Denmark celebrates its National Pavilion Day at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo on Tuesday. The Denmark Pavilion showcases a fairy tale world with the famed Little Mermaid statue, the country's symbol, who is making her very first visit outside her homeland.

The Denmark Pavilion consists of an outdoor and an indoor area that are interconnected with each other. The Pavilion aims to give visitors the chance to savor the best aspects of Danish urban life.

The Denmark Pavilion is called "Welfairytales", which is a blend of the words Welfare and Fairy Tale. It features a salt water pool filled with water from the Danish harbor, in which sits the Litter Mermaid statue.

Denmark chose to have the 96-year-old statue make her first trip abroad to provide a centerpiece for its Expo pavilion.