Not a statue as such, but there’s a [sculpture](https://gdkfiles.visitdenmark.com/files/475/272929_stoppenaalen.jpg?width=987) of what is basically a penis and a vulva next to each other in Odense. There’s nothing wrong about it, I just find it rather odd and I wonder who in the city administration decided “ah yes, let’s liven up the city by commissioning this massive granite phallus and vulva to grace the main street.”
Officially the sculptures are meant to represent one of H C Andersen’s tales and form part of other statues and sculptures based on his works, but even the city tourist board mentions the resemblance to something else
We have a statue of a nail. It is in a town in the northernmost region of the country (Sighetul Marmației). It comes from a humorous way of explaining where that town is located, as ‘the place where you hang the map from the wall’. So they erected the nail to hang your map from.
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The secret first attempt at sculpting [Cristiano Ronaldo’s bust](https://www.google.com/search?q=cristiano+ronaldo+busto+madeira&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=pt-pt&client=safari&sei=7FmwaMObEravkdUPlpy5mAY#vhid=7MJWZAxKZF_TsM&vssid=_C1qwaNfRCe6gkdUPwa7k8Qc_45)
In Manchester there’s a statue of a bottle of Vimto (a popular soft drink) on the site of the place it was invented.
We have a statue of [a sugar cube](https://www.jiznicechy.cz/en/targets/1112-monument-du-sucre-en-morceaux-a-dacice).
Not a statue as such, but there’s a [sculpture](https://gdkfiles.visitdenmark.com/files/475/272929_stoppenaalen.jpg?width=987) of what is basically a penis and a vulva next to each other in Odense. There’s nothing wrong about it, I just find it rather odd and I wonder who in the city administration decided “ah yes, let’s liven up the city by commissioning this massive granite phallus and vulva to grace the main street.”
Officially the sculptures are meant to represent one of H C Andersen’s tales and form part of other statues and sculptures based on his works, but even the city tourist board mentions the resemblance to something else
I think we’ve got a good shot at winning this: in Rotterdam there’s [Buttplug Gnome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus_(sculpture)).
The Giant Cyclope of Waregem but I don’t know the current location, they moved it 2 years ago: [https://www.hln.be/waregem/verhuis-van-reus-langs-e17-levert-spectaculaire-beelden-op-laad-eens-kunstwerk-van-twee-ton-op-vrachtwagen~a952cd2a/](https://www.hln.be/waregem/verhuis-van-reus-langs-e17-levert-spectaculaire-beelden-op-laad-eens-kunstwerk-van-twee-ton-op-vrachtwagen~a952cd2a/)
It must have made an impression on Barack Obama when he visited the American cemetery in Waregem.
And of course this guy’s letterbox: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8coWf9gD6r4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8coWf9gD6r4)
Brussels has Godefroy of Bouillon on Place Royale. Odd to put a crusader in such a public spot, in a city where a really large muslim community lives.
In the past we had [Jesus that bestowed us with wi-fi](https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/8ebhq0/this_statue_of_jesus_in_poland_provides_internet), but people got mad for no reason thus now it is just Jesus
There is also [a pope John Paul II ](https://krytykapolityczna.pl/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/120092704_10224081942813789_1298920410304246287_n.jpg)that looks like heavy lifter that wants to kill someone with a giant stone, that was a counter statue to past controversy of a statue of John Paul II being crushed under meteorite
Statues of [famous past people sitting at benches](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Park_miejski_w_Wyszkowie_%28pomnik_Jerzego_Różyckiego%29.jpg) are very common encouraging to take a photo while sitting next to them
City of Wrocław is a [capital of gnomes](https://www.dutchdutchgoose.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Wroclaw-112.jpg) with a tourist challenge of trying to find them all
From typical funny ones – [a statue of potato](https://bi.im-g.pl/im/ef/90/12/z19467503IHR,Polska-pomnikomania-przybrala-spektakularne-rozmia.jpg), [a statue of *kettle*](https://bi.im-g.pl/im/12/90/12/z19467282IHR,To-zdecydowanie-jeden-z-najgorszych-pomnikow-w-Pol.jpg), [a statue of a shitting worker](https://v.wpimg.pl/NTNiNDEzYTUvCzh3agFsIGxTbC0sWGJ2O0t0ZmoZYWJ6WTZ8c0NhMicFKzYgCiF6KRs7NCQNPno-BWElNRNhIn9GKi02CiI1N0YrKScfKnsvUSwic0oqZ2NbeSdxV3psdw9jJiRDeXl5UC8gJk99NnpYfXxnBw), [a statue of a heater](https://roadtripbus.pl/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/staporkow-2.jpg)
We have a statue of a nail. It is in a town in the northernmost region of the country (Sighetul Marmației). It comes from a humorous way of explaining where that town is located, as ‘the place where you hang the map from the wall’. So they erected the nail to hang your map from.