The world’s 25 most beloved statues — Taipei Zoo’s hippo makes the list

Reporter Tsai Wen-jun / Comprehensive report Photos / All screenshots fromboredpanda

Although stone statues often give off a cold impression, the skilled hands of many great artists can sometimes bring them to life with vivid and dynamic energy. The American website“boredpanda”recently had readers vote for 25 of their favorite statues from around the globe, and the hippo sculpture at Taipei City Zoo was among them. Here, without ranking, let’s take a look at which other statues have captured the hearts of netizens!

1. USA Texas “Mustang”   Creator: Robert Glen

2. USA New York “Expansion”   Creator: Paige Bradley

3. Poland Wrocław “Pedestrian”

4. USA Oregon Portland “Salmon”

5. Singapore “The Boy on the River”   Creator: Chong Fah Cheong

6. Hungary Budapest “Shoes on the Danube Bank”   Creators: Can Togay & Gyula Pauer

7. USA New York Turtle Bay “Knotted Gun”

8. USA Pennsylvania Philadelphia “Let Go of Your Mold”   Creator: Zenos Frudakis

9. Lithuania Klaipėda “The Black Ghost”

10. France Marseille “The Traveler”

11. South Africa “Nelson Mandela”

12. Belgium Brussels “The Mischief-Making Boy Taunting the Police”

13. USA Texas Dallas “Cattle Drive”

14. UK London Tate Modern “The Mother”

15. Taiwan Taipei City Zoo “Hippo”

16. Australia Melbourne “Sinking Building Outside the State Library”

17. Netherlands Amsterdam “Iguana Park”

18. Slovakia Bratislava “Man at Work”

19. Romania Onesti “Romanian Poet – Mihai Eminescu”

20. Turkey Çanakkale “Recreating the Real Scenes of World War I”

21. Czech Republic Prague “Man Hanging Out”

22. UK Grangemouth “The Kelpies”

23. Australia Adelaide “Pigs at Rundle Mall”

24. Iceland Reykjavik “Unknown Government Official”

25. UK Oxford “Shark”