This mermaid sculpture by Natascha Alexandrova Jusopov was created in 1965 and is also known as Sirene du Lac (Mermaid of the Lake) or Sirene de Collonge-Bellerive. It is located just off the southeast shore of Lake Geneva, in Collonge-Bellerive, next to a small park fittingly called Plage de la Nymphe (Mermaid Beach).

Mermaid Statue on Lake Geneva
Sirene du Lac on Lake Geneva. Photo © by Philip Jepsen.

The mermaid statue is showing signs of weathering, having been exposed to the elements for more than 55 years, but it is unmistakably a mermaid.   The park is a popular bathing spot, with steps leading straight down into the water.

Natascha Jusopov also created the large sculpture of the Lorelei in Germany and the mother-with-child mermaid in Beaulieu-sur-Mer in France.

See all the information on the Lake Geneva Mermaid page.

This mermaid statue is located in the Leopold Park in Oostende, Belgium. The park was created in the 1880s and is located at the site of a previous zoo and botanical garden.

The park contains a number of rare trees and animals, and some unusual statues.   There is a swimming statue, there is the statue of Fat Matilda, and there is an elegant mermaid statue next to the lake in the park.

Leopold Park Mermaid Statue
Leopold Park Mermaid Statue. Photo © by Jan Poppe.

The bronze mermaid statue was created in 1959 by Willy Kreitz.

More information and photos on the Leopold Park Mermaid page.

There is a fountain on the Greek island of Poros which contains this mermaid sculpture.

The Mermaid statue on Poros.
The Mermaid statue on Poros. Photo by Bohdan Karmasyn

Mermaids have a long history in Greece, going back to the Sirens and the Nereids in Greek Mythology.   The Nereids were sea nymphs or mermaids, and were daughters of Nereus, oldest son of Pontus (The Sea) and Gaia (The Earth), and grandfather of the hero Achilles.

This particular mermaid was created in 2004 by sculptor Giorgos Xenoulis of Athens, and placed in the fountain on the harbor waterfront of the small beautiful Greek island of Poros, about 30 miles southwest of Athens.

The island is very hilly and mountainous, with rich vegetation, and is a popular tourist destination with a rich history going back thousands of years.

The Poros Mermaid has become a symbol of the town and the island. While I have not found any evidence of a local mermaid legend, there likely is one, just as there is for the other mermaid sculpture by Giorgos Xenoulis on the island of Syros.

There is a page with more details and photos for the Mermaid of Poros.

On the Greek Island of Syros is a fountain by the water, featuring a mermaid and a fisherman.  The mermaid is the Syros mermaid Panagia Gorgona, which translates to “Saint Mermaid” or “Virgin Mary the Mermaid”.

Syros Mermaid and Fisherman
Mermaid and Fisherman fountain on Syros. Photo © by OlivierJD.

The sculpture was created by sculptor Giorgos Xenoulis of Athens, and is a tribute to fishermen lost at sea. 

It is based on a local legend, which has it that a fisherman fell off a boat at the mouth of the Kini Beach Inlet. A mermaid came to his rescue and brought him to the shore, where she laid him on the beach.

Syros is located in the bottom half of the Aegean Sea, and has great natural beauty, a lot of tourism, and a very rich history and culture all the back to classical antiquity.

Giorgos Xenoulis also created a mermaid statue fountain on the island of Poros, about 80 miles from Syros.

For more images and information, visit the Syros Mermaid page.

The city of Paralio Astros (Astros Beach) in Greece has a sculpture known as the Stheno Mermaid.

The statue looks out over the Argolic Gulf and the city of Paralio Astros and its harbor.   It is debatable whether it represents a mermaid or a serpent goddess – or maybe a combination of both.  Stheno in Greek mythology is the sister of Medusa, and is often represented as a serpent goddess.

Stheno Mermaid in Paralio Astros
Stheno Mermaid in Paralio Astros. Photo © by Serafeim Zormpas.

More data and photos can be found on the Stheno Mermaid page.

There is a small fountain featuring a sandstone mermaid statue and several amphoras at the Santa Marina Beach Park in the town of Agia Marina Chrysochouson the north-west part of Cyprus.

Mermaid Fountain Cyprus
Cyprus Mermaid Fountain. Photo by Catherine Champernau. All Rights Reserved.

The beach park is set up for feasts and festivals, weddings and such. It has room and seating for a lot of people, and has spectacular and almost legendary sunsets.

I have been able to find out almost nothing about the mermaid or the fountain so far, so there is no data yet on who created the sculpture, or why or when.

More photos can be found on the Santa Marina Mermaid page.

3 life-size mermaid sculptures feature prominently at the Club & Hotel Letoonia in Fethiye’s harbour, near the south-west corner of Turkey.

One is close to a small lighthouse and the club’s waterside patio, located where it can be seen with a welcoming gesture to every boat entering the Fethiye harbor.

Two other mermaid statues are on the property at the bottom of a stairway. All three are clearly based on the same model.

Mermaid Statue at Club & Hotel Letoonia
Mermaid Statue at Club & Hotel Letoonia. Photo © by Lewin Alley.

Fethiye is near the southern edge of the Aegean Sea and has an abundance of Greek history and culture, so its Greek mythology theme fits well here. 

It is a popular summer tourist destination and has fabulous culture, environmental beauty and very rich history influenced by the Greeks, the Persian Empire and the Ottoman empire.

See the other mermaid sculptures and additional photos on the Fethiye Mermaids Page.

There is a pleasant surprise for divers going down 60′ into Powell River near Saltery Bay in British Columbia. They find the Emerald Princess, a 9′ bronze mermaid statue. 

The Emerald Princess Mermaid in Saltery Bay
The Emerald Princess Mermaid in Saltery Bay. Photo © by Neil McDaniel.

Simon Morris created the 600-pound bronze sculpture and placed it in sixty feet of water in 1989. The locations is aptly named Mermaid Cove, and it is a very popular diving site.

An identical statue named Amphitrite was placed off the coast of Grand Cayman in the year 2000. Both statues are visited by large numbers of divers each year.

Here are photos and information on the Emerald Princess Mermaid page.

On the island of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands there is a replica in half size of Copenhagen’s statue of The Little Mermaid. It was placed in the town of Charlotte Amalie, by the harbor.

Mermaid St. Thomas
The Little Mermaid Statue on St. Thomas

The statue sits near the pier where cruise ships dock, and close to a small shopping center.

The reason the statue is here is the substantial Danish heritage and history on the island. St. Thomas was Danish territory from 1666 until 1917.

You’ll find more information and images on the Charlotte Amalie Mermaid page.

The City of Greenville in Michigan has a near-replica of Denmark’s Little Mermaid statue sitting on the banks of Flat River where the river winds through Greenville. 

Flat River Mermaid
The Greenville replica of The Little Mermaid. Bronze replica by David Willison.

There are some noticeable similarities and differences between Greenville’s sculpture and the Danish sculpture.

The pose and the legs/fins are very clearly inspired by the Danish statue. But the face of the statue is quite drastically different, and very distinct. And the base is quite different.

Nonetheless, the Flat River mermaid became the center of an international controversy concerning the copyrights of the original sculptor, Edvard Eriksen.

You’ll find more information and photos on the Flat River Mermaid page.