丹麥館效果圖

届时，在哥本哈根将举行盛大的欢送仪式，有舞蹈演员的倾情演出，也有小朋友们用丹麦语及中文的欢乐歌唱。剪彩仪式后，“小美人鱼”将从海港石座上被抬起，暂别家乡丹麦，于4月底在上海与海内外游客见面，11月底返回哥本哈根

2009年3月12日，哥本哈根市议会投票同意让丹麦首都的象征——“小美人鱼”铜像进驻上海世博会丹麦展区，此举推动了丹麦与中国的文化交流。“小美人鱼”铜像是丹麦雕塑家爱德华•埃里克森根据安徒生童话《海的女儿》中女主人公的形象用青铜浇铸的，“小美人鱼”这个名字也由此而来。

据悉，著名中国艺术家艾未未将通过一个视频装置，对“小美人鱼”从哥本哈根到上海的“旅途”进行全程监控与录像。上海世博会期间，每当夜幕降临，“小美人鱼”的美妙之旅就会跃然于丹麦馆内的大屏幕上。

The renowned Little Mermaid will leave Denmark's Copenhagen harbor on Thursday heading for Expo 2010 in Shanghai on its first overseas journey since its birth in 1913.

The goodbye ceremony will include dancing as well as children singing songs in Danish and Chinese. After a ribbon cutting ceremony, the statue will be lifted from its position in Copenhagen.

It is expected to greet visitor starting from the end of April and will return to the Danish capital by the end of November.

Copenhagen’s city council has approved its landmark statue to be sent to Shanghai during Expo 2010 on March 12, 2009.

The bronze statue was created by Danish sculptor Edvard Eriksen according to Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale that bears the name.

Renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei (known for the Olympic Stadium "Bird's Nest" in Beijing) will create a video installation that will take video footages of the Little Mermaid's journey to Shanghai. After darkness falls on the Denmark Pavilion, a documentary will be shown on the large screen in the Pavilion about the Little Mermaid’s journey to Shanghai.