There's also a moving, collection of artworks and handicrafts made by The roadT'?" inmates. museum crosses into the grounds of the Kastellet (daily ough the yortress built by Christian IV and expanded by his successors put the centuiy, after the loss of Danish possessions in SkSne 1 Swedish cannonballs. It's now occupied by the Closed to the pubUc. The tall arches and gateways, however, are an enjoyable setting for a stroll, as are the grassy slopes beside the moat. On a comer of the park, the Little Mermaid exerts an inexplicable magnetism on tourists, perched on some rocks just off the harbour bank. Since its unveiling in 1913, this bronze statue of a Hans Christian Andersen character, sculpted b\ Edvard Erichsen and paid for by the boss of the Carlsberg brewery, has become the bestknown emblem of the city a fact which has led to it being the victim of several subversive pranks: the original head disappeared in 1964, a cow's head was forced over the replacement in 1986, and more recently one of its arms was stolen. But it's worth enduring the crowds gawping at the mermaid for the spectacular Gefion Fountain, a hundred yards away. The fountain's sculpted figure is by Anders Bundgaard and shows the goddess Gefion with her four sons, whom she's turned into oxen having been promised, in return, as much land as she can plough in a single night. The legend goes that she ploughed a chunk of Sweden, then picked up the piece of land (creating Lake Vanem) and tossed it into the sea where it became Zealand. Away from the harbour: Rosenborg Slot and the museums Still north of Gothersgade, but away from the harbour across Store Kongensgade, lies NYBODER, a curious area of short, straight and narrow streets lined with rows of compact yellow dwellings. Although some of these are recently erected apartment blocks, the original houses, on which the newer constructions are modelled, were built by Christian IV to encourage his sailors to live in the city. ТЪе area had at one time declined into a slum, but a recent vigorous revamping has made it an increasingly soughtafter district. The oldest (and cutest) houses can be found along Skt Pauls Gade. Across Salvgade from Nyboder is the main entrance to Rosenborg Slot QuneAug daily 10am4pm; May & midSept to Oct daily llam3pm; rest of the year TuesSun llam3pm; 30kr), a Dutch Renaissance palace and one of the most elegant buildings bequeathed by Christian W to the city. Though intended as a country residence, Rosenborg served as the main domicile of Christian I\' (he died here in 1648) and, until the end of the nineteenth century, the monarchs who succeeded him. It became a museum as early as 1830 and the main building still displays the rooms and furnishings used by the regal occupants. The high. lights, though, are in the downstairs treasury (separate entrance; same hours), [ which displays the rich accessories worn by Christian IV (and his horse), the: crown of absolute monarchs and the present crown jewels.