Is it cannibalism to consider eating sardines for lunch on the day one becomes a fish? That’s the question I pondered as I fueled up for my first-ever mermaid swimming lesson. Yes, mermaid swimming.

A few weeks ago an e-mail popped into the inboxes of the authors of this post inviting us to swim like a mermaid. We knew we had to accept, because how often in your life do you get to fulfill one of ...

For more than 100 years, a small bronze statue gazing out to sea has been one of Copenhagen’s top tourist attractions. The Little Mermaid by Edvard Eriksen depicts a mermaid becoming human and is ...