lukoyev Mytishchi
Ole Lukoje (dat. Ole Lukoje) is a literary character by Hans Christian Andersen based on folk tales. The tale tells about a mysterious mystical creature like the Sandman, who shows children dreams. Some elements in the story of Ole Lukoya are also reminiscent of Morpheus, the Greek god of sleep: for example, Ole, like Morpheus, uses a special sleeping pill to lull children (Ole has sweet milk).
The name Ole Lukoye consists of two parts: Ole is a Danish male name, Lukoye is translated as "Close your eyes." He carries two umbrellas under his arm, which he opens to sleeping children. For children who behaved well, an umbrella with beautiful pictures is intended. It helps them to have beautiful pleasant dreams. For naughty children, Ole Lukoye opens an umbrella without pictures. These children spend the night without dreams.
In the tale, Ole Lukoye visits a boy named Hjalmar every night for a week and tells him stories. In the course of the tale, it turns out that Ole is actually very old. On the last evening, Sunday, Ole Lukoye tells the boy about his brother, whose name is the same, but he also has a middle name - Death. He comes to close the eyes of those who have come to leave this world, and take them with him.
Thus, the image of Ole Lukoye is divided into two: like the Greek Thanatos and Hypnos, the gods of death and sleep, the characters are related and different from each other. So "a little funny man turns out to be a guide not only through the realm of dreams, but also into the realm of death, in which the images of Heaven and Hell are vaguely guessed."
Steadfast Tin Soldier (Odens)
A steadfast tin soldier guards the peace of the townspeople on the edge of the old quarter. In the city square, in Odense, proudly puffing out his chest, he stands on a small cart that serves as a kind of pedestal. The sculpture is made of copper. The hero of the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen has a heroic growth, more than 3 meters.
The locals believe in one sign. The guest of Odense, having visited the sculpture of a steadfast tin soldier, must strain and try to move the cart by pulling the rope. However, even if the guest does not achieve a result, luck will follow him all day.
One of his very first fairy tales - "Thumbelina" - was written in 1835. The heroine of the fairy tale fell in love with both adults and children. In different countries of the world, based on the fairy tale, feature and animated films have been shot, plays and musicals have been staged based on it. And the sculptors immortalize the tiny kind girl in their immortal works.
In the capital of Ukraine Kyiv, near the puppet theater, there is a fountain "Thumbelina"
In the Riviera Park in Sochi, next to Thumbelina, you can sit on a flower and dream about a handsome prince ...
This sculptural composition was cast from bronze by the artist A. Butaev.
Sculpture "Thumbelina" in Gomel
SOURCES:
Pavlova, E. Memory in stone and bronze: Thumbelina / E. Pavlova // Why? - 2011. - No. 7.
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Who didn't dream in childhood to get into the amazing world of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales and meet the Little Mermaid, the Snow Queen and other heroes there? Now you have such an opportunity. It is enough to go on a tourist trip to the places of Andersen's fairy-tale heroes to his homeland - to Denmark. This is the best way to understand how such wonderful fairy tales were born in the head of the famous Danish writer. In addition, acquaintance with Denmark will leave in your memory the most wonderful memories.
Of course, it is best to go on a tourist trip to the places of Andersen's fairy-tale heroes with children who have already become acquainted with the works of the Danish storyteller. Hans Christian Andersen is a real symbol of Denmark and many monuments and wonderful places all over the country are associated with his name. However, Andersen's main cities where his famous works were born and characters familiar to everyone from childhood are Copenhagen and Odense.
In Copenhagen, there is not only the famous statue of the Little Mermaid, which is very popular with tourists, but also many other attractions associated with the great Danish fairy tale writer. In particular, you should definitely visit the Andersen Museum, which opened in the capital of Denmark, oddly enough, only in 2005. It is located within the walls of the house where the Danish writer lived for a considerable time.
Inside the museum, you can see Hans Christian Andersen's personal office, and his wax figure sits at his desk. In this small room, some personal items belonging to the author have also been preserved. In addition, the museum exhibits a huge number of paintings, drawings and sculptures inspired by the characters of his most famous fairy tales. The spirit of a fairy tale hovers invisibly in this house. Professional guides tell you about all the significant events in the life of the Danish writer and the details of his work.
However, it is better to start acquaintance with Copenhagen from the monument to the storyteller, which is installed near the Town Hall Square. This is Andersen's bronze sculpture in a top hat. Nearby is the famous Tivoli Park, created during the life of the writer. Once there was an attraction "Chinese Bazaar", which suggested to the Danish storyteller the idea of a wonderful work about the Nightingale and the Chinese emperor. You can literally spend the whole day in this delightful park with your children. There are many attractions, including for the little ones. There are also a large number of cafes and restaurants with affordable prices in the park. In the evening, bright lights are turned on in the park, and a real laser show begins.
Andersen Boulevard is located between the City Hall and the park, a walk along which will lead you to the picturesque canal. It is with the sea and the canals of Copenhagen that many fairy tales of the Danish writer are associated. One can recall the story of how a staunch tin soldier on a paper boat was carried by a drain into such a canal, after which a large fish swallowed the soldier. But she got hooked and ended up in the market. A similar fish market operates on the waterfront of Copenhagen today. One of the most remarkable and beautiful places in the capital of Denmark is the Nyhavn canal, which is decorated with pretty colorful houses on both sides. It was in such houses that many characters from Andersen's fairy tales lived.
The real symbol of Copenhagen has long been the monument to the Little Mermaid. Her sculpture rises from the water on a stone near the city embankment. The monument appeared in 1923 and was created by Edvard Eriksen. Moreover, in his sculpture of the Little Mermaid, he portrayed the ballerina of the Royal Theater Juliet Price, with whom the brewer was in love, who ordered the sculpture from the master. The monument itself turned out to be quite small, but over time it became a kind of personification of all Andersen's fairy tales. In any case, it is the Little Mermaid at the city embankment that attracts thousands of tourists from all over the world to Copenhagen. Many times the attackers attempted on the monument, either sawing off the Mermaid's head, or depriving her of her hands. But the sculpture was restored again and again.
In addition to Copenhagen, you should definitely visit one of the oldest cities in Scandinavia - Odense. It was in this very city that the Danish storyteller was born, here you can fully experience the atmosphere of his works. In Odense, you will meet with small neat houses and tiled roofs, which are well known to us from children's fairy tales. The town itself is located on the picturesque island of Funen, not far from the beautiful fjord. It is believed that a Viking settlement once existed on this site. The small old town is very similar to the illustrations for the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen.
First of all, in Odense you should go to the museum of the writer, which opened its doors in 1908 on Bangs Boder Street. The museum reproduces in great detail the house in which the Danish storyteller was brought up and created his first works. Here you can learn a lot about the childhood, youth and adult life of the great master, as well as feel the incredibly kind and bright atmosphere of children's fairy tales. The museum contains personal belongings, manuscripts and letters of Andersen. You can also look at the unique drawings of a talented writer, made in his usual fantastic manner.
In addition, there is an exposition dedicated to his books and works, and the collection of books is presented in one hundred and sixty linguistic versions. You can listen to his tales right in the museum with the help of an audio guide. All museum halls in Odense are themed. In the memorial hall you can see magnificent frescoes by the Danish artist Nils Larsen Stevens. Nearby is the picturesque Andersen Park, where you can just take a walk.
Andersen Park has many sculptures associated with the work of the most famous city dweller. These are monuments to the Steadfast Tin Soldier, the Paper Boat, Thumbelina and the Beautiful Swan. These small and beautiful attractions with characters from fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen are very popular with children. In general, it is worth staying longer in Odense to explore other interesting places in this ancient city. Noteworthy are the Gothic Cathedral of St. Knud, the Tower of Odin, the Church of St. John and many other beautiful places. A walk around this city will bring you a lot of positive emotions and vivid impressions.
"In a big city, where there are so many houses and people that not everyone has enough space for at least a small garden, there lived two poor children ..." Remember? So begins the well-known fairy tale by Hans-Christian Andersen "The Snow Queen". After all the adventures, Kai and Gerda return home: "The bell rang, and they recognized the bell towers of their hometown..." This city can be unmistakably defined - Copenhagen, the city of kings and merchants, canals and bell towers, evil trolls and good fairies, the city -fairy tale. The capital and largest city of Denmark is located on the island of Zeeland. The island lies in the strait that connects the North and Baltic seas.
The bronze monument to Hans Christian Andersen in Copenhagen stands in the Royal Garden, against the backdrop of the graceful pink castle of Rosenborg. The storyteller looks thoughtfully into the distance, the book in his left hand, and the right one is stretched out as if for a blessing. The monument was erected in 1880, shortly after the death of the writer, at the place where the young Hans-Christian, who at one time was on the verge of poverty, sat for hours on a bench, ate a penny bun and admired the white swans swimming in the pond (and possibly saw miraculous transformation into the Ugly Duckling Swan).
Another Copenhagen Andersen is not so elevated, on the contrary, it is accessible: on the boulevard of his name, near the town hall square, on a par with pedestrians, he looks at the Tivoli amusement park. The Danes consider their capital the city of the Great Storyteller. Andersen considered the day of his arrival from his native Odense to Copenhagen - September 6, 1819 - the most important in his life and celebrated along with his birthday.
It is difficult to imagine a happier writer's fate. He published his first book at the age of seventeen, from his youth he was surrounded by admirers and patrons, became a world celebrity long before forty, from the age of thirty he lived only on literary earnings and scholarships, was friends with great writers, was treated kindly and repeatedly awarded by monarchs. Echoes - in fairy tales and stories: “The royal family rides in a boat through narrow channels. The old king steered the wheel himself, the queen sat next to him, and both affably answered the bows of their subjects, without disassembling the estates and ranks ”(“ The Key to the Gates ”). And - with great Andersen's humor: “The ladies-in-waiting jumped and clapped their hands. “We know who has sweet soup and pancakes today! We know who has porridge and pork cutlets!” “Yes, but keep your mouth shut, I’m an emperor’s daughter!” ("Swineherd").
At thirty-four, he wrote: “My name is beginning to shine, and this is the only thing I live for ...” He was forty-three when the thirty-eight volume collection of his works was published in Germany - by that time he was already world famous came true.
True, they laughed at the national celebrity, especially at the amusing appearance: a long nose, incredible thinness, huge feet, disproportionate hands. They say that Andersen did not like to walk among the crowd, so he became almost the only Copenhagener who did not like the 1843-m and now world-famous amusement park, Disneyland of the 19th century. To this day, Danish provincials often come not so much to Copenhagen as to Tivoli to take a walk in the park, located directly opposite the station, across the street, to have fun and have fun.
In general, the spirit of fun reigns in Copenhagen. On Strøget - the longest pedestrian street on the continent - they flirt, dance, sing and sit in clusters around the fountains. From the bustling town hall square, Strøget stretches to the open space in front of Christianborg Palace, culminating in the spacious New Royal Square overlooking the Pyhaven harbor area. This path can be traced by Andersen's fairy tale "Galoshes of Happiness", all the names have remained the same. Remember? “It was in Copenhagen, on East Street, not far from the New Royal Square ...” Andersen’s first book, which became popular, was the story “Walking from the Holm Canal to Amager Island”, based on the Copenhagen topography. There is now an airport on the island of Amager and, as before, the old fishing village of Dragör, where it is full of Swedes: exhausted by the anti-alcohol struggle in their homeland, they come by ferry from Malmö for cheap drinks, fortunately through the Sound - half an hour and seven dollars round trip .
Andersen knew the city thoroughly and, judging by close attention, he loved it like he did the country: his poem "Denmark, my homeland" is still taught by heart in schools. In Copenhagen, traces of the heroes of Anderson's fairy tales are everywhere. Here is the palace ensemble of Amalienborg - the official residence of the Danish monarchs for the past two hundred years. It was built in a short time (1749-1755) according to the design of the architect N. Eigtved. Four identical palaces are located opposite each other on an octagonal square. I wonder in which of these four palaces two swindlers wove day and night the material for the new dress of the king?
An elegant equestrian monument to King Frederick V rises in the center of the square. Every noon, a company of the Life Guards in ancient uniform arranges a solemn changing of the guard according to the established ritual. The soldiers are wearing fur hats, their first samples were presented by the Russian Emperor Alexander III to his Danish father-in-law. Amalienborg usually hosts the ceremony of presenting credentials to the Queen for foreign ambassadors.
In the old days, the square was used not only for parades, but also for public executions. So, once a young witch sentenced to be burned at the stake was brought there. “Suddenly, eleven white swans flew in, sat around her along the edges of the wagon and flapped their mighty wings ...” Another time a large gallows was built, on which they were supposed to hang a soldier - the owner of a magic flint ...
Another famous place in the Danish capital is the New Royal Square, one of the largest in Copenhagen. It has thirteen streets. There are many monuments of architecture, culture and art here: the Royal Opera and Ballet Theater - the main national stage of the country, the fashionable Angleder Hotel, the large expensive Du Nord store, the Charlottenborg Palace - the former royal residence, now the Academy of Arts with exhibition halls. It was through this square that the famous naked king marched!
And the princess, who was later put a pea under her feather beds, one rainy evening knocked on the gates of Rosenborg Palace - the only palace of the era of King Christian IV (1577-1648), which has remained unchanged since the completion of construction in 1633. Now the richest collection of jewels and ornaments of the Danish royal family, a collection of royal porcelain and silver are exhibited here. One of Andersen's favorite fairy tales is "The Steadfast Tin Soldier". Here the street boys put the soldier in a paper boat and let it go through the gutter. "The boat skidded onto a wide bridge ... At that moment a large water rat jumped out from under the bridge..." We can figure out this bridge: Stormbro or Stormy, perhaps the darkest in Copenhagen. The passages between its supports are so narrow that tourist boats, sailing under the bridge at the slowest speed, still almost touch its walls. In one of the supports, there is also a hole in the gutter. The rat, the self-proclaimed customs controller, did not manage to profit from the tin soldier: immediately after the bridge in the canal, he was swallowed by a large fish. But the fish did not swim for long with a tin soldier in its belly: a few minutes later it was hooked and immediately landed on the fish market, which still operates on the canal embankment from about six to nine in the morning.
Yes, without Copenhagen, many Andersen's fairy tales are inconceivable - not only "Galoshes of happiness" or "A drop of water", where the city has a plot, but also, say, the textbook "Flint": "A dog has eyes - each with a Round Tower." The view of a true writer who managed to see not frontally, but in cross section, the XYI century tower, one of the main attractions of Copenhagen. The height of the tower is 35 meters. There are no steps in it - the ascent is carried out along a gentle flooring. History testifies that Peter I, who visited Copenhagen in 1721, drove to the top of the tower in a carriage drawn by six horses.
The shadows of the heroes of the Great Storyteller hover in Christianhavn - an ancient district of Copenhagen, the construction of which began in 1618 at the direction of Christian IV. Merchants and wealthy citizens built their mansions here. Located on one of the streets, the Church of the Savior is notable for its spire, which, contrary to architectural tradition, is "twisted" counterclockwise.
The shepherdess and the chimney sweep, having climbed onto the roof, are still admiring the beautiful views of the Danish capital: the Town Hall building with a gilded figure of Bishop Absalon, the founder of Copenhagen; the spire of the Stock Exchange, formed by the intertwining of dragon tails and crowned with three crowns, symbolizing the former state union of Denmark, Sweden and Norway; the court theater and the royal museum "Arsenal" with a collection of ancient clothes, carriages, firearms ...
And Ole Lukoye opens his fabulous umbrella over the Gefion Fountain, which is associated with an old legend, well known to Andersen - aren't legends nourishing the writer's imagination? This is a legend about the daughter of the great Scandinavian gods Ases. Gefion was endowed with extraordinary strength and intelligence, she loved to wander. Somehow she wandered into the country of the Swedes. All day and all night she told about her travels to the wise King Gylfi. As a sign of gratitude, the king promised to give Gefion as much land as her bulls plow in one day and one night. The next morning, in front of the astonished Gylfi, an immense field was spread, which was plowed by her four sons, who took the form of gigantic bulls. The sculptor A. Bondgard captured the moment when Gefion harnessed the bulls at the edge of a plowed field, waved her whip, they pulled with all their might ... and tore their land from Sweden. The bulls were not able to carry the heavy burden far - in clear weather, the Swedish coast is clearly visible from the fountain, and at the narrowest point of the Öresund Strait, which separates Denmark and Sweden, the width of the water strip is 3.7 km.
North-east of the city center near the embankment - the "sea facade" of Copenhagen, Andersen's Little Mermaid sitting on a rock looks into the sea: the sculpture was installed in 1913 with sponsorship of the famous Carlsberg brewery. At houses No. 20 and 67 along the embankment of the Nyhavn canal, one can read on memorial plaques that Andersen himself lived and worked here in different years.
Grateful compatriots immortalized Andersen's name not only in monuments, but also in the names of streets, theaters, restaurants and even ... Ole Lukoye sandwiches and children's pajamas! In any case, the author, walking one day in Copenhagen, found a matchbox with a profile of the writer lying on the pavement on Vestergade Street - just opposite the house number 28, in which Andersen's close friend poet and playwright Adam Elenschleger lived, and obliquely from the City Hall, next to which in 1961 a new monument to the great storyteller was opened. In the Hall of the Town Hall, along with busts of other famous Danes, there is also an image of Andersen. And on the square, a bronze writer in a top hat on his head and with a cane in his hands looks at the busiest thoroughfare of Copenhagen, Hans-Christian Andersen Boulevard, seething at his feet.
Today, on the anniversary of the famous children's storyteller, let's remember the heroes of his most famous fairy tales, who inspired sculptors around the world to create monuments. Many of them are, of course, in Denmark - in Copenhagen and Odense (Andersen's hometown).
In Copenhagen there is a famous monument to the Little Mermaid. In the image of a mermaid, the sculptor, commissioned by a rich brewer in love, depicted the subject of his sighs - the ballerina of the royal theater Juliet Price. The monument to the little mermaid is small - the height of the sculpture is only 1.25 meters, weight is about 175 kg. But this small statue is the personification of not only Andersen's entire work, the Little Mermaid has become a real symbol of Copenhagen. However, it attracts the attention of not only tourists and guests of the city, but also intruders. Twice the monument was barbarously defaced by hooligans. On the anniversaries of the monument in Copenhagen, grandiose holidays are arranged, in which both guests of the city and the townspeople participate with pleasure.
The monument to the Steadfast Tin Soldier was erected in Odense. This bronze figurine of a soldier seems to have just stepped out of the pages of a fairy tale, the tin soldier standing steadfastly on one leg looks so believable (as we remember, there was not enough tin on the other leg). In Odense, there are monuments to the Beautiful Swan, the Paper Boat, Thumbelina and a whole group of characters from the fairy tale "The King's New Clothes".
In New York, a monument to Andersen himself is erected, next to which sits the Ugly Duckling. In Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, there is a monument to Andersen and the heroes of his fairy tale "The Snail and the Roses"; in Kyiv there are two monuments - Thumbelina and the Princess and the Pea; in Delft (Netherlands) is perhaps the most unusual monument to the heroine of Andersen's fairy tale - the glass "Heart of the Snow Queen".
There are also monuments to Andersen's heroes in Russia: in the city of Sochi in 2006, a monument to Thumbelina was erected on the central alley of the park. Sculptors V. Zvonov and A. Butaev made this monument in mixed media. Cute Thumbelina with wings given to her by the Elf immediately fell in love with the kids visiting this park, and, of course, with adults who had a reason to interest their child in a fairy tale. Ole-Lukoye "settled" in Mytishchi near Moscow; in Sosnovy Bor - The Little Mermaid and the Steadfast Tin Soldier.
